Posts by lfpalmer

  So, the milk elimination seemed to help. Gosh that is a challenge to have siblings with unrestricted diets around him. Generally, 100% avoidance gives much more improvement than 99%. It's been a couple more days on a stricter...

It would certainly be easy enough to try the yogurt on the forearm again. If you have the "courage," you could rough a little spot of skin up ever so slightly with an emery board to increase the exposure to her system. Do another...

Some people with food allergies may not react to a one-time re-introduction of a food only weeks after their last exposure. This means their antibody levels dropped very quickly. (If it is still an allergy, they would react to the 2nd...

Oh my goodness, there are mounds of evidence that mother passes components from her diet on through her breastmilk. We certainly know that drugs are passed on in milk. Nursing mothers are warned against consuming much alcohol or...

  What a very normal and natural, a little tougher than most, and a very challenging situation you have with your very delightful bundles. Yes, you are right... you've already proverbially pushed the toddler off your lap; it may...

  Yes, it’s not well understood but your hormone balance can certainly influence your susceptibility to yeast takeover. You started having yeast infections at the age you started making more estrogen. Ovulation is the peak of...

  These four precious gems are a large calling. You have a very big and incredibly important job. I hope you give yourself credit for managing your super-mom position so warmly and wonderfully. Sometimes when moms have twins,...

I should add that this FDA pronouncement was all about the competition between big pharma and nutritional supplements. The FDA strongly protects the drug industry, well beyond the bounds of evidence-based science, and does their best...

Well, you're certainly not crazy for being vigilant. It gets so complicated out there today... Read this link carefully about the lead in vitamins: http://www.michaelmooney.net/Lead_In_Vitamins.pdf   It's very accurate...

  I'm so sorry you are having this challenge. Some others find nursing during pregnancy just plain uncomfortable in itself, and as you know, milk production usually reduces and sometimes stops. Some, of course, are just...