Hello all,
I'm new these forums and I would like to know if anyone else has had a similar situation..
My BF 6 month old DS was diagnosed with GERD at 2 months, put on Zantac and then Prevacid. Although the Prevacid did seem to work for a few weeks, I found that my son became very hard to settle while on it. Since he was still very restless and crabby, I thought he might also have a food sensitivity. In conjunction with the Prevacid I decided to try and elimination diet, and keep a food journal to see if his symptoms got any better. I did the one recommended on Dr. Sears website. However, I did not see any vast improvements.
Ok, so a few weeks later I came upon Sue Dengate's website and found an article about a breastfed baby being sals sensitive. I decided to try out the Failsafe diet, in combination with going pretty much organic/green around our household. We also immediately took him off the Prevacid as I was appalled when I researched the ingredients and found it was loaded with crap, including aspartame as the first non-active ingredient.
After the first couple weeks I did notice that my son stopped spitting up as often and was also a completely new baby when it came to nap time. Instead of pushing against me and screaming his head off whenever I tried to enter his room, he would just calmly lie his head on my chest and let me rock him to sleep. The 20-30 minute routine was severely cut back to anywhere between 5-10 minutes.
I have been sticking to the low/no sals diet (as he did not seem to react to me reintroducing amines, so I think I may be safe there), but my LO is still a terrible sleeper.
A little background: My son has been cosleeping with me since birth. Although I had every intention of putting him to sleep in his own crib due to his reflux and screaming episodes the only way either of us got any sleep was to have in my bed. After I stopped listening to my family and friends I researched bed sharing and found that I believe it to be very beneficial to everyone involved and was actually happy with my decision.
However, my son has NEVER slept well with me. Sure we have had a night or two of pretty calm sleep without too much disturbances, but for the most part I can expect him tossing and turning for the better part of the night. Additionally his daytime naps are so unbelievably short - lasting at most 30 minutes. This would be fine if I thought he wasn't tired anymore, but he wakes still rubbing his eyes and yawning and I know he could be down for longer.
I have seen reactions in him when I eat sals (for example yesterday morning I made a smoothie with frozen strawberries and peaches) and today he spit up a few times, plus screamed and cried at his midday nap, then only slept for 20 minutes.
I have been really good about not eating them AT ALL. So, my question is - could dairy be another culprit that I must eliminate to get him sleeping better? I did go dairy free for 2 weeks while doing the strict elimination diet, but I was (unknowingly) eating a lot of salicylates at the time, so I'm not sure this really helped the scenario.
I mean, I eat a LOT of dairy since cutting out most fruits and veggies from my diet (which I used to eat almost exclusively). I start my day with yogurt or cereal with milk, lunch consists of some kind of cheese usually and dinner I prepare with butter and often also has cheese. To top it off most nights I have plain vanilla ice cream as a snack :-(
I'm not saying my son is HORRIBLE, or anything, but I really wish he would nap longer and be more rested. I also wish we could co-sleep peacefully and not have it be a struggle on a nightly basis. But when I try to put him back in his crib to sleep he is awake again less than 45 minutes later...
I guess I am just wondering if any of this sounds familiar to anyone and if you would suggest going off dairy (as much as it pains me).... ?
Also, sorry I know this is a lot, but since turning 6 months my fam (esp. mother) has been pressuring me to give him solids. I tried some green beans and bananas, thinking it would be ok since they are low sals... but I really just want to sort this all out before I start adding more components to the mix. My mom really doesn't get the whole diet thing I'm doing... she thinks I'm overreacting and keeps telling me to just boil him a carrot :-P She means well, but she's never dealt with anything like this before, so I can see how she wouldn't get it. BLAH.
Oh yeah, he also has a stubborn rash on his chin, which I attributed to drooling from teething (his bottom two are coming in now), and rubbing on it when he mouths toys...but could it be eczema? It does not show up anywhere else on his body and all of his other bodily functions seem normal (normal poops, no diaper rash, no funny smells)
Will this sensitivity get any better? Will we ever sleep again in my house? Please help!
I'm new these forums and I would like to know if anyone else has had a similar situation..
My BF 6 month old DS was diagnosed with GERD at 2 months, put on Zantac and then Prevacid. Although the Prevacid did seem to work for a few weeks, I found that my son became very hard to settle while on it. Since he was still very restless and crabby, I thought he might also have a food sensitivity. In conjunction with the Prevacid I decided to try and elimination diet, and keep a food journal to see if his symptoms got any better. I did the one recommended on Dr. Sears website. However, I did not see any vast improvements.
Ok, so a few weeks later I came upon Sue Dengate's website and found an article about a breastfed baby being sals sensitive. I decided to try out the Failsafe diet, in combination with going pretty much organic/green around our household. We also immediately took him off the Prevacid as I was appalled when I researched the ingredients and found it was loaded with crap, including aspartame as the first non-active ingredient.
After the first couple weeks I did notice that my son stopped spitting up as often and was also a completely new baby when it came to nap time. Instead of pushing against me and screaming his head off whenever I tried to enter his room, he would just calmly lie his head on my chest and let me rock him to sleep. The 20-30 minute routine was severely cut back to anywhere between 5-10 minutes.
I have been sticking to the low/no sals diet (as he did not seem to react to me reintroducing amines, so I think I may be safe there), but my LO is still a terrible sleeper.
A little background: My son has been cosleeping with me since birth. Although I had every intention of putting him to sleep in his own crib due to his reflux and screaming episodes the only way either of us got any sleep was to have in my bed. After I stopped listening to my family and friends I researched bed sharing and found that I believe it to be very beneficial to everyone involved and was actually happy with my decision.
However, my son has NEVER slept well with me. Sure we have had a night or two of pretty calm sleep without too much disturbances, but for the most part I can expect him tossing and turning for the better part of the night. Additionally his daytime naps are so unbelievably short - lasting at most 30 minutes. This would be fine if I thought he wasn't tired anymore, but he wakes still rubbing his eyes and yawning and I know he could be down for longer.
I have seen reactions in him when I eat sals (for example yesterday morning I made a smoothie with frozen strawberries and peaches) and today he spit up a few times, plus screamed and cried at his midday nap, then only slept for 20 minutes.
I have been really good about not eating them AT ALL. So, my question is - could dairy be another culprit that I must eliminate to get him sleeping better? I did go dairy free for 2 weeks while doing the strict elimination diet, but I was (unknowingly) eating a lot of salicylates at the time, so I'm not sure this really helped the scenario.
I mean, I eat a LOT of dairy since cutting out most fruits and veggies from my diet (which I used to eat almost exclusively). I start my day with yogurt or cereal with milk, lunch consists of some kind of cheese usually and dinner I prepare with butter and often also has cheese. To top it off most nights I have plain vanilla ice cream as a snack :-(
I'm not saying my son is HORRIBLE, or anything, but I really wish he would nap longer and be more rested. I also wish we could co-sleep peacefully and not have it be a struggle on a nightly basis. But when I try to put him back in his crib to sleep he is awake again less than 45 minutes later...
I guess I am just wondering if any of this sounds familiar to anyone and if you would suggest going off dairy (as much as it pains me).... ?
Also, sorry I know this is a lot, but since turning 6 months my fam (esp. mother) has been pressuring me to give him solids. I tried some green beans and bananas, thinking it would be ok since they are low sals... but I really just want to sort this all out before I start adding more components to the mix. My mom really doesn't get the whole diet thing I'm doing... she thinks I'm overreacting and keeps telling me to just boil him a carrot :-P She means well, but she's never dealt with anything like this before, so I can see how she wouldn't get it. BLAH.
Oh yeah, he also has a stubborn rash on his chin, which I attributed to drooling from teething (his bottom two are coming in now), and rubbing on it when he mouths toys...but could it be eczema? It does not show up anywhere else on his body and all of his other bodily functions seem normal (normal poops, no diaper rash, no funny smells)
Will this sensitivity get any better? Will we ever sleep again in my house? Please help!
But if not, I can tell you more.
) and ate potatoes that I assume were sulfited (fries from a restaurant). His sleep that night was awful. Tossing and turning and woke up to nurse every time I moved. He's not normally like that.
. And yeah, stay away from the fake food. (I'll invite you to my "I'm done breastfeeding and I need to eat a whole pile of chocolate and things that are bad for me" party!!).
