Extended EXCLUSIVE BFding

Yep pretty much something similar but not as extreme as you. I do feel for your pain of your own diet let alone your DD's diet.

We've got sleep now after putting him on losec. Had a nightmare of a weekend & last night as well. I hate having to second guess everything I put in my mouth let alone his mouth.

Have you thought about putting her onto Neocate as a suppliment so she's not feeding as much off you? I have heard of some kids on a chat list I"m on still mostly fed on Neocate around the ages of 2, 3 & 4.

No it's a diet based one but there is a specific one called neocatekids I think. I'm not on that yet as it's a bit over my head.

She might have silent reflux though? You've cut out all the allergens in your milk which is why she will be better.

Oh no, I live in fear of getting sick & cross fingers that I won't.

I've no experience with this (yet ) but my little brother had the same kind of allergies you describe. He was BF till almost 3 because he needed to eat something, and he looked like he was starving, because everytime he tried something that was no good for him, he couldn't digest anything for a week or so. Eventually he was seen by a dietician who had a read of the food diary my mum had kept and came up with a long list of likely culprits and a list of probable *safe* foods. Mostly veges, I think. We had a pretty boring diet for a few years so he didn't get left out, although I do remember him getting mashed potato in a cone while we had vanilla icecream for a treat once or twice (poor kid!!).

Ultimately, he did get on to eating an acceptable diet, and he's now in his 20's and definitely not undernourished! In fact since his teens he's had a cast-iron stomach, probably because it became accustomed to so much abuse as a wee kid.

So not much help, but I do remember life getting easier when he was around 8 or 9? And before that, once he was around 5 or so I think, he learnt that if I he ate things without asking first, he felt sick, so he stopped trying to sneak bad foods. Before that he'd just try and join in when we were out or people came over with food etc. (I was often assigned the job of supervising what he ate).

ETA - on the plus side, that list has provided a good starting point for me trying to get my little girl's tummy sorted out! She seems to be even more sensitive than he was, but to a smaller selection of irritants, at least.

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Thanks everyone for your input!

We still haven't tried her on any protein foods yet. I had only tried rice, millet, pear, pumpkin, kumara and avocado. None completely agreed with her, but some were much worse than others.

T_Rex - Your poor brother! Luckily there are better options available now!

I'm a bit torn on the Neocate. It is only a temporary thing for us (to be replaced by food, soon - hopefully!). So I don't want her to prefer it to BM...