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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