Allergy, intolerance, or what???

hmmm…ok I’d do no rice for 2 weeks and then I’m not sure what I’d do? what exactly are you eating? maybe next you can try no wheat?

so add back the rice (after 2 weeks of no rice, since you didnt see any difference) and then take away wheat? give that 2 weeks?

those are the ‘biggies’ – milk, soy, rice, wheat…

so after that try adding things back and see what happens?

to add the rice back in, maybe try the way from the link ‘how to add foods back in’ or soemthing like that from the ‘main’ mspi page?

um…I’d go back & stick with it…the diet should take the 3 weeks that you did- but to get the rice ‘out’ I would say to give that 2weeks (at least a week)…the stuff you added might have made things worse since you said things were a little better on the diet?

so go back, eat just free range turkey & lamb, potatoes, sweet potatoes & squash (maybe even go wild & eat different squashes- acorn squash, butternut squash, spaghetti squash, etc? the diet called for yellow squash…but you’ve been eating zuccini so why not add more squash?) for about a week and see where you are…if no improvement, then add rice back in and then see what happens. if nothing, then add wheat back in & see what happens…then after that, call it a day? quit? I’d also post on the yahoogroup as well…yikes

I don’t know- but there could be additives in the turkey- otherwise why would they be specific? I really don’t know…there are all kinds of things in deli-meat, too, so if you were eating that then who knows?

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/t041200.asp

• Eat only range-fed turkey and lamb, baked or boiled potatoes and sweet potatoes (with salt and pepper only), rice and millet as your only grain, cooked green and yellow squash for your vegetable, and for fruit, pears and diluted pear juice. Drink a rice-based beverage drink in place of milk on cereal or in cooking. Do not yet use soy beverage. Take a calcium supplement. (Rice products, such as rice beverage, rice-based frozen dessert, rice pasta, rice flour, and millet are available in nutrition stores.)

• At the end of two weeks, or sooner if the colic subsides, gradually add other foods to your diet, one every four days, starting with those less commonly allergenic (such as sunflower seeds, carrots, beets, salmon, oats, grapes, avocado, peaches). Wait a while before you add wheat, beef, eggs, nuts, and corn. Avoid for the longest time dairy products, soy products, peanuts, shellfish, coffee, tea, colas and other beverages containing caffeine, chocolate, gas-producing vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, green peppers), tomatoes, and citrus fruits. Vegetables and fruits are often tolerated in cooked form sooner than in raw form.

• Keep a record of the foods you eat and the problem behaviors; try to correlate baby’s fussy spells with what you’ve eaten in the past day or so. This gives you a clearer perspective and helps you stay objective, which is hard to do when you are sleep-deprived. This is especially important when baby has stayed fussy past four months of age.

Do not starve yourself. It may feel, the first day or two, as though there is not enough for you to eat; but you can still eat a nutritious diet. You just have to eat more of the “safe” types of food until you determine what your baby can tolerate.

Colicky babies usually respond to mother’s diet changes dramatically and quickly, often within one or two days. With the older baby who is nightwaking, you may have to wait longer to see results. Typically, mothers will find that when they change their diet baby may sleep better for a few nights only to start waking again a lot for a few days or a week or so, at which time the sleep again improves. It’s important to know this so that you will not be tempted to give up when you think “it’s not working.”

Older babies are often less sensitive to fruits and vegetables in mom’s diet (and their own), so at this stage we recommend mainly protein elimination, namely dairy, beef, eggs, chicken, shellfish, soy, corn, wheat, and peanuts (plus any other foods you have learned bother baby). Research has shown that some foreign proteins get into some mothers’ milk more than others’, and of course some babies are more sensitive to these proteins than other babies.