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Milk free diet while breastfeeding?

My 3 month old son has been diagnosed with a milk protein allergy. I am breastfeeding, so I now have to maintain a milk free diet. I have found all kinds of info on foods I CAN’T eat, but no list of foods I CAN eat. I know I can have fruits,vegies and meat but I was just wondering what else I can have. Anyone dealing with this and discovering foods they can eat. What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? If you get fast food, what do you get and where do you go? Please help!

I’m with ya! My daughter was diagnosed with the same thing (right around 3 months too.) She is now 9 months old and I am getting sick and tired of the dairy-free diet. However, it has helped me lose a ton of weight! Anyway, at first I was so depressed because I love cereal, ice cream, and yes, even McDonalds! I learned to focus on what I could have and not what I couldn’t have. I found some snacks to still have like pretzels (both hard and soft), vienna fingers (these make a great treat when you need something sweet). Also, Pillsbury brownies do not have milk in them so they’re great when you’re craving chocolate. For breakfast I eat eggs, cream of wheat, oatmeal, or cereal. Lunch usually consists of sandwiches, soups, fruits, and veggies. Dinner is basically anything minus the cream of mushroom soups and cheese. I’ve learned that soy milk is a great alternative to milk (be sure to get the vanilla flavored kind). Also you still can eat out – just go on-line to check resturant menus before you go. If you would like to e-mail me we could talk more about this! caseadribrown@aol.com

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Baby Eczema Responds Well To Home Remedies

Eczema in babies is sometimes triggered by lupus and usually responds well to home remedies. Neotnatal lupus is sometimes passed from mother to the infant during pregnancy and the birth process. Lupus antibodies can be transferred from the mother to the fetus and result in lupus illness in the newborn. Infant lupus usually causes a rash but fortunately it usually clears up after six to eight months if there are no complications. Lupus is actually an attack of the body upon itself. Lupus can take two forms, sometimes causing eczema and sometime attacking vital organs of the body.

In infants, eczema typically occurs on the forehead, cheeks, forearms, legs, scalp and neck. In older children eczema occurs on the face, neck and the insides of the elbows, knees and ankles. Most infants with eczema show significant improvement by the age of two and about 40% outgrow eczema entirely by the time they are young adults. Controlling eczema early can help keep it from becoming worse.

One of the major concerns when an infant has eczema is the issue of itching. An infant does not have the ability to reason and therefore does not know that scratching will cause the eczema to worsen. This is why there is special cotton clothing that can be used for infants that covers up their hands so they can’t scratch while they sleep and cause the eczema to worsen and spread.

An infant with eczema should only wear soft all cotton clothing with no synthetic fibers. Parents with infants who have eczema should wash the child’s bedding and clothing only in hypoallergenic detergents and the clothing should be sent through the rinse cycle twice. Also, you should keep the child’s room and play areas free of dust mites because they are a common eczema trigger.

Some parents don’t realize that baby eczema is often triggered by food allergies. One recent study revealed that about 40 percent of babies with eczema suffered from food allergies. Diary is often the culprit. Babies who are breast feeding may also get food allergies from substances in the mother’s milk. It is important for breastfeeding moms to especially careful about their diet.

You should be very careful about using baby lotions on infants with eczema. Some of the lotions have a high water content that that can dry and irriate3 the skin when evaporation takes place. Some of the fragrances and active ingredients in baby lotion can aggravate eczema symptoms. For more info see http://www.eczemacuretreatment.com/treatment/eczema_baking_soda.html on eczema baking.

Creams and ointments containing all natural ingredients should be used instead of baby lotions. Many health food stores have these types of products. Most parents find that natural home remedies are the best way to treat their infant’s eczema symptoms.

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Breastfeeding/pumping diet and exercise?

I gave birth last month may 11 and when i went for my postpartum check up my OBGYN told me that I cannot go back to my regular exercise routine and diet because it will decrease my milk supply and eventually will dry up. Has this happened to anyone?

I don’t think exercise affects milk supply, except that hard excercise can cause a build up of lactic acid in your milk and cause it to taste sour for about an hour afterwards. Planning your exercise so you aren’t nursing right afterward is an easy way to avoid that. You also need to drink a _ton_ of fluids if you are working out. However, you do need to appreciate that your body went through quite an ordeal just a few weeks ago! You should definitely start slow and build up to your old routine, especially with cardio stuff. I would _start_ with walking and low intensity cardio and work up as you get back your old endurance and muscles.

your dr is right that dieting while BFing is really not recommended. You need lots of calories to make your milk, and your body will rob you of an nutrients and vitaimins that it needs to feed your baby. It is much more sensible just to eat more healthy foods and smaller portions than to do any calorie-counting diet or a diet that cuts out any food type.

You can lose weight while you are BFing, and in fact most women do lose wt or (maintain wt while still eating lots of junk food, in my case) because BFing uses so many calories.

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Are these healthy foods (for breastfeeding mom)?

I’m breastfeeding my 5 week old daughter and have cut out a variety of foods from my diet because she seems sensitive to many things. The main item I cut out is dairy products because our first daughter had a milk protein allergy. Anyway, basically on a daily basis I eat the same foods everyday. I eat maple and brown sugar oatmeal and a blueberry bagel for breakfast, everyday! For lunch I eat a can of premium chunk chicken in water and crackers, and a peach fruit cup and some graham crackers, and for dinner I’ll eat either plain chicken or pork chops and a veggie….and sometimes another fruit cup or bagel. This is every single day!!! Is this bad for my baby to be only eating these few items. Here I am trying to breastfeed to give my baby the best and for all I know I’m not eating the best foods. Breastfeeding is definitely not easy if you have a sensitive baby!! My goal is 4 months…anyway, any advice on other food ideas would be great, thanks!

the foods are good foods but it seems like you just may not be eating enough of it, or atleast it wouldn’t be enough for me! have you tried eating soy beans? i loooove soybeans. one of my favorite things during pregnancy has been 1/2 of an avocado, a tomato cut up into chunks, about a cup of soy beans and an ounce of cheese cut into cubes. seasoned with a little salt and pepper. another good protein source has been turkey legs roasted in the oven seasoned with different things. how about a baked potato? eggs?
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eczema or fungus?

My son is almost 5 months old he has had a rash since he was 6 weeks old. His pediatrician plus 2 second opinions all said eczema, i treated the rash for eczema with steroid cream (4 days) it went way and came right back. I also used atopiclear and every over the counter eczema cream. I washed with dove, cethaphil and just water, i changed the detergent and my diet (im breastfeeding) NOTHING worked so i went to a allergy specialist and he told me its fungus. Now my baby for a week has been on fungus cream and dyflucan and we are drying hi out no cream just medicated powder.finally after day 6 his unbelievable itchy rash was getting better but now day 8 hes back to his itchy (back of knees) red rash. What do i do? tomorrow its the dermatologist but honestly i don’t know what to do anymore. poor little guy cant sleep for more then 1 hour at a time he don’t know life without itchy skin except for the other day he a break. anyone gone threw this?

I have so been right where you are. I was so worried about my daughter because she had all of these red bumps all over and this really, really itchy rash on all of her joints. It turned out that the red bumps were just heat rash and she got it until she was 3 every summer.

The eczema didn’t go away though. I was also nursing and washed with very mild soaps and tried EVERY over the counter medication as well as prescription. She has been on elidel, protopic, 2 different steroids. Nothing really worked.

So, she is 4 now and we are still dealing with it. It turned out that she has food and environmental allergies. When your little one turns two you can get him tested. I suggest that you get him tested every year until they stop changing.

She is allergic to cats, dogs, dust mites, corn, chocolate, peanuts, and shell fish. We didn’t even find out about most of them until she was 4 even though we had, had her blood tested and scratch tested at 2 and 3.

So it is a continuous process. But now that she is 4 I decided to take things into my own hands and find something that would actually work and allow her to be a normal kid. Because with most creams she can’t go into the sun.

So I found Arbonne. It is a botanically based vegan product that is actually natural. I use the baby products on her and I have been able to take her oof of her prescriptions for 2 months now without issue.

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Does everything I eat pass to my baby through breastmilk?

My baby is 4 weeks old and I am breastfeeding her.

I haven’t had to change my diet at all. Be sure you burp her often enough when she is eating.

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How to deal with constant spit up?

My 6 month old is constantly spitting up. I’ve been dealing with this since he was 3 weeks old. We’ve tried everything. The doctor thought maybe it was food allergies, he was breastfeeding, so she put me on an elimination diet. The diet only allowed me to eat turkey, pears, rice and sweet potatos because these are the foods less likely to cause food allergies. Well after doing that for a month my son was still spitting up so the doctor put him on a reflux medication, which didn’t help either. I have tried many things such as formulas that have food proteins broken down (Similac Alimentum and Elecare) and bottles that are supposed to decrease spitting up (Avent and Dr. Brown’s). Does anybody have any other suggestions that seemed to help their child?

Has your doctor looked into possible acid reflux? Otherwise, I don;t know if you’ve tried enfamil A.R., but our son had a major problem with spitting up all over the place and only after we changed to that formula, along with the dr. brown’s bottles, did he stop spitting up as much. It was a gradual process, but after about 2 weeks he stopped spitting up at all. I understand how you feel. We were starting to get used to the spit up, but it sure is nice not to have to deal with it. Good luck.

this medicine against allergies is safe to take during breastfeeding?

I do not like taking medication, but my allergies are back! I have a runny nose and itchy, watery eyes. I will probably wait to buy anything if tomorrow, after checking with my doctor until the baby.

You can take Things like Claritin or Benadryl while breastfeeding, but you may find some of drying. I would be very careful with taking something like Sudafed if the supply is a problem. What I did if you really need a decongestant Sudafed was to get the red by 4 hours and 1, 2, and is not recommended. He helped take over.

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