Nursing while pregnant will make toddler sick?

[mamika]

Please tell me this is absurd....

I am 15 weeks pregnant and still nursing my 18 month son. He nurses about once a day and its mostly a comfort thing. DS just came down with a fever two days ago and on the second day threw up twice. His fever is gone as of this morning and he seems to be feeling well. I figure it's just a bug and his body is doing what it needs to clear everything out. However, I was told by my mother-in-law that doctors say "if a child nurses while mom is pregnant then the milk can make him sick." In other words...my milk is making him sick.

Is this true?? I've never heard of anything like this. I always thought nursing while pregnant was safe as long as I make sure I get enough nutrients for all parties. I know the taste can change so the child will sometimes stop nursing but the idea of the milk actually making the child sick...fever, vomiting, etc.

Please enlighten me someone (or help me enlighten my mother-in-law)

[Dmitrizmom]

Not true!!! http://kellymom.com/nursingtwo/faq/01safety.html

[PatioGardener]

Not true!!!

When your milk changes to colostrum your toddler may have more frequent bowel movements - with poop more like a baby - perhaps that is where this myth originated?

[mamika]

Thanks for the responses. That is what I thought. My mother-in-law comes from Eastern Europe and obviously from a different generation so sometimes she has some crazy theories.

Thanks for link Dmitirizmom!

[emmalizz]

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[tnmom66]

[QUOTE=mamika;15316206]My mother-in-law comes from Eastern Europe and obviously from a different generation so sometimes she has some crazy theories. QUOTE]

I nursed my first baby throughout my second's gestation and the only complaint we had was that my milk supply decreased. I felt very good about being able to nurse even 3 times a day (mostly to sleep) and I know it is healthy.

My baby's grandmother is Turkish and I wonder what sort of "old wives' tales" we'll encounter. She doesn't speak English and I don't speak Turkish, so if she says anything, I'll get it second hand.

She didn't like it when I gave the baby a chicken leg bone to chew on when she was teething--don't know why, there wasn't anyone there with us to translate.

And the baby's Dad seems obsessed with keeping the baby warm. Me pediatrician said more babies die from overbundling than having cold hands.

[isabchi]

Not true at all. I know many moms that nursed their toddler through the pregancy with not problem. I nursed my oldest all the way with not isssue, I'm now tandem nursing my kiddos. We're all fine and healthy.

[Kivgaen]

My father told me once that if you eat the green part of the watermelon rind that it will give me cancer. I always believed up until about a year ago that the green part of the rind was bad for you.

At times I wonder why people just make up ridiculous reasons why you shouldn't be doing an act. They can't come up with a logical, rational reason for why you shouldn't be doing what they themselves would never do, so they make something up to try to gain control over your actions. The person they told believes them, passes on the info, and a new urban myth is born.

Put it out of your mind -- it is a load of hogwash.

[yasinsmama]

Have you been speaking to my family???? They think the child will become disabled if they nurse from their pregnant mom. Sometimes I wanted to get pregnant and continue nursing DS just to prove to them that that was crazy talk. And the only reason I knew any better is because I learned it from MDC!!

[laurac5]

I'm always on the pro-breastfeeding side of things... but based on what happens with my kids I would say there's a possibility that there is some truth in this.  When I was nursing dd and pregnant with ds, dd would vomit every time she nursed, and after a few days of that I just went ahead and weaned her (she was 19months).  She stopped throwing up right after that.

Now I'm pregnant again and ds just vomited right after nursing.  I'm definitely not going to do anything rash with ds since he is just 13 months, but if this keeps up, honestly I would consider weaning again.  I get pretty bad morning sickness, so maybe my milk just passes on a lot more of those hormones than average?  I've read that pregnancy hormones do pass into the milk.

[JudiAU]

No, it won't make your LO sick. But the milk does change and I have heard of nursing toddlers refusing it or have it looser stools.