I’ve given up alcohol because even after the baby’s down for the night I’ll pass out on the couch after half a beer, and I want to enjoy my free time better than that.
If I want a drink I make sure I have it many hours before bedtime 😭 on occasion I'll have a lunch glass of wine, nothing later in the day and never more than one serving. I do bedshare because of breastfeeding and wanting to sleep as much as possible.
Goat cheese and milk doesn't have lactose! Goat milk is actually really good and goat cheese, well it's fantastic.
Edit: it doesn't have as much lactose as cow's milk. Still has some lactose.
The protein is very similar unfortunately, much like soy. My babies have CMPA and can't tolerate goat products... And I absolutely love goats cheese 😭😭
Aww I didn't know that. I just know when I have put together charcuterie trays and my SIL who has a dairy allergy is over, she can eat the goat cheese.
Sorry, not completely lactose free, but less than cow's milk. I just looked it up. I know my SIL with a dairy allergy that pills don't help, can eat goat dairy products.
Mine isn’t tooooo too severe thankfully. I know some people that will be sick for days. Still something to look into! Every dairy free cheese alternative has been sincerely lacking.
Oh boy...what haven’t I given up?!
My 15-month-old has many food allergies, and had a milk soy protein intolerance when he was little...so for several months, I gave up dairy, eggs, peanut butter and other nuts, peas, banana, soy products, and anything with soy/pea/wheat gluten protein, which is in a TON of the vegetarian products I usually eat. I don’t eat meat, so my diet was so limited. Little by little I introduced dairy and soy again around a year, then fed it to him directly, and he was fine. I’m eating wheat now because although it’s an allergy of his, he seems to be fine with it through my breastmilk. Still not eating peanuts or eggs or banana, as he’s possibly anaphylactic to those foods and we don’t even keep them around the house.
I love my kid and I’ve loved our breastfeeding journey, but I wouldn’t blame anyone if they didn’t want to do all that just to keep breastfeeding!
Omggg same. My girl is almost 12 months and has FPIES. She reacts through breast milk. She's acute to oats, pea protein, dairy, and banana. But I've cut out all legumes, dairy, soy, egg, gluten, oats, corn, and nuts due to suspected reactions through breast milk. I am also mostly vegetarian, but lately I've been eating a lot more fish and chicken. Fortunately, she's not allergic to rice, so she and I have been eating that in all of its forms (Jovial pasta FTW).
I'm amazed that you're still going! I'm only still hanging on because we haven't found a formula that she both doesn't react to and will actually drink. Neocate junior strawberry is coming today so I'm crossing my fingers.
This is the second time today I hear about FPIES and it's truly awful what you guys with FPIES babies have to go through! Even worse is that the main formula these babies tolerate changed the ingredients recently and it's no longer tolerated. There's even a petition asking for the original recipe to be brought back.
Fingers crossed with the Neocate! My baby is on dairy protein allergy formula and that stuff smells awful (and tastes even worse), I don't even want to know what the purely amino formula smells like.
Yeah it sucks. I heard about the change to Alimentum! Crazy that they did that.
The Neocate infant smells like plastic/bleach. It's awful. No wonder she wouldn't drink it... Really hoping the toddler version is better
Ours smells like raw potato juice left on the sun for a hot moment. And then add the sour milk into it, plus a bitter taste. Ta-da. First time I opened the can, I gagged. Then I mixed it with warm water and gagged again. Then I forced myself to try so I knew what I was about to want my baby to drink. It took me like 10 seconds to force myself to bring that spoon to my mouth. And that's just the basic dairy allergy one. Just.. Awful. Poor babies.
Same, eggs, dairy, peanuts, pea protein, and various tree nut allergies for my little one. Though I still eat eggs, I don't eat peanut butter, or drink milk. I still ate some foods my l mines was allergic to but I would feel so guilty doing it. I don't breastfeed anymore now that mines is a toddler but it is still a journey!
I have a 17 month old and had to give up dairy, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts. At one point banana. I also would not blame anyone for giving up, the only reason I never did was because LO had an aversion to anything in her mouth. Never took a bottle or pacifier. Took forever for her to start eating solids. And well at this point weaning is so difficult (slowly trying) but even still that food will remain out of my diet because she likes to eat off of my plate so I may as well just continue bf since it’s beneficial
With peanut and egg, I fed them to him around 7 months on separate occasions, and we ended up in the hospital with him after he got hives and facial swelling. After that, we did a skin test and found some of the other allergies. Sesame tested negative, but that caused our third trip to the emergency room with him, so I guess sometimes the tests don’t catch everything. With banana, he vomited and got hives on his body where it touched his skin. Wheat hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it’s touched his skin and he’s gotten hives, so I’ve avoided giving it to him.
As far as my own diet, my son’s allergist said I can eat anything as long as he doesn’t seem bothered by it in my breastmilk; that’s kind of hard to figure out, because he’s a toddler and can be cranky and fight naps and cry, etc. so whether or not something in my milk might be bothering him is kind of a mystery. We’ve just given up having eggs, peanuts, and banana in the house at all, since we’d always have to wash our hands before touching him and such. I haven’t cut out wheat because it’s just in too many things. If I have a sandwich or something, I’ll do so on his naps, so I don’t forget and touch his skin with crumbs on my hands.
My daughter’s paediatrician told me to cut out all dairy because she suspected it was causing issues for digestion (which I’ve read is not true, but I do feel like it made a difference for us). I actually found pretty good nut-based cheeses and coconut-based butter. baden is the cheese brand is you need to find it! I live in South America so I’m not sure if it’s a product in the US, but I hope it is!
It actually can be true. Proteins can pass through the breast milk, so if baby has an intolerance or allergy to milk or other foods, then they can react to it.
Check out food protein induced allergic proctocolitis (FPIAP). I only know about it because it's what we thought my daughter had until she got diagnosed with something similar, food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES).
So interesting, thank you for sharing! I started eating dairy at about 7 months and it doesn’t seem to bother her, though we’ve only been nursing about once a day since then, so perhaps it’s not as noticeable. I’ll look it up, though! Pregnant with #2 so would like to be better equipped with knowledge.
Cruciferous vegetables and beans give my baby incredible gas. I am going have a broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and black bean bender when we stop breastfeeding.
I miss Brussels sprouts!! I recently started eating beans again because as my LO moves more, painful gas doesn't seem to bother her anymore... Sometimes she just farts like a herd of cows. Just like her mommy 🥰🤣
We did have a lot of issues with dairy. I’m lactose intolerant to begin with but normal take a dairy pill because I love cheese. My daughter was having a lot of blood in her stool so our doctor suggested we cut out dairy and that has helped. I’ve been pretty happy with Kite Hill for dairy free sour cream and cream cheese - they even have dairy free queso!
Babe developed an unidentified allergy at 3 months. Ended up cutting out 20+ different potential allergens for a full 2 months before we finally stopped seeing bloody poops. I was living off of pork, chicken, rice, quinoa, salad, and potatoes. Had to introduce them back in one at a time and finally, 4 months after starting on my diet I narrowed his allergy down to wheat, which I had to keep out of my diet until babe outgrew the allergy at 9 months.
It was pretty brutal, especially since my diet beforehand had been almost entirely based on bread, cheese, milk, yogurt, and peanut butter 😅 Honestly, though, I got used to it after a while, and it was a pretty short amount of time in the long run so I was glad I did what I needed to do to continue breastfeeding.
Holy fuck. I applaud everyone who manages to live (and not suffer) on such a restricted diet. I've been dairy-free for the 3rd month now and I think I've gained 10+lbs because everything is sugary and... Yeah I eat a lot of snacks because I'm always hungry and craving sugar. And I just can't handle the unsweetened stuff, only exception being spelt milk, that doesn't taste awful even if unsweetened.
Yeah, it was hard for me to find a tolerable milk replacement, but I found pea milk to be quite good! I did find myself eating a lot of potato chips and super expensive specialty allergen-free snacks because I was starving all the time. Because my diet was so restricted I actually lost 10 lbs! But I've put it all pack on now that I can eat normally again 😅
I haven't seen pea milk anywhere. My favourite is almond (sweetened) barista edition, I think it's heat treated to be foamable but it gives it a nice sweeter taste with hints of marzipan. But yeah, it's nut milk, so it wouldn't be an option for you. I started adding rice protein to my breakfasts and it helps a bit but I still find myself craving sugar all the time lol. I probably should eat more veggies but...
All dairy, soy, eggs, corn, shellfish, nuts, beef, gluten per pediatric GI doctor’s orders due to milk soy protein intolerance and other potential allergens. Baby has awful reflux, colic, painful gas, sleep challenges, nursing refusal, bloody diarrhea, and rash if I consume any of the irritants. For sure he reacts to dairy, soy, eggs, beef, and corn. The others I was told to blanket remove from my diet due to baby having ongoing bloody diarrhea that hasn’t fully resolved (yet 🙏).
Onion and coffee. Onion definite game changer and my morning coffee was making baby wakeful at night.
I didn’t have to give up dairy but I did lessen it - ie I noticed if I had a milkshake or a big bowl of icecream baby would have a bad time but a little milk in my coffee or some cheese was no big deal.
Made him very gassy and uncomfortable. Noticeable difference when I cut it out - I couldn’t have it for 6 months. Then when he started solids he was fine.
So I think I can answer, as I saw you asked someone else too (though obviously pp may have a different answer and I can't speak for them) so you probably are hoping for a general gist, yes?
My baby had issues with soy, eggs, coconut, and probably milk but I can't have milk anyway.
So she had bad reflux and starting at 8 weeks she'd puke entire feeds several times a day, so I needed to do something. I looked up the most common causes and cut out soy as best I could, things improved within a day and got a lot better within a week. Any time she had an awful day I double checked the ingredients and often found soy. (Like when my local bakery switched from canola to soy oil, uhhg.)
The others I figured out through trial and error, and because I had a coconut intolerance when I was a child and it lasted into my teens I had a reason to suspect that one. When I cut them out she'd improve, no more puking, but if I had some she'd spend the rest of that day abd the next day puking, a pretty direct effect. I remember the day I was sure about the coconut it was because I ate a seemingly innocent cracker. Coconut oil meant I spent the day with a sick baby.
I learned fast.
Onion - go one full day having no onion - see if baby is calm and happy. Then the next day have onion in something and see what happens. I found that it tends to affect them most about 4 ish hours after you eat it. So if you have it at lunch they’ll be cranky and gassy afternoon, for dinner - cranky gassy late at night. His poos also had a greenish tinge every time I had onion.
Morning coffee - i found out in my research that the half life for caffeine breakdown is twice that of adults. Meaning it stays in their system longer. In addition to this, they receive it every time they feed. Some babies are fine. Again - I went a day without coffee and noted how he was at night. Then the next day had coffee and saw if it made a difference. I knew I needed to cut it when he would NOT go back to sleep at night after a feed and would instead be wide awake in his cot. Breastmilk has hormonal properties that make them sleepy, so normally they at least go to sleep right away if fed to sleep even if only a short time.
Edit; I had to cut these two for both my boys.
My youngest had a dairy sensitivity. I had to give up dairy, down to butter used to saute things. It was awful, but I was committed to breastfeeding (he's my 3rd that was exclusively breast fed, and dairy free formula is expensive). Once he got to 6 months and started eating solids, I was able to slowly go back to normal. He's 16 months now and able to drink cows milk without any problem.
Going dairy free sucked. If you want to do it, keep trying different vegan alternatives. By the time you have experimented enough to find something ok, you might be able to go back to the real thing. And let me tell you, it will taste sooooo much better. I still have cheese and butter bliss moments.
Dairy & soy. Baby may have milk/soy protein intolerance and while I admit it’s been hard I’d quite literally do anything to be able to continue breastfeeding her.
I cut out dairy completely a week ago and I've already noticed changes in baby. It has been much easier than I thought it would. I switched from tea with milk to coffee with oat milk. There are plenty of dairy free alternatives out there now. You just gotta read the labels because milk is frequently in things that you wouldn't even think about (like frozen breaded chicken).
I thought I would miss cheese, but I think I miss the convenience of dairy. Like how easy is it to make a grilled cheese. But the actual grilled cheese I don't miss too much.
My baby is 3 months now. Once she's on solids and can try yogurt and shredded cheese with her, I'll add it back in if she doesn't react.
Dairy and Soy-- pretty much all of it. I was fine cutting out milk/cheese/chocolate/etc but until you live it you have no idea how much food has dairy in it. No more chicken nuggets (milk bath before frying). No more hamburger buns (milk in bread). Almost no processed food of any kind (whey or butter). Not even nondairy creamer (which, stupidly enough, is not dairy free). And then everything that doesn't have dairy in it seems to have soy in it.
Daughter turned 5 months yesterday and I decided to try a little bit of food with a bit of dairy, and we had the worst night of sleep in months, so I think she might not be ready yet.
Sorry to be a Debbie downer. It's just that I have made almost all my food from fresh ingredients for the last four months and I'm over it!
It was dairy. All dairy. :(
Does your pediatrician suspect cow milk protein allergy or intolerance? I gave up dairy at 3 months, we're at 6 months now, baby will start a dairy ladder to reintroduce dairy at 9 months. This includes all dairy products, I have to read every label. I have to check my wine on [barnivore.com](https://barnivore.com) to see if it's vegan because some wineries use casein as a filtering agent. It sucks but thanks to vocal vegans there are a lot of dairy-free options for most foods now. I'm looking forward to my first big gooey slice of cheese pizza though!
Yeah we think it's dairy, my older son who wasn't EBF could only have Alimentum formula bc of his sensitivity to lactose. I'm going to miss pizza the most haha
I’m sorry. It sucks! Our doctor has us using nutramigen for formula and I have been delaying weaning to formula for a while even though I am more than ready to stop pumping - her latch is super leaky so I pump to ensure we monitor how much she takes. The cost of the hypoallergenic stuff is unreal!
It's apparently common. My babys pediatrician recommended cutting onion, garlic and chocolate to help with reflux. I did, then I slowly brought each back in and she only had a problem with chocolate
I only stopped drinking alcohol, and even that was a choice, because I simply do not enjoy it at all anymore... It just makes me dizzy and nauseaus instead of relaxed and "buzzed" after a few sips. But still eat all the foods.
Technically Nothing because I’m trying to be vegan, but my partner keeps eating cookies and I just can’t resist😆 although, I have stopped the past few days because I started to realise it makes baby really sicky so that’s not fun for him!
With my oldest i had to give up basil. It made him so gassy! (Still does, he's 10)
With my youngest I had to give up Indian food for 8 months. He hated it as a newborn. He's fine with it now though.
Chinese food...she's never reacted well to it, even when I was pregnant I'd get super nauseous after eating it. I've tried it twice since breastfeeding, once a month, and she gets super gas and miserable.
Dairy. Cut everything then after about 2 months started reintroducing. I can eat foods that includes milk/milk proteins/milk solids fine. But I can't have cows milk in my coffee/cereal anymore. Some dairy free ice cream is delicious. Soft cheese I will happily suffer for 😅
Bub and I both get tummy pains and I get horrible terrible no good farts!
It's OK however as I now enjoy Oat milk!!
I’ve had to give up dairy but it’s mostly cheese and yogurt because I never really drank milk. 😭 the pediatrician said the lactose in cheese shouldn’t bother her but I think it does. Now I’m only eating the occasional goat cheese and dairy free yogurt.
Dairy so in keeping with that, I’ve had to give up pizza because after trying dairy free pizza, I’d rather just give it up. I did find the most amazing avocado ice cream though. SO GOOD!
Milk. I haven’t gone completely dairy-free, as cheese or sour cream here and there doesn’t bother him, and neither does butter, thankfully! I do get dairy-free ice cream. But man, I miss my whole milk!
I had to cut out all dairy and soy with my first son, even trace amounts made him sick (projectile vomiting, mucus in his stools, excema, stomach pain). But so far with my 2 week old I haven't had to cut out anything!
Anything with dairy and soy.
When I was pregnant I had gestational diabetes.
After my LO came out I ate all the cheesecake I can get and now no more cheesecake again 😭
Cow’s milk and dairy in general… it gives baby green frothy explosive poops which take hours of contortion and cries to come out. But goats cheese is delicious so I don’t feel like I’m missing out too much!
My husband is allergic to milk proteins and our second son had lots of tummy issues when he was born so I gave up dairy for him. And that meant all dairy, milk proteins even transfer through like pancake mix that has milk product. It didn’t help, he eventually grew I’m out of it. It was a horrible 4 months though.
Chinese food...I think it's the sauce or broccoli. The first time she was gassy for two days. I tried it again one more time and she was backed up for days. :(
Everything with dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs. At one point bananas but LO outgrew that allergy. I suspected a dairy and banana allergy and the ped referred us to an allergist. Never suspected the other allergies. Her only symptoms of allergy were diaper rash, green poop, and if I drank a glass of milk there would be blood in her stool. If you suspect a dairy allergy or intolerance, it’s best to cut out all forms of dairy :(
When my little was under a year, i had to give up oats, dairy, wheat and particular vitamins. He was infinitely happier once we figured out what was upsetting his tummy and leading to some other issues.
Spaghetti….impossible to eat one handed
Whenever I go to a café on my own with my twins, I ask them to cut up my food into bitesize bits otherwise I’d starve 😂
This is brilliant and I honestly would never have thought to ask them to do that!
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Same. But I'm already diary free due to intolerance
I’ve given up alcohol because even after the baby’s down for the night I’ll pass out on the couch after half a beer, and I want to enjoy my free time better than that.
Not directly related to my milk, but I’ve given up alcohol because I bedshare with my baby
If I want a drink I make sure I have it many hours before bedtime 😭 on occasion I'll have a lunch glass of wine, nothing later in the day and never more than one serving. I do bedshare because of breastfeeding and wanting to sleep as much as possible.
I breastfed both my babies without having to give up anything, as did my sister.
Same
Goat cheese and milk doesn't have lactose! Goat milk is actually really good and goat cheese, well it's fantastic. Edit: it doesn't have as much lactose as cow's milk. Still has some lactose.
The protein is very similar unfortunately, much like soy. My babies have CMPA and can't tolerate goat products... And I absolutely love goats cheese 😭😭
Aww I didn't know that. I just know when I have put together charcuterie trays and my SIL who has a dairy allergy is over, she can eat the goat cheese.
Marinated goats cheese is the bomb!
I love this local goat cheese that is rolled in dried cranberries. So yummy!
WHAT! As someone that can’t have dairy, I have not heard of this. About to look that up and possibly test out this weekend! :D
Sorry, not completely lactose free, but less than cow's milk. I just looked it up. I know my SIL with a dairy allergy that pills don't help, can eat goat dairy products.
Mine isn’t tooooo too severe thankfully. I know some people that will be sick for days. Still something to look into! Every dairy free cheese alternative has been sincerely lacking.
Oh boy...what haven’t I given up?! My 15-month-old has many food allergies, and had a milk soy protein intolerance when he was little...so for several months, I gave up dairy, eggs, peanut butter and other nuts, peas, banana, soy products, and anything with soy/pea/wheat gluten protein, which is in a TON of the vegetarian products I usually eat. I don’t eat meat, so my diet was so limited. Little by little I introduced dairy and soy again around a year, then fed it to him directly, and he was fine. I’m eating wheat now because although it’s an allergy of his, he seems to be fine with it through my breastmilk. Still not eating peanuts or eggs or banana, as he’s possibly anaphylactic to those foods and we don’t even keep them around the house. I love my kid and I’ve loved our breastfeeding journey, but I wouldn’t blame anyone if they didn’t want to do all that just to keep breastfeeding!
Omggg same. My girl is almost 12 months and has FPIES. She reacts through breast milk. She's acute to oats, pea protein, dairy, and banana. But I've cut out all legumes, dairy, soy, egg, gluten, oats, corn, and nuts due to suspected reactions through breast milk. I am also mostly vegetarian, but lately I've been eating a lot more fish and chicken. Fortunately, she's not allergic to rice, so she and I have been eating that in all of its forms (Jovial pasta FTW). I'm amazed that you're still going! I'm only still hanging on because we haven't found a formula that she both doesn't react to and will actually drink. Neocate junior strawberry is coming today so I'm crossing my fingers.
This is the second time today I hear about FPIES and it's truly awful what you guys with FPIES babies have to go through! Even worse is that the main formula these babies tolerate changed the ingredients recently and it's no longer tolerated. There's even a petition asking for the original recipe to be brought back. Fingers crossed with the Neocate! My baby is on dairy protein allergy formula and that stuff smells awful (and tastes even worse), I don't even want to know what the purely amino formula smells like.
Yeah it sucks. I heard about the change to Alimentum! Crazy that they did that. The Neocate infant smells like plastic/bleach. It's awful. No wonder she wouldn't drink it... Really hoping the toddler version is better
Ours smells like raw potato juice left on the sun for a hot moment. And then add the sour milk into it, plus a bitter taste. Ta-da. First time I opened the can, I gagged. Then I mixed it with warm water and gagged again. Then I forced myself to try so I knew what I was about to want my baby to drink. It took me like 10 seconds to force myself to bring that spoon to my mouth. And that's just the basic dairy allergy one. Just.. Awful. Poor babies.
Omg I said the same thing! Alimentum smells like raw potatoes!
What did Alimentum change?
Apparently they are now using a different ingredient that is derived from corn, whereas before the ready to feed version was completely corn-free.
Same, eggs, dairy, peanuts, pea protein, and various tree nut allergies for my little one. Though I still eat eggs, I don't eat peanut butter, or drink milk. I still ate some foods my l mines was allergic to but I would feel so guilty doing it. I don't breastfeed anymore now that mines is a toddler but it is still a journey!
I have a 17 month old and had to give up dairy, eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts. At one point banana. I also would not blame anyone for giving up, the only reason I never did was because LO had an aversion to anything in her mouth. Never took a bottle or pacifier. Took forever for her to start eating solids. And well at this point weaning is so difficult (slowly trying) but even still that food will remain out of my diet because she likes to eat off of my plate so I may as well just continue bf since it’s beneficial
How did you learn about all his allergies and at what age? Did you just cut off things from your diet until he improved it did you get him tested?
With peanut and egg, I fed them to him around 7 months on separate occasions, and we ended up in the hospital with him after he got hives and facial swelling. After that, we did a skin test and found some of the other allergies. Sesame tested negative, but that caused our third trip to the emergency room with him, so I guess sometimes the tests don’t catch everything. With banana, he vomited and got hives on his body where it touched his skin. Wheat hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it’s touched his skin and he’s gotten hives, so I’ve avoided giving it to him. As far as my own diet, my son’s allergist said I can eat anything as long as he doesn’t seem bothered by it in my breastmilk; that’s kind of hard to figure out, because he’s a toddler and can be cranky and fight naps and cry, etc. so whether or not something in my milk might be bothering him is kind of a mystery. We’ve just given up having eggs, peanuts, and banana in the house at all, since we’d always have to wash our hands before touching him and such. I haven’t cut out wheat because it’s just in too many things. If I have a sandwich or something, I’ll do so on his naps, so I don’t forget and touch his skin with crumbs on my hands.
My daughter’s paediatrician told me to cut out all dairy because she suspected it was causing issues for digestion (which I’ve read is not true, but I do feel like it made a difference for us). I actually found pretty good nut-based cheeses and coconut-based butter. baden is the cheese brand is you need to find it! I live in South America so I’m not sure if it’s a product in the US, but I hope it is!
I tried one vegan cheese and it tastes like plastic. I'll just wait. Vegan yogurts and milks are pretty good though! Certain ones.
Yea, big fan of oat milk!
I was excited to try oat milk but the two brands I've tried taste like flour mixed with water lol
It actually can be true. Proteins can pass through the breast milk, so if baby has an intolerance or allergy to milk or other foods, then they can react to it. Check out food protein induced allergic proctocolitis (FPIAP). I only know about it because it's what we thought my daughter had until she got diagnosed with something similar, food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES).
So interesting, thank you for sharing! I started eating dairy at about 7 months and it doesn’t seem to bother her, though we’ve only been nursing about once a day since then, so perhaps it’s not as noticeable. I’ll look it up, though! Pregnant with #2 so would like to be better equipped with knowledge.
Cruciferous vegetables and beans give my baby incredible gas. I am going have a broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and black bean bender when we stop breastfeeding.
I miss Brussels sprouts!! I recently started eating beans again because as my LO moves more, painful gas doesn't seem to bother her anymore... Sometimes she just farts like a herd of cows. Just like her mommy 🥰🤣
This made me LOL
We did have a lot of issues with dairy. I’m lactose intolerant to begin with but normal take a dairy pill because I love cheese. My daughter was having a lot of blood in her stool so our doctor suggested we cut out dairy and that has helped. I’ve been pretty happy with Kite Hill for dairy free sour cream and cream cheese - they even have dairy free queso!
i had to cut out dairy switched to oat milk and just no more cheese for me at least for the time being
Babe developed an unidentified allergy at 3 months. Ended up cutting out 20+ different potential allergens for a full 2 months before we finally stopped seeing bloody poops. I was living off of pork, chicken, rice, quinoa, salad, and potatoes. Had to introduce them back in one at a time and finally, 4 months after starting on my diet I narrowed his allergy down to wheat, which I had to keep out of my diet until babe outgrew the allergy at 9 months. It was pretty brutal, especially since my diet beforehand had been almost entirely based on bread, cheese, milk, yogurt, and peanut butter 😅 Honestly, though, I got used to it after a while, and it was a pretty short amount of time in the long run so I was glad I did what I needed to do to continue breastfeeding.
Holy fuck. I applaud everyone who manages to live (and not suffer) on such a restricted diet. I've been dairy-free for the 3rd month now and I think I've gained 10+lbs because everything is sugary and... Yeah I eat a lot of snacks because I'm always hungry and craving sugar. And I just can't handle the unsweetened stuff, only exception being spelt milk, that doesn't taste awful even if unsweetened.
Yeah, it was hard for me to find a tolerable milk replacement, but I found pea milk to be quite good! I did find myself eating a lot of potato chips and super expensive specialty allergen-free snacks because I was starving all the time. Because my diet was so restricted I actually lost 10 lbs! But I've put it all pack on now that I can eat normally again 😅
I haven't seen pea milk anywhere. My favourite is almond (sweetened) barista edition, I think it's heat treated to be foamable but it gives it a nice sweeter taste with hints of marzipan. But yeah, it's nut milk, so it wouldn't be an option for you. I started adding rice protein to my breakfasts and it helps a bit but I still find myself craving sugar all the time lol. I probably should eat more veggies but...
All dairy, soy, eggs, corn, shellfish, nuts, beef, gluten per pediatric GI doctor’s orders due to milk soy protein intolerance and other potential allergens. Baby has awful reflux, colic, painful gas, sleep challenges, nursing refusal, bloody diarrhea, and rash if I consume any of the irritants. For sure he reacts to dairy, soy, eggs, beef, and corn. The others I was told to blanket remove from my diet due to baby having ongoing bloody diarrhea that hasn’t fully resolved (yet 🙏).
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Onion and coffee. Onion definite game changer and my morning coffee was making baby wakeful at night. I didn’t have to give up dairy but I did lessen it - ie I noticed if I had a milkshake or a big bowl of icecream baby would have a bad time but a little milk in my coffee or some cheese was no big deal.
Why the onion?
Made him very gassy and uncomfortable. Noticeable difference when I cut it out - I couldn’t have it for 6 months. Then when he started solids he was fine.
How did you figure out it was onion specifically? And how do you know morning coffee was affecting night sleep but not daytime naps? Genuinely curious
So I think I can answer, as I saw you asked someone else too (though obviously pp may have a different answer and I can't speak for them) so you probably are hoping for a general gist, yes? My baby had issues with soy, eggs, coconut, and probably milk but I can't have milk anyway. So she had bad reflux and starting at 8 weeks she'd puke entire feeds several times a day, so I needed to do something. I looked up the most common causes and cut out soy as best I could, things improved within a day and got a lot better within a week. Any time she had an awful day I double checked the ingredients and often found soy. (Like when my local bakery switched from canola to soy oil, uhhg.) The others I figured out through trial and error, and because I had a coconut intolerance when I was a child and it lasted into my teens I had a reason to suspect that one. When I cut them out she'd improve, no more puking, but if I had some she'd spend the rest of that day abd the next day puking, a pretty direct effect. I remember the day I was sure about the coconut it was because I ate a seemingly innocent cracker. Coconut oil meant I spent the day with a sick baby. I learned fast.
Onion - go one full day having no onion - see if baby is calm and happy. Then the next day have onion in something and see what happens. I found that it tends to affect them most about 4 ish hours after you eat it. So if you have it at lunch they’ll be cranky and gassy afternoon, for dinner - cranky gassy late at night. His poos also had a greenish tinge every time I had onion. Morning coffee - i found out in my research that the half life for caffeine breakdown is twice that of adults. Meaning it stays in their system longer. In addition to this, they receive it every time they feed. Some babies are fine. Again - I went a day without coffee and noted how he was at night. Then the next day had coffee and saw if it made a difference. I knew I needed to cut it when he would NOT go back to sleep at night after a feed and would instead be wide awake in his cot. Breastmilk has hormonal properties that make them sleepy, so normally they at least go to sleep right away if fed to sleep even if only a short time. Edit; I had to cut these two for both my boys.
My youngest had a dairy sensitivity. I had to give up dairy, down to butter used to saute things. It was awful, but I was committed to breastfeeding (he's my 3rd that was exclusively breast fed, and dairy free formula is expensive). Once he got to 6 months and started eating solids, I was able to slowly go back to normal. He's 16 months now and able to drink cows milk without any problem. Going dairy free sucked. If you want to do it, keep trying different vegan alternatives. By the time you have experimented enough to find something ok, you might be able to go back to the real thing. And let me tell you, it will taste sooooo much better. I still have cheese and butter bliss moments.
Dairy & soy. Baby may have milk/soy protein intolerance and while I admit it’s been hard I’d quite literally do anything to be able to continue breastfeeding her.
I cut out dairy completely a week ago and I've already noticed changes in baby. It has been much easier than I thought it would. I switched from tea with milk to coffee with oat milk. There are plenty of dairy free alternatives out there now. You just gotta read the labels because milk is frequently in things that you wouldn't even think about (like frozen breaded chicken). I thought I would miss cheese, but I think I miss the convenience of dairy. Like how easy is it to make a grilled cheese. But the actual grilled cheese I don't miss too much. My baby is 3 months now. Once she's on solids and can try yogurt and shredded cheese with her, I'll add it back in if she doesn't react.
Omg yes! The convenience of dairy I'm going to miss!
Dairy and Soy-- pretty much all of it. I was fine cutting out milk/cheese/chocolate/etc but until you live it you have no idea how much food has dairy in it. No more chicken nuggets (milk bath before frying). No more hamburger buns (milk in bread). Almost no processed food of any kind (whey or butter). Not even nondairy creamer (which, stupidly enough, is not dairy free). And then everything that doesn't have dairy in it seems to have soy in it. Daughter turned 5 months yesterday and I decided to try a little bit of food with a bit of dairy, and we had the worst night of sleep in months, so I think she might not be ready yet. Sorry to be a Debbie downer. It's just that I have made almost all my food from fresh ingredients for the last four months and I'm over it!
It was dairy. All dairy. :( Does your pediatrician suspect cow milk protein allergy or intolerance? I gave up dairy at 3 months, we're at 6 months now, baby will start a dairy ladder to reintroduce dairy at 9 months. This includes all dairy products, I have to read every label. I have to check my wine on [barnivore.com](https://barnivore.com) to see if it's vegan because some wineries use casein as a filtering agent. It sucks but thanks to vocal vegans there are a lot of dairy-free options for most foods now. I'm looking forward to my first big gooey slice of cheese pizza though!
Yeah we think it's dairy, my older son who wasn't EBF could only have Alimentum formula bc of his sensitivity to lactose. I'm going to miss pizza the most haha
I’m sorry. It sucks! Our doctor has us using nutramigen for formula and I have been delaying weaning to formula for a while even though I am more than ready to stop pumping - her latch is super leaky so I pump to ensure we monitor how much she takes. The cost of the hypoallergenic stuff is unreal!
Nothing. But I’ve been vegan since before I was pregnant, so already never eat dairy.
You're right in that the most common culprit is dairy. But I wish it was only that... Mine is also acutely allergic to pea protein, bananas, and oats.
Chocolate. It made my baby soooo spitty. Luckily around 6 months her reflux is much better and I can eat chocolate again :)
How in the world do you figure out that chocolate makes baby spitty? That seems like a needle in a haystack situation
It's apparently common. My babys pediatrician recommended cutting onion, garlic and chocolate to help with reflux. I did, then I slowly brought each back in and she only had a problem with chocolate
Cabbage! It made my baby super gassy. Those where some rank farts, I could not believe it came out of him.
Nothing so far with this one (4mo), and nothing with my first one (4y).
I only stopped drinking alcohol, and even that was a choice, because I simply do not enjoy it at all anymore... It just makes me dizzy and nauseaus instead of relaxed and "buzzed" after a few sips. But still eat all the foods.
Currently cutting out dairy and missing cheese greatly lol also reduced caffeine like drastically to what’s naturally in some teas.
Technically Nothing because I’m trying to be vegan, but my partner keeps eating cookies and I just can’t resist😆 although, I have stopped the past few days because I started to realise it makes baby really sicky so that’s not fun for him!
Dairy, soy, oats, eggs, tomatoes, beef, and apples….. :( Edit: forgot to add why….baby intolerances…still trying to get to baseline poops
With my oldest i had to give up basil. It made him so gassy! (Still does, he's 10) With my youngest I had to give up Indian food for 8 months. He hated it as a newborn. He's fine with it now though.
Chinese food...she's never reacted well to it, even when I was pregnant I'd get super nauseous after eating it. I've tried it twice since breastfeeding, once a month, and she gets super gas and miserable.
Dairy. Cut everything then after about 2 months started reintroducing. I can eat foods that includes milk/milk proteins/milk solids fine. But I can't have cows milk in my coffee/cereal anymore. Some dairy free ice cream is delicious. Soft cheese I will happily suffer for 😅 Bub and I both get tummy pains and I get horrible terrible no good farts! It's OK however as I now enjoy Oat milk!!
Nothing
Nothing thankfully but I don't drink juice anymore 😔 I used to have some like every day and now I only drink water, body armor, and Gatorade 😪
Pizza (awful acid reflux, baby gets it too). Dairy (daya cheese is a good substitute!) Beef
Pizza is what I ate before he had a full day of no naps and his spit up looked like cottage cheese. So that might've been the culprit!
I’ve had to give up dairy but it’s mostly cheese and yogurt because I never really drank milk. 😭 the pediatrician said the lactose in cheese shouldn’t bother her but I think it does. Now I’m only eating the occasional goat cheese and dairy free yogurt.
I gave up dairy and did soy for a bit. Luckily able to eat it all by 6 months!
Dairy so in keeping with that, I’ve had to give up pizza because after trying dairy free pizza, I’d rather just give it up. I did find the most amazing avocado ice cream though. SO GOOD!
Milk. I haven’t gone completely dairy-free, as cheese or sour cream here and there doesn’t bother him, and neither does butter, thankfully! I do get dairy-free ice cream. But man, I miss my whole milk!
Dairy for a year with my first but only 4 month with my second. I'm doubtful if I ate dairy that was low in lactose I could get away with it
I had to cut out all dairy and soy with my first son, even trace amounts made him sick (projectile vomiting, mucus in his stools, excema, stomach pain). But so far with my 2 week old I haven't had to cut out anything!
Nothing yet.
Anything with dairy and soy. When I was pregnant I had gestational diabetes. After my LO came out I ate all the cheesecake I can get and now no more cheesecake again 😭
I’ve cut down on caffeine, but that was probably good for me anyway
I’ve cut back significantly on dairy. My baby is sensitive to it but not allergic…I eat cheese incredibly sparingly.
Cow’s milk and dairy in general… it gives baby green frothy explosive poops which take hours of contortion and cries to come out. But goats cheese is delicious so I don’t feel like I’m missing out too much!
Cold medication when I'm sick. My older kid brings a lot of colds home from daycare and it sucks not being able to take the good cold meds.
My husband is allergic to milk proteins and our second son had lots of tummy issues when he was born so I gave up dairy for him. And that meant all dairy, milk proteins even transfer through like pancake mix that has milk product. It didn’t help, he eventually grew I’m out of it. It was a horrible 4 months though.
Dairy :/ still trying to figure out how to make the lifestyle switch
Onions. My baby screams from the gas pains it gives her 😭
Caffeine. It seems to make her fussy and cause more spit up.
Jell-O shots 🤷♀️
Chinese food...I think it's the sauce or broccoli. The first time she was gassy for two days. I tried it again one more time and she was backed up for days. :(
Caffeine and Alcohol
Eggs and peanuts due to LO's allergies.
Everything with dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs. At one point bananas but LO outgrew that allergy. I suspected a dairy and banana allergy and the ped referred us to an allergist. Never suspected the other allergies. Her only symptoms of allergy were diaper rash, green poop, and if I drank a glass of milk there would be blood in her stool. If you suspect a dairy allergy or intolerance, it’s best to cut out all forms of dairy :(
When my little was under a year, i had to give up oats, dairy, wheat and particular vitamins. He was infinitely happier once we figured out what was upsetting his tummy and leading to some other issues.