BReaSTFeeDInG MomS?????

Question

hey i have a 3 week old little boy i was wondering if anyone had any things that gave their baby gas while breastfeeding, or any do's and dont's i should consider, i've been doing it and he eats every two hours even at night! so i just wanted some helpful hints! thanks alot!

Answer 1

Quite soon, he will eat less frequently. You'll pause and think "Oh my -- is he OKAY? He should've woken me up!"

Gas: no.

"The idea that certain foods in any mom's diet will cause gas in her baby is incredibly persistent but is not founded in research. If certain foods in moms' diets were an overall problem for most babies, we would expect that cultures that emphasize those foods would have more gassy and fussy babies, but this does not occur at all...

Breastmilk is made from what passes into mom's blood, not what is in her stomach or digestive tract."

http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/gassybaby.html

kellymom.com is _great_ for pretty much all breastfeeding questions.

Answer 2

He sounds normal! Most newborns will wake to nurse several times at night. As he gets older and bigger, he'll be able to sleep longer at a stretch. If he's sleeping longer than 2-3 hours during the day, you might consider waking him and encouraging him to nurse more frequently. Most newborns don't know the difference between day and night yet! The best tip I received was to sleep while your baby sleeps. Nothing is as important right now as taking care of your baby and yourself.

At 3 weeks old, it would be hard to say that frequent night waking is due to something you've eaten. Most breastfeeding mothers can eat and drink almost any healthy food without problems. Although frequent waking could be a sign of your baby reacting to a food you've eaten, it's more likely that you're just noticing normal newborn behavior. If his waking becomes more frequent, if he's acting painful and gassy regularly, and especially if he shows other symptoms like frequent spitting up, rashes, or "colic", then you might consider food reactions.

One exception might be caffeine. Caffeine (from coffee, tea, energy drinks, etc) does pass into your milk. A newborn can't metabolize caffeine as quickly as you can, so if you're drinking more than a cup or two of coffee a day (and even that little can upset a sensitive baby), this could be contributing to your baby's wakefulness.

Answer 3

The only 2 things that bothered our daughter were tomato products and caffeine. So, I eliminated those things and she was fine thereafter. At 10 weeks of age, I added those things back in and she was fine. So, it is temporary. It is not like you are going to have to eliminate those things permanently.

For our son, we couldn't figure out what it was that bothered him, so I too lived on crackers and toast. It passed as well.

It is very normal for your baby to be waking at night. They are doing a lot of growing right now.

Answer 4

Its normal for him to be eating every two hours at three weeks, he'll slow down a little in a while, and probably do it again at 6 and 12 weeks. Growth spurts :)

Chocolate, green peppers, onions and garlic, too much sugar, anything very very spicy, thats what gave my son gas. He went through a few weeks spell where EVERYTHING gave him gas and I literally ate toast and crackers for a while to give him a break from it.

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Answer 5

When my little bird was very young, like your son's age, I ate zucchini and that did NOT agree with her. Nothing else really bothered her, though.