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Karen,
I would not call a diet that contains wheat a "bland diet" from an allergenic perspective. Why would one eliminate
fruits and vegetables and leave one of the most highly allergenic foods in the diet? And it is a "food" with no
nutritional value whatsoever. I explain to moms that elimination diets are not the most effective means of
assessing allergens. I refer moms for muscle-testing if the allergen isn't obvious. If I have to work with food
elimination, I do a very thorough assessment of moms' diet before suggesting eliminations. I also never
approach elimination of foods w/o increasing nutrient-density in mom's diet and doing some level of gut healing,
usually for both mom and baby. I find most moms are willing to do something that seems to be less arbitrary
than the typical elimination diet. I do not find that peds are typically amenable to learning about this--most
moms just leave the ped out of the equation.
Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA
Intuitive Parenting, LLC
"I am noticing a trend in pediatricians around here to
recommend highly restricted diets to mom if the baby is
"fussy"/"colicky". Often this leads moms to just bottle
feed, often with soy formula instead of making these
overwhelming dietary changes. I had one doc. who
suggested a bland diet to a mom (including among about 5
foods white bread (uckkk!). The mom said it helped but I
wonder how long it lasted, haven't talked to her
recently. I usually focus more on a wide variety of
foods moms should eat, lots of fruits, vegetables,
proteins - possibly avoiding beef if there is strong
reason to suspect dairy. I encourage moms to use
products like oat/almond/rice milk which are readily
available and help moms transition from their milk/soy
based diet. What are other people recommending and any
luck educating pediatricians on how what they are doing
discourages breastfeeding?
Karen Kurtz, IBCLC, LLLL"
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