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take my opinion with a grain of salt because I am still pregnant, so I haven't actually been through this: But, i'd just switch to formula. It's been 6 weeks, so you did try. I just feel like FOR ME, that would be asking too much because I can imagine that BFing is already draining enough and then its like...now this. I love love love BF but if I were you I'd honestly be crying at this point and be throwing in the towel.
There's no hurt in trying it for a week before finalizing your decision though! That way you can say you gave the new diet a try? -
Thanks everyone - I'm always blown away by how thoughtful and caring everyone's responses are! I'm obviously cutting out all dairy for the time being until we can figure out if DS has MSPI or a dairy intolerance and still pumping for now. I don't think I'll have too hard a time cutting out major dairy similar to what @regberadaisy did. I just KNOW I can't go to the extent of what @MrsJacks did for a variety of reasons (stressful being first time mom, love food too much, DH works late hours and I am in charge of most food preparation and we do a lot of takeout as a result....) I'm not stressed about the situation -- just trying to sort out what we should do next.
I do have to say that today DS has been a happy little camper (barely any fussing at all). Not sure if it's the result of cutting out dairy for 24 hours or the fact that he's 8 weeks, getting bigger, etc. In the end, if we switch to formula, I'm ok with it....he will have been BF for 2 months, which is pretty good!
@zippylef: Wow what a nice email!
@MrsJacks: Yes! The ped did say it can take 2 weeks to see a difference but some show a difference in a matter of days. Tyler has his 2 month appt. next week anyhow so it's a good opportunity to check in (when I went in emergently yesterday, I did not get to see our own ped, but one in his practice).
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@skibobrown: That's such a good point. Being a new mom has been so much more overwhelming than I thought it would be! Partially due to DS's eating and BF issues. Things have been MUCH better for us since I've been pumping, though.
@krssmall: funny, I always used to say that on these boards to those looking for advice -- happy mama = happy baby. I need to follow my own advice sometimes!
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@winniebee: how is it going? My lo is 11.5 weeks.
I had the exact same problem. She was sooooo fussy and gassy on my bm. I completely eliminated milk or tried to. Its really hard and i struggled with it. That milk can hide in lots of stuff
I now have lo on nutrimagen and she is super happy and has no gas and we have only been on it since Thursday. (i did try regular formula for 2 weeks before that and she hated that too)
I struggled and had a lot of guilt about it for a bit but got over it really quick when i had a happy baby and now i am very happy with our decision.
Oh i almost lost all my baby weight eliminating all the milk in my diet. LOL. Hopefully it will stay off
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@mom2b2agirl: Thanks for the input! DS is now almost 11 weeks so I've eliminated dairy for about 3 weeks now. DS seems more settled (and is, I think less fussy) but who knows if it is diet or just him growing up. His poop has been more normal (though today he had what I call spinach poop). I haven't seen any flecks of blood for at least a week so perhaps he just has a dairy intolerance instead of MSPI. However, there are occasions where I know it makes its way into my food and that makes me feel pretty bad. I'm almost at my revised goal of 12 weeks and since I've been pumping I have a lot of (allegedly) dairy free milk stored up, though I know it can take like 2 weeks to get out of your system. I'm considering going to formula in a few weeks, but have a lot of guilt over it. I'm just not sure what to do - I really miss my old food (though, now only have 8 lbs to lose....down about a pound a week since dairy free). Did you try soy formula before going to nutrimagen? Did you get a prescription for it to get it for more cheap?
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@winniebee: oh do I ever understand the guilt you're feeling. Day 2 of not pumping I woke up in the middle of the night almost in tears and rushed to pump lol!
I did try the soy for all of 2 days. Didn't give it much of a chance because lo wouldn't keep it down and became so constipated. Maybe it would have worked but once we changed to nutramigen we noticed a difference in 24 hours.
Have you looked at the list of foods to avoid isf your lo is msps? It's so lengthy and not just obvious dairy. Lots of milk and soy protein everywhere. My lo did get better on my bm when i avoided as much dairy as i could but not compared to how ahe is feeling on this formula. I'm sure if I knew the extent of items I had to avoid and was successful at it, I'm sure lo would have been even better but honestly even on avoiding just obvious dairy and avoiding it in any other food, I became very weak and myself couldn't manage it. I realized that like so many have said, I need to care of me so I can take care of her!
Oh and I live in Canada therefore no prescription will cover it as far as I know but it's not that much more compared to regular formula. Yes package is smaller but so is the scoop. -
honestly, selfish or not... i would switch. I stopped pumping when Mavrick went on a nursing strike and honestly... I don't regret giving him formula.
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Very quickly scanning over all of this and just wanted to chime in my opinion, what I would do if I were in your position...
I would go to formula, if baby tolerated that well. I am a firm believer in happy mommy, happy baby... and for me, strict diet limitations would be just another complicated thing to pile on top of being a new mom. You got him this far and that's tough enough!!
I knew a first time mom whose baby was in our first playgroup and he was sensitive to EVERYthing. His mom was basically eating nothing but rice and he was still not thriving. I don't know what ended up happening with them since we lost touch before he would have been at an age to stop nursing. But that baby was so tiny and the mom was so miserable.
I can definitely understand the guilt but if baby is sensitive to things diet-wise, the safest way to get him the nutrition he needs would be, in my opinion, to be able to control every drop that goes into his body with formula, at least until his gut matures enough to tolerate more things.
Just my humble opinion
good luck!!!
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Well said @mrs. wagon I agree!
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