Very colicky baby - breastfeeding and foods to avoid.

Gold Member Joined: Mar 21 2006 Posts: 2052

It's 4 and a half years since I breastfed a newborn so I've totally forgotten what foods and drinks to avoid during breastfeeding, so I was hoping you ladies could help me. Yehuda is 3 weeks old today and we are having major trouble trying to settle him, he is so unsettled and crying for about two to three hours in the evening. Yehuda also is really bad at bring his wind up it usually goes out the bottom end of him. So any advice will be appreciated, thanks.
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W/ one DS who had colic I found that he couldn't stand red sauce or pasta.. no spaghetti Sad

for me then...
Broccoli, spices other than salt and pepper.. I'm sure there's much more than I can remember right now.

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also cabbage, onions, chocolate.

Strongly recommend Mylicon drops or Little Tummy Drops. They don't get absorbed in the system, and are totally safe-you can't overdose.

if it's every evening, it may not be food related.

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Garlic, gassy veggies, spices.
I second the mylicon.

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I've heard so many foods that should be avoided. Here is some of them:

onion, garlic, spices, gassy veggies such as broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, peppers, nuts, raisins, chocolate, caffeine.

There is always the issue with dairy intolerance. And if a reflux problem anything acidic such as juice, tomatoes, ketchup, oranges...

If your baby is fine most of the day and his crying is only specific hours I would think that maybe at that point in time your baby is overtired, overstimulated or just plain colicky which will only be helped with time.

Good luck!

Platinum Member Joined: Jun 22 2008 Posts: 6433

might be reflux.

This baby gave us a break at the beginning, but is beginning his colic late (he started being colicky at 3 mos and now is 4 mos)

For Coffee drinkers: I'll warn you against decaf! I personally think it is worse than reg coffee...

I've had this the second time now, and I thought it was just the previous baby...but I think the decaf I was drinking (I was drinking alot of it because I thought since it had no caff. it was okay) was causing major gas...(esp. alot of backside gas)...someone told me the chemicals used in processing are hard for a baby to deal with, in addition to the fact it is acidic.

While it is best not to drink any caff while nursing, I've found ONE cup of caff..Turkish coffee (not so processed) is better than drinking alot of decaf.
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I have to double check, but I've heard not so good things about one gas medication and it may have been Mylicon. (It's a recent thing that hasn't been circulated so widely...)
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Never mind, it was Zantac that alters pH.

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you should eliminate all msg. the fda lets this be listed multiple ways so beware! also you should eliminate all food colorings. if you can just stop anything out of a box or jar or can or prpared frozen package and eat from scratch you'll more safely avoid these. but be careful if, afterwards, you add "mixed seasoning spices" to your recipes from scratch. you could be sprinkling on msg or colorings and not know it. eliminate caffeine. eliminate all artificial sweetners. drink herbal teas and never soda. you can pm me for more.

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I've read little about it, kikavu, but what I've read seems to indicate they're looking at a connection between that and SIDS due to the altered pH. Take this with a grain of salt, and follow your maternal instincts into what is best for your baby. I'm just not into rushing into it if possible...(Yes, I've had a GERD baby so I am not speaking out of ignorance. But he was also my first and I could hold him all day...)

jewishmamathebest, here you go:
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/fast-letdown.html

Posted: Tue, Jan 06 2009, 11:31 am Post subject:

I cut out:

Dairy
tomatoes
peppers
cucumbers
oranges
cabbage
broccoli
melons

I still had a kvetchy baby but she wasn't gassy. After 2 colicky ones, I got it right by cutting all this out.