>  Are other people finding so many
>babies in their practice with this allergic gastroenteritis, and how
is it
>being managed?  I have seen other moms instructed to eliminate so
much from
>their diet they are only eating lamb and rice for weeks, and all
along the
>baby is gaining, happy and healthy, except for a few streaks of blood
in
>the diaper.  What's up with that?
>NancyH


Well...... if it is my first baby and to me blood equals hurt or
disease and my baby can't tell me if anything is wrong and I just want
to be the absolute best parent I can be.......
Then I will see Drs and try their formula medicines and assuage my
guilt for not breastfeeding by explaining to everyone that he had this
bleeding and so I couldn't breastfeed / can't eat anything / am
sacrificing my sanity because I want to be / be seen to be doing the
BEST for my baby

It's very hard for mums to accept that it can be OK, that baby is
healthy and happy and wonderful and they should be relaxed because
this is a whole new experience for them, 'though not for us.

JMHO
Querida

Querida David IBCLC
NMAA Counsellor
Alyangula, NT. Australia
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Teresa