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thank you for the replies! let’s see…
she took the full-strength bottle great, so we’ll see how it goes. i’m still pumping, but feel okay about not totally breastfeeding, especially if she’ll feel better. and we are doing the RTF b/c it does not contain corn. thank you so much for that!
as for the herbs, i’ve tried many. they were all very effective for my milk supply but madelyn does not tolerate them. within about four or five days after i start them, she becomes a mess and can’t sleep. i’ve tried fenugreek, blessed thistle, goat’s rue, just to name a few. all with the same sad result. this poor little thing can’t tolerate much.
boy, i’m PRAYING we don’t have to go the neocate/elecare route. i’m very fearful of the insurance company making it a big issue and not covering the cost if we have to go that way. have you had any of those issues, emily? what worries me is she appears to tolerate things until they build up in her system then we have the same situation we are in today. i don’t want to sit back and sigh, thinking we’ve got this licked and then ten days later get hit with a tidal wave! oy!
mentally, the diet is so very hard and i give tons of props to you mothers who are successfully doing it. for my health, mentally and physically, i hope that formula is the way to go. there are always so many unknowns….
never thought i’d be here again! wow!
thanks again! enjoy the rest of your weekend.
trigrl2008-07-20 14:47:35
emily–that is so great you are nearing your goal of 6 mos! congratulations!
well, the trial was a flop. she started projectile vomiting on the second night (something she’s never done) and was super fussy all day yesterday and didn’t sleep a wink until she passed out (fighting almost the whole time) last night at 1030. i prayed A LOT and have decided to just keep nursing. after discussing with dh, i feel a lot better and bolstered up. you also gave me the idea to have a goal, emily. with how fast a month flies by, i decided to just think in those terms and reevaluate at those intervals. i told myself it’s just like a 12 hr shift (i’m a nurse)…if i go in there thinking too much about 12 WHOLE HOURS, i find myself clock-watching. that’s how i was when i was thinking about 12 WHOLE MONTHS of this diet. now i take little bites of time and it seems more manageable.
i’ve been meaning to ask you, emily….what sort of restrictions do you have on your diet? what can’t you eat?
thanks again, everyone, for chiming in. i really appreciate the support. onward and upward!
i do remember sue! wow, i didn’t realize that taylor had so many allergies…i think around the time she was born, i was only casually looking in on the site. thanks so much for checking with her! i really appreciate it.
oh, i wanted to add that madelyn is already doing much better now that she’s off the alimentum. i often remember how i would send up the victory flag too soon with riley, only to have a crash the next day, but…she’s back to smiling and sleeping, hardly fusses a bit when she’s got some good food in her belly. that does me a lot of good
b/c i can see that this is worth it. i do, however, worry about giving her the zantac if i don’t have to. i only say this b/c i have a feeling it causes a bit of insomnia in her. it is hard, at this point, to discern ALL of the factors that could contribute to her sleeplessness, but i do remember that one night we gave her the zantac b/c she was refluxing almost constantly (when i had taken the blessed thistle) and miraculously, within 10-15 mins she was calm and not refluxing. however, she was a BEAR to get to sleep. just kept staring at us until the wee hours, of course not content to amuse herself 
no harm in just giving it to her when she seems to be having reflux issues but not everyday if not needed???
oh sue, thank you so much! that is such great information. while researching the formulas, i came up empty too b/c of the corn. interestingly, of all the things madelyn had major difficulty with (full body rash, mucousy green/brown/foul-smelling stools, horrendous diaper rash, irritability, trouble passing bms, etc), corn was the only thing that gave her bloody stool. i have to admit, i was pretty shocked. i had been following a strict diet and was shopping for quinoa. the store i went to didn’t have any but they had quinoa/corn pasta. who would’ve guessed corn could reek such havoc?
how is taylor now? i would love to hear an update.
thank you SO MUCH for the link to the organic formula. wow. that will be such a lifesaver if i decide bf is for the birds and she can tolerate soy. we never officially got her tested, but after all of those things were out of my diet, we saw a new baby. in actuality, i just took soy out b/c it is so common for babies who are sensitive to milk to be sensitive to soy. i wasn’t taking a risk, as miserable as she was. that would be great if she wasn’t intolerant to soy, at least for my diet. i don’t think i’ll risk it yet, though
i’m wondering if as she gets older, she will be able to possibly tolerate something else, perhaps the nature’s one?? did you find that with taylor?boy, i hear you on not leaving the house. when madelyn was having bad days, we didn’t leave at all! riley was climbing the walls! he actually said he couldn’t watch anymore tv! ha!!
praise God, she is very different from riley on the reflux front. the only time she appears to really reflux painfully is when i’ve eaten something i shouldn’t. other than that, she can get some mylanta and the kid doesn’t make a peep unless she’s hungry or overtired. it’s truly amazing.
thanks again to you and ann marie for PM’ing you. what a wealth of info this place is! my dr/the kids’ ped says ‘wow, you’re always teaching me something…’ and it’s all b/c of the info on this site.
take care!
I LOVE ENJOY LIFE FOODS! i agree, they have been my saving grace, too! i haven’t been able to find the bagels, yet. have you? if so, are they good? i was thinking about ordering them if they’re good, b/c you can order from their site…
wow, you certainly WERE limited there for awhile! and i’m sorry to hear you have to avoid chocolate. yikes. i eat so many cocoa loco bars and enjoy life chocolate chips, just to act like i’m having dessert
i’m in the same boat…no dairy (all), soy, wheat, gluten, eggs, nuts (all), beef, herbs of any kind, vitamins even (she gets crazy when i take vitamins! i’ve tried several…she can at least tolerate me taking my citracal! at least my bone density won’t suffer too much, lol). i’m about 10# below my prepregnancy, it’s been a trip! i laugh b/c with riley i had to be dairy free and that really sent my weight down, but nothing like this. i wish i could be one of those women who can really stuff it in while bf! that would be fun, i think!one thing that concerns me and let me know if you’ve heard this…i’ve heard that once you’ve removed wheat and gluten from your diet, it is extremely difficult (read: next to impossible) to reintroduce it into your diet and tolerate it. i wonder if that’s true??
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