Breastfeeding diet

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Hi,

Every few days or so my 4week old EBF DD will suffer terrible wind and stomach cramps.

I give her infacol before every feed and wind her after every feed and if she unlatches mid feed too.

Has anyone successfully tracked anything in their diet that then affected baby's tummy / allergies?!

How long would it take for something I eat to irritate her? For example if I was to keep a detailed food diary and eat garlic at 7pm for my dinner - when would it get into my Breastmilk?

Thanks (a very tired up all night mum and a very feeling sorry for herself bub)

I don't eat dairy - I understand that to be a big Trigger in baby allergies?

If she is gaining weight and doesn’t have rashes/blood in her nappies it’s very unlikely she is intolerant to anything in your diet. It’s far more likely to be a combination of an immature gut and normal baby fussiness at this age.

Other things to look at are her latch- is it good or could she be taking in a lot of air? Does she have a tongue tie? Do you have a very fast let down? Might be worth going to a breastfeeding group to get these things looked at.

Thanks @Rinceoir she's had her tongue tie fixed two weeks ago, her latch looks good and I've had a lactation consultant visit a week or so ago... but my boobs are still
So so sore so there must be more improvements to make!

She's definitely putting on weight with the right amount of nappies so that's comforting to think it's not pointing to intolerance!

She's just old enough to try gripe water instead of infacol so fingers crossed!

Your nipples shouldn’t still be very sore if her latch is good. Definitely worth having it checked again.

I think we also attribute a lot of baby fussiness to wind when there’s a lot more that can be causing it. My DD would squirm and grunt at night in her bedside cot but stop as soon as she was picked up for example, she probably just wanted to be held!

Maybe try posting in infant feeding?

Milk, soy, chocolate (or anything with cocoa in), caffeine, spicy foods (including too much pepper), apple juice, orange juice, citrus fruit I general. All these set my baby off, but now I just avoid the first four and all is okay (15 weeks)

Also bare in mind that milk protein and soya is in LOADS of stuff

Soy is a common one alongside dairy - if you're eating soy substitutes you could try cutting those out. AFAIK you can't track it to a specific feed e.g. 7pm dinner etc - you need to eliminate it for 2 weeks to see an effect. But I agree weight and nappies are good signs.

As a vegan soy does feature pretty heavily
so that could well be to blame!

Thanks for all the suggestions!

The soy protein is very similar to milk protein, which is why babies with milk sensitivities tend to also have soy sensitivities. It takes awhile to rid it out of the system though but WELL worth it! Good luck

Is there a way to prove babies allergies to soy / other common ones? A friend whose baby was allergic to soy and milk came up with eczema so was easily diagnosed - can a Dr test easily?

Have you considered that the fussiness on certain days could be down to overstimulation? I for sure overstimulated DC1 with all sorts of shitty classes and waving squeaky, flashing, plastic crap in his face all the time. DC2 was wrapped up in a sling or on a boob for months and dragged along to whatever DS was doing (toddler gros, parks, library etc) but she was generally in the sling facing me so not too exposed to the madness. She was far less fussy and easier to settle. As they have got older I can see that’s partly down to personality (as in DD would have probably coped with the baby sensory/yoga/fucking Olympics or whatever far better than DS) but not having her exposed to a west end performance all day everyday definitely helped.