// June 29th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Motherhood
mariah’s been a pretty gassy baby from the start. within the first few weeks, she was having gas pains that made her scream and pump her legs like crazy. we thought the culprit was peanut butter, so stopped eating it. that was hard because that’s a quick and easy go-to for lunches.
things eased up for a bit, but while in italy it got really bad in the evenings and in the middle of the night and the spit up was out of control during the day! it broke my heart to see her scream at night. we burped her, pumped her legs and tried our best to soothe her. we also spent our days mopping up what seemed like full feedings she’d returned to us.
i knew it had to be something in my diet, and the change in countries and eating habits had to be the culprit. i was eating a TON of cheese, salami, chocolate and fresh greens all of which are said to be bad for gas. when we returned home everything seemed to die down – but it didn’t last long.
i suspected dairy was the culprit as i kept reading it seems to be the case most often. so i limited my dairy intake for a few days which seemed to help. after having pizza for lunch the past two days, the spit up increased again. but it could be just a coincidence.
i need to actually go dairy free for 2-4 weeks to get it completly out of my system and then try introducing it slowly to see what her reaction is. *sigh* that’s so hard for me – i LOVE my milk and get my protein from cheese, yogurt, and cottage cheese.
if dairy truly is the reason for the gas, it will be worth it. i mean i won’t be breastfeeding forever. i can have my cheese all i want in nine months. i’m going to limit the dairy as much as possible, but i don’t know if i can remove it completly – it could be a bit tricky. so here i go….updates to come.
