Can my diet as a breastfeeding mom effect my baby's digestion?

Question

My baby has been spitting up the past 2 days everytime he eats. A couple of those times I would call it vomitting. Can my intake of certain foods or drinks be causing this to happen?

Answer 1

Some babies are so sensitive that cows' milk in their mother's diet can affect them. Spicy foods and gassy foods like cabbage and broccoli can also affect the baby. Keep a food diary for yourself over the course of a few days and analyze each item. Then, one by one, cut them out of your diet and see if that helps the little one's tummy problems.

Answer 2

It is completely normal for a baby to spit up up to 2 tablespoons at a time. It may not sound like a lot, but if you pour 2 tablespoons of milk onto your counter, you will see that it can look like a lot! As everyone else has said, the food you eat CAN affect your breastmilk. Another clue: does the liquid he spit up look curdled? If so, it is coming from the stomach. If it looks the same as it went in, it isn't making it all the way down to the stomach before coming up. Gastro Esophigal Reflux is also a possibility, and is more common in boys. If you think this may be the problem, keep your baby's head elevated while eating and afterwards to keep the liquids from coming back up the esophagus. Depending on age, if it is GER, you may ask your pediatrician about adding a spoonful of rice cereal to his bottles to help keep the liquid down also. As long as he is gaining weight at a steady pace he should be fine.

Answer 3

Oh yea. Everything that you put into your body, is expressed through your breast milk. Is there any certain things you have been eating or drinking the past 2 days? Think about it and if so, stop eating / drinking it and see if he reacts better once you've stopped. Also, are you on any type of medication? That could be it as well. If your not on any meds and you've changed your diet and he continues to vomit, I would suggest you call his doctor. Breast Milk is very gentle but sometimes, it just isn't for certain babies. My kids did alright with breast feeding but around 2 wks they turned away or couldn't latch properly so I had no choice but to bottle feed. Good Luck to you and I hope your baby is feeling better. Merry Christmas.

Answer 4

Sigh.... and people ask your self why posters right here in specific circumstances doubt surgeon's suggestion. you do no longer could robotically avert ANY meals on a similar time as breastfeeding. "Gassy" meals like brocolli won't make toddler gassy, and peanuts won't provide her allergic reactions. (And in spite of what different posters right here wrote, garlic won't make the milk style 'gross', and chocolate, fatty meals, etc are no longer risky.) A small share of toddlers are comfortable to some thing mom eats, yet there are as many diverse 'colicy' meals as there are toddlers, so in case you do observe that toddler is fussy when you consume a definite foodstuff, attempt removing that foodstuff and notice if it facilitates. (hassle-free subject meals are dairy, eggs, wheat, citrus, soy ... and specific, occassionally brocolli or beans.) So purely consume a balanced foodstuff ordinary with meals you take excitement in. interior the early weeks the trick would be looking time to consume in any respect ... on no account innovations dealing with a lot of stupid regulations on what you may and can't consume. specific, you have caffeine moderately (alcohol too) except as with each thing else, you notice that it bothers toddler. some toddlers are relatively comfortable to caffeine and could be extensive unsleeping or fussy, yet maximum mothers can drink a pair of cups of espresso/tea an afternoon actual. (And a million-2 alcoholic beverages at a time is likewise risk-free.)

Answer 5

You betchya.

You can sour your milk by eating spicy things, or things with a lot of garlic and oninion in them. Babies can get colic from that sort of thing, or even indegestion.

A lot of babies have issues when mom eats broccoli, it makes the baby gasey.

Coffee, and things like that also effect your breast milk.

Try to think of soemthing you've eating in the last couple days that might be strong, have stimulents in it, or anything like that. Weed it out of your diet and see if things do get better.

Babies can also be lactose intolerant, which means that if you continue to breast feed you have to cut all dairy from your diet. But thats generally the last thiing you try. Soured milk from diet, and stomach bugs are the first things you look for. He might just have a virus. Check his temp.

Answer 6

Whatever you eat is what your baby is eating too....
You need to be careful with diets to make sure that you and your baby are getting the correct nutrition!
Babies do spit up, but if you are concerned, then I would take your baby to your doctor and just see if what you are or are not eating is effecting your baby.....

Good luck!

Answer 7

Doubtful that it's your diet. When I nursed my daughter (now 6 years old), it didn't seem to make a difference what I ate. Babies just spit up sometimes. If you're worried, take him to his doctor. Better safe than sorry.

Answer 8

baby may have a little bug. I never had a problem I ate anything, I have experience with two. Did you eat out somewhere or eat something that your not used to? I never had a problem!

Answer 9

Yes, whatever you put into your system, you're putting into your baby's siystem. If you drink or smoke, either stop those activities or stop breastfeeding.

Answer 10

most definitely what you eat can affect your baby.

how old is your baby, if your baby is very young, not gaining weight and having projectile type vomiting consult your pediatrician ASAP.