Even though baby eats what you eat when BF it seems like the list of the foods to stay away from is much shorter than pregnancy food restrictions. I bought some fish dip to eat with crackers, but am now second guessinf whether to eat it. I also heard to eat foods that are a common allergies (peanuts, shellfish) to get baby accustomed to the foods and prevent allergies. Did you stay away from certain foods while breastfeeding?
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Just broccoli since it gave her major gas
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Nope. I eat whatever and drink alcohol and caffeine. It hasn't had any negative effects on DD or the baby I donate milk to. I was cautioned by some family members to avoid gassy foods like broccoli and greens. In the early days I ate a little bit as a test and it never bothered her so after that I didn't worry about it.
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Nothing! I ate whatever; thankfully DD didn't have any allergy or gas issues.
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Nope, not at all. I breastfed for over two years and have a very healthy child with no known food allergies. I didn't nurse if I was drunk, but would have a drink at a time,
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TMI- I am unusually gassy and the baby seems painfully gassy too. Since getting back from the hospital lunch & dinner has been delivered by one of those fresh meal services. The food isn't veggie heavy, but there must be something that makes us both gassy. I'm just now starting to incorporate snack foods I like.
ETA: sounds like I should enjoy my fish dip!
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I guess I wouldn't go crazy adjusting your diet just yet. I mean, newborns have very immature digestive systems and I would try to avoid anything that will be stressful to you. I can think of a single reason not to eat fish dip, for example. You could try not eating broccoli I guess. Have you looked at kellymom?
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Nope! Nothing at all. BF for over 2 years. I don't see why you would avoid anything, they aren't sharing your bloodstream. You can eat anything you want except I would avoid the big fish (mercury) and you only need to avoid specific things if your LO is allergic (such as soy or cows milk protein). I did not limit caffeine or alcohol either (alcohol I watched closely the first 3 months but didn't after that). Obviously, I didn't get wasted or anything though.
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I had to avoid spicy foods for both kids because it gave them horrible gas and they were so miserable whenever I ate it. But otherwise, I ate everything else I wanted to!
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No, I didn't!
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Just alcohol
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I didn't!
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broccoli and beans for both of my kids, it made them even more gassy if that is possible.
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I was paranoid and thought broccoli made my first really upset and uncomfortable, because she started screaming the first night I ate a lot of it... But it lasted for like 3 months so I don't think t was the broccoli. I have been told many times that most foods don't bother babies.
That said I notice if I eat a lot of black beans it does seem to make this baby spit up more, so I try not to have a lot at once or in a row (like I space out the leftovers more). Might just be in my head. Luckily caffeine doesn't affect her!!
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I stayed away from chocolate, caffeine, and orange juice for the first 8 months or so. They were reflux babies and those things made them spit up worse. Around 8 months, their spit up lessened considerably, so I started introducing those things back in.
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I don't limit what I eat when breastfeeding, unless something seems to make baby gassy or uncomfortable. For what it's worth, I eat fish about once a week. Baby has never had any problem with it in my milk, but developed an allergy to eating it herself at 7 months.
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Nope. Nothing seemed to affect her so I didn't cut anything out.
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@Silva: kellymom just has info about alcohold & caffeine & dieting too soon.
So interesting broccoli is on the list. A friend of mine warned me against onions. I bought some asparagus, but haven't dared cookex it for fear of an extra ripe diaper.
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I have and still continue to eat anything I want without any restrictions due to breastfeeding.
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I did a little experiment in the beginning to see if she was sensitive to crociferous vegetables and caffeine (I basically ate both every day for two weeks and then cut both out for two weeks). And she was sensitive to both. She also hard a really hard time farting so every morning and night I'd spend about 10 or so minutes helping her pass gas.
But after she was six months old I was able to eat anything without a reaction from her.
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Nothing except coffee most of the time. I drank tea instead because in my postpartum hormonal state, I was convinced my breastmilk would taste like coffee pee smells.
I admit I was nuts, but yeah. I ate and drank everything else with no issues.
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I just stayed away from foods/herbs that are known to decrease supply.
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@OldpuebloJenn: Oh, yes. That too! (Peppermint was really hard for me. I love mint!)
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Ugh, so many things. My LO was fussy and a poor sleeper at the beginning, then quickly developed classic MSPI signs that didn't go away after I eliminated all dairy and then soy. I ended up on an elimination diet which was based mostly on my observations from a food diary along with some suggestions from our pediatrician. In the end, it was almost a full year off of dairy, soy, eggs, corn, treenuts, and peanuts, plus several month-long stints of eliminating other stuff like gluten, beef, and legumes.
For a future LO, I am not going try not to be so quick to take things out of my diet though because I truly think that at least half the stuff I eliminated would have been fine. But since our LO's MSPI symptoms never fully cleared, our pediatrician wouldn't let me try to re-introduced anything into my diet until she was a year old.
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When LO was really little, if I ate a lot of onions he seemed gassier. But one he got bigger, it was fine. That's the only thing I ever noticed.
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@mfa_lady: I weaned my daughter, then got pregnant the next month, so I have been eating ALL THE PEPPERMINT throughout this pregnancy. Luckily it coincided with holiday season too, so I could truly indulge!
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I nursed for almost 2 years and didn't avoid any specific foods-- just moderated caffeine and alcohol consumption and avoided certain cold medicines
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@OldpuebloJenn: Almost the same here, except I was still nursing 1x/day when I got pregnant. She weaned when I was about 10 weeks along, and it took me a couple more weeks to realize I could eat peppermint again. I've been crushing it!
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@OldpuebloJenn: @mfa_lady: oh yes I forgot too! Mint tea and sage were two things I love, but stayed away from for supply reasons. Same with Sudafed & other decongestants.
My mom warned me about beans and veggies, but I'm vegetarian and that would have sucked! All the articles I read said there's no connection and for us, there wasn't.
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I ate whatever I wanted to.
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I went off a million things for my reflux and colic baby but you typically don't have to unless you notice something. I was off dairy, soy, crucifers, night shades, spices, chocolate, coffee, tea, decaf or otherwise, overtly acidic foods, caffeine, and basically processed foods. At the peak of DS' issues I lived on like roast chicken, rice, and nori, plus bananas and vegan shakes with coconut oil. It was insane.
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@Smurfette: Same with me! But only for LO1, LO2 seemed fine with it.
I was also mindful of caffeine consumption with LO1 but LO2 didn't seem affected by it.
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I ate and drank whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted with both girls and will do the same with this baby as well unless there are food allergies or intolerances.
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@Catlady ditto here. MSPI/reflux from hell and I first eliminated just dairy. Then dairy/soy. Then elimination of all top 8 allergens plus tomato, berry, corn, beef. THEN at 4 months went on the Dr. Sears total elimination diet and only ate turkey, zucchini, pears, sweet potatoes, and olive oil for 2 weeks and reintroduced foods 1 at a time.
Now LO is almost 9 months and I am "just" dairy, soy, nut free (and beef and tomato-light). I feel like I can eat everything compared to how it used to be. His MSPI/other issues were so severe, his GI also does not want me to introduce anything until he is a year AND we have allergy testing done on him. Now we are thinking he may have eosinophilic esophagitis based on all the symptoms.
The dairy/soy/nut free has just become the norm for me and now it's no big deal. Although I do wish I could eat out or just grab a sandwich out or something on days I don't feel like packing lunch at work.
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@MrsADS: eliminating dairy sounds so rough. I love to drink a glass of 2% milk on a regular basis plus ice cream. DH thinks baby may be lactose intolerant like him, but judging by his diapers it all looks the same to me.
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Not really. I did limit really spicy foods as a newborn and gradually ate it. Similar with like certain grains I like. Now at 3 months, I eat whatever in moderation. With my first LO, I bf until 14 months and ate whatever too.
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