Do you avoid any foods while bfeeding? if so, which ones?

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Hi all,
I have a 6-week old DD2 who is finding it very difficult to settle/ sleep- she seems to have lots of lower intestinal gas and writhes around a lot trying to shift it. Various people (including my mother who has never bfed ) are giving me the usual advice about how I should cut x or y out of my diet- everything from chocolate to curry to green veg to milk to baked beans...... This happened with DD1 and I'm sure the sense of deprivation and that I was somehow 'poisoning' her led me to give up bfeeding quite early. I want to carry on as long as possible with DD2 who is a great feeder and piling on the weight, but don't want to live on chicken and boiled spuds for the next 6 months!

I would be really interested in others' experiences of whether mothers' diet makes a difference and, if so, which foods you think can be worth avoiding.

TIA

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my DD had a horrible time whenever i ate chillies and blue cheese. and i actually tested, by not eating it for few days and then eating again. that was happening when she was around 2 months old. now she is almost 4 and im willing to try them again.

Peppermint seemed to work with DS - I tried the tea but didn't like it, but drinking the cordial with warm water shortly before I fed him helped a bit with the writhing about.