NAK but I'll try to be complete with info here I've been waiting to get some free time to type it all up but it ain't happening
this first part is long but you really need the backstory I think...
DD2 was super mellow from birth to about 1.5 weeks, got a little fussy but easily consoled (rocking, etc.), by 2.5 weeks we were in full blown colic where shes screaming all day long, won't sleep, can't be comforted, etc. At 3.5 weeks I call my LLL leader who comes over to look at her and talk to me more (screaming babies and phones don't mix....) and says she looks like she has an allergy. She has the red ring around her anus and under her eyes towards the bridge of her nose is red like she has a sunburn (though she doesn't). I cut out dairy and within 2 days I noticed a huge difference, she was still fussy but more like week 2 where it just took a little effort to calm her. I've been dairy free for 6 days now and all was going ok until yesterday.
It was DD1s bday and I made all the food dairy free. I ate some watermelon, corn chips and roasted veggie salsa, some air pop popcorn, and a carrot cake cupcake that did contain eggs, walnuts, and a soy frosting. I also ate some of the frosting before the party when making them
During the party she was pretty calm, she was passed around a lot but did come back to me to nurse quite often if she even made a squeak. She didn't sleep a lot during the day, just little catnaps. After the party we went to the toy store and out to dinner with ILs, she slept that whole time. At dinner I made it VERY clear that I was "highly allergic" to dairy, they told me the bread had dairy but the pasta did not, so I ordered regular pasta in a plain marinara and again stressed "no dairy" and they were really nice about it, even when another server came out to offer cheese to the table he knew I wasn't eating it, so I'm sure the kitchen was informed....
After we got home and she woke up she was extremely fussy again, almost a return of colic. We even took a walk and she cried most of that time (even tried stopping to nurse, etc.) At first I thought she was overstimulated from the day, being passed around, etc. but then she started having what seemed to be really painful, powerful gas and screaming mostly right before passing it.
She slept well last night, like normal just waking to nurse 3-4 times, but this morning, while she isn't fussy, she cried hard right before she pooped, it came out powerful, and I noticed her red circle on her bottom seemed darker than usual this morning. The poop looked fairly normal, maybe a little slimey (mucous-y?)
Sorry if any of that is TMI I'm just really trying to figure out how to help my baby feel better
I'm wondering now if something I ate yesterday is something shes also sensitive to....
but how do I know?
my questions I wanted to ask are:
How long do food allergens take to show up in breastmilk? Would something I ate in the morning bother her in the evening, or something just an hour before? days?
Should her physical signs have gone away in the 6 days of dairy free if it was just dairy? Her red ring got less red but was still there slightly (and is now dark again today) and the "shiners" under her eyes stayed the same the whole time.
If I do cut something out next, how do I know what to cut? soy? tomatoes? corn? wheat? eggs? I've eaten all of those in the other 6 days, though in smaller amounts I'd guess (except wheat, I've eaten a lot of pasta and beans
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I've read about the TED, but I'm vegetarian (for something like 6 years, so its not exactly something easily broken) so it would be REALLY hard for me to have to chose between eating turkey or having zero protein source....but if it came down to that I would do it to help my baby girl
the other catch in all of this is that my ILs are here from NH for the week so we pretty much have to eat away from home (with sightseeing, etc.) They are letting me pick where to eat so that makes it a little easier but still scary to put my DDs well being in another cooks hands. Do you think it could have been the restaurant last night who messed up and that made her react? It seems too soon though, she started screaming maybe a half hour after dinner....
Thanks for the help, this is all new to me, I thought the no dairy would be easy since I used to be vegan but its so hard when you know a slip up will cause pain to your LO
this first part is long but you really need the backstory I think...
DD2 was super mellow from birth to about 1.5 weeks, got a little fussy but easily consoled (rocking, etc.), by 2.5 weeks we were in full blown colic where shes screaming all day long, won't sleep, can't be comforted, etc. At 3.5 weeks I call my LLL leader who comes over to look at her and talk to me more (screaming babies and phones don't mix....) and says she looks like she has an allergy. She has the red ring around her anus and under her eyes towards the bridge of her nose is red like she has a sunburn (though she doesn't). I cut out dairy and within 2 days I noticed a huge difference, she was still fussy but more like week 2 where it just took a little effort to calm her. I've been dairy free for 6 days now and all was going ok until yesterday.
It was DD1s bday and I made all the food dairy free. I ate some watermelon, corn chips and roasted veggie salsa, some air pop popcorn, and a carrot cake cupcake that did contain eggs, walnuts, and a soy frosting. I also ate some of the frosting before the party when making them
During the party she was pretty calm, she was passed around a lot but did come back to me to nurse quite often if she even made a squeak. She didn't sleep a lot during the day, just little catnaps. After the party we went to the toy store and out to dinner with ILs, she slept that whole time. At dinner I made it VERY clear that I was "highly allergic" to dairy, they told me the bread had dairy but the pasta did not, so I ordered regular pasta in a plain marinara and again stressed "no dairy" and they were really nice about it, even when another server came out to offer cheese to the table he knew I wasn't eating it, so I'm sure the kitchen was informed....
After we got home and she woke up she was extremely fussy again, almost a return of colic. We even took a walk and she cried most of that time (even tried stopping to nurse, etc.) At first I thought she was overstimulated from the day, being passed around, etc. but then she started having what seemed to be really painful, powerful gas and screaming mostly right before passing it.
She slept well last night, like normal just waking to nurse 3-4 times, but this morning, while she isn't fussy, she cried hard right before she pooped, it came out powerful, and I noticed her red circle on her bottom seemed darker than usual this morning. The poop looked fairly normal, maybe a little slimey (mucous-y?)
Sorry if any of that is TMI I'm just really trying to figure out how to help my baby feel better
I'm wondering now if something I ate yesterday is something shes also sensitive to....
but how do I know?
my questions I wanted to ask are:
How long do food allergens take to show up in breastmilk? Would something I ate in the morning bother her in the evening, or something just an hour before? days?
Should her physical signs have gone away in the 6 days of dairy free if it was just dairy? Her red ring got less red but was still there slightly (and is now dark again today) and the "shiners" under her eyes stayed the same the whole time.
If I do cut something out next, how do I know what to cut? soy? tomatoes? corn? wheat? eggs? I've eaten all of those in the other 6 days, though in smaller amounts I'd guess (except wheat, I've eaten a lot of pasta and beans
I've read about the TED, but I'm vegetarian (for something like 6 years, so its not exactly something easily broken) so it would be REALLY hard for me to have to chose between eating turkey or having zero protein source....but if it came down to that I would do it to help my baby girl
the other catch in all of this is that my ILs are here from NH for the week so we pretty much have to eat away from home (with sightseeing, etc.) They are letting me pick where to eat so that makes it a little easier but still scary to put my DDs well being in another cooks hands. Do you think it could have been the restaurant last night who messed up and that made her react? It seems too soon though, she started screaming maybe a half hour after dinner....
Thanks for the help, this is all new to me, I thought the no dairy would be easy since I used to be vegan but its so hard when you know a slip up will cause pain to your LO