I agree Annelies
I have had clients who get so overwhelmed by the whole elimination diet
that they come close to giving up. I have also got women in my study who
did elimate foods extensively, lost weight themselves, got exhausted and
found it all tooooo much and then weaned - I couldn't help those ones. I
guess the answer is eliminate obvious source first - dairy then wait and
reasses in 2 weeks, if marked improvement stay with that if not or only a
little eliminate next obvious, reassess etc. It is time consuming and can
be frustrating but doesn't seem so overwhelming and I too hold back on
recommending this diet until I have really checked out the history. I also
support mothers by saying that an occasional controlled 'cheating' - like
if she desparately wants that chocolate eclair! is not the end of the
world.
warm regards
jenni
RN RM IBCLC in private practice and mother to Daniel, Alicia, Michael,
Ashley, Leighton & Kathryn
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> From: Annelies Bon <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: bloody stools, allergy
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 8:29
>
> I'm becoming increasingly frustrated about this issue. several times I've
> heard these stories:
>
> *baby with blood in stool, otherwise healthy and happy. Mother concerned,
> goes to docter, people advice her to eliminate dairy, and other
allergenic
> products, mother has problems with keeping up her weigth, feels week,
> baby's bloody stools  doesn't improve. Ped put the baby on formula to do
> blank testing. Mother pumps and dump. Mother cannot keep up with pumping,
> and quits. Baby is 8 mo. Result from testing: no allergy.
>
> *baby from a few weeks old, extremely colicky, eczema. One suspects
> allergy. Mother on hypoallergenic diet, results are confusing. Baby
> balances between  happy to colicky. Mother looses weigth rapidly, feels
> week and gets ill. Het milk production decreases rapidly. Baby put on HA
> formula and improves.
>
> I'm becoming more and more resistant to recommend a restriction diet. Too
> often it leads to weaning. Only when a mother is very committed to do it,
> it will work. Otherwise it's too hard for most women.
>
> There are several case reports about the positive results of a
restriction
> diet. However on the other hand I hear people saying that the amount of
> proteins that enter the  milk is usually extremely low. This makes me
> hesistant to recommend it to women. I'm afraid to to suggest such a hard
> restricton diet unnecessarily.
>
> does anyone has ideas about it? Dealing with this dilemma too?
>
> Annelies Bon  http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/abon/bfbronnen.html
> breastfeeding counsellor of the Dutch bf org "Borstvoeding Natuurlijk"
> mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ICQ: 11791280
>
> Annelies Bon         http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/abon/bfbronnen.html
> ICQ: 11791280
>