I really hope I can hop into this forum for a couple weeks, determine that DD has no issues, then leave again!
DD is 9 months, and a pretty happy, healthy little girl. Only issues are cradle cap, frequent congestion/runny nose, and night-waking. Most nights she wakes every 2-3 hours, with a little cry, she nurses, goes back to sleep. Some nights though, once a week or fortnight, she wakes hourly, screaming. She'll still nurse back to sleep, but it takes a while longer, and she's more restless. She has no teeth yet. We have been BLW since six months, not leaving gaps between new foods. She loves food. She seemed to have bad nights after she ate dairy and oranges.
I decided to do an elimination diet for both of us to see if it helped. I'm on day 7, and plan to eliminate dairy, corn, soy, eggs, wheat, for 3 weeks. I am kind of following the Whole Life Nutrition diet, although we ate nuts and bananas this week. We'll cut them out for the next two weeks, since we both love bananas. DD has had more gas this week, maybe from me eating too much asparagus?
I'm overwhelmed - she doesn't have particularly troublesome symptoms (I know most of you have it a lot worse), but I keep thinking "what if it's a combination of two things? Or three?" I'll never be able to figure it out. I don't even know if she HAS allergies/sensitivities.
What do you wise mamas think?
DD is 9 months, and a pretty happy, healthy little girl. Only issues are cradle cap, frequent congestion/runny nose, and night-waking. Most nights she wakes every 2-3 hours, with a little cry, she nurses, goes back to sleep. Some nights though, once a week or fortnight, she wakes hourly, screaming. She'll still nurse back to sleep, but it takes a while longer, and she's more restless. She has no teeth yet. We have been BLW since six months, not leaving gaps between new foods. She loves food. She seemed to have bad nights after she ate dairy and oranges.
I decided to do an elimination diet for both of us to see if it helped. I'm on day 7, and plan to eliminate dairy, corn, soy, eggs, wheat, for 3 weeks. I am kind of following the Whole Life Nutrition diet, although we ate nuts and bananas this week. We'll cut them out for the next two weeks, since we both love bananas. DD has had more gas this week, maybe from me eating too much asparagus?
I'm overwhelmed - she doesn't have particularly troublesome symptoms (I know most of you have it a lot worse), but I keep thinking "what if it's a combination of two things? Or three?" I'll never be able to figure it out. I don't even know if she HAS allergies/sensitivities.
What do you wise mamas think?
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