How long does it take wheat to be cleansed from breastmilk

[Libra1975]

Sorry bizarre title there, didn't know how else to word it.
Anyway.
My LO gets very bad wind, exclusively b/f, we don't think it is an intolerance to wheat or dairy but I am willing to try anything which means I don't have to wake up 3 times a night. So no dairy/wheat now for 2 weeks with no improvement, I know dairy takes 2-3 weeks to clear from your system but how long does it take wheat to clear. Just wondering as I really fancy an egg sandwich for lunch

Libra - no point in doing without wheat and dairy. Do one of them first for a few weeks and then another of them (unless symptoms improve) and that's the only way you can tell if it is wheat or dairy or both.

Exclusion diets like this have to be done properly, or not at all

I don't understand, if I eliminate both and the symptoms improve I can say either wheat OR dairy effects me (or possibly both), if after 2-3 weeks the symptoms don't improve I can say wheat AND dairy don't effect me.

Libra, elimination diets (which is what you are doing) have to eliminate one food group at a time.

If you eliminate both wheat and dairy, and symptoms do improve, you won't know which food group was 'at fault'....it could be either, or both.

Do it one at a time, and you will be clearer.

Of course, yes, I suppose you could eliminate both at once, and yes, if symptoms don't improve you could say 'neither is at fault'.

But doing without dairy and wheat is very hard.

Basically we are both right, we just go about it a different way (and you are right doing both is very hard!). I am guessing your answer to my original question is that wheat, like dairy, takes a couple of weeks to clear from the body and the breastmilk. Thanks for your help.

OK

But I have no idea how long it takes to clear, sorry - neither dairy or wheat.

Cheers, I looked on Kellymom *genuflects where it is very specific about dairy but a little more fuzzy over the wheat.

This is an interesting quote from them tho
"Food sensitivities in breastfed babies are not nearly as common as many breastfeeding mothers have been led to think, however.
"

Would deffo agree with what they say about sensitivities - prob quite rare in reality, but they do exist, even so.

Good luck in tracking down the culprit and I hope it's not chocolate