Food (Diary) Affecting Breast Milk

My baby was quite unsettled with lots of wind and spewing so I cut out diary to see if that would make a difference. The MW said it might just be her tummy getting used to milk and not be a dairy problem as I could eat diary while pregnant.

I haven't had dairy for about 4 days now and have found that bubs has been pretty good with winding and not spewing too much. Today I had cheese toastie sandwiches to see if it would affect her.

I had them at about 11am, the MW said it takes 24 hours for food to go into the milk. I am finding that she is spewing heaps now and really unsettled, could it be the dairy affecting her already or is it too early?? Does anyone have any experiences that are similar??

I had to cut out dairy when Cian was 4 weeks and am only just starting to introduce little bits again now... Once I had a peice of cheese on a burger by mistake and it only took a couple of hours before he was power-chucking again, and the effect lasted for about 24 hours after that.

It's really hard but totally worth it! and helps you loose weight too ;) hehe. i found cheese affected him the worst, but he's a reflux baby so could be a bit different. although i had heaps of dairy all the way through my pregnancy too...

Yep .. I too have the same problem. Mine is worse if I have ice cream - then come the power chucks. I cut out the icecream but couldn't bring myself to cutting out the rest of my dairy intake - especially cheese and just put up with the increased spilling/wind. But then noticed Ariahn is also suffering from dry skin and eczema and so have decided to cut all dairy out and see what happens.

Unfortunately my first daughter had severe food allergies (including diary intolerance) so I am used to food exclusion diets in babies/toddlers - except I didn't breast feed for long with my first so never had to alter my own diet. Will be a learning curve and already missing my cheese!!

Edited by VannesaD

Thanks for the replies, it is def dairy! Had the worst night last night and she still isn't great today but at least a bit better than last night - she is now sleeping but just waking to spew and then sleeping again, last night she would just cry. It took gripe water, colimed spray and a dummy to get her to sleep!

Maya can I ask what kind of allergy formula you gave your gremlins? DH is allergic to eggs but I have eaten them and Eva seems ok, I also didn't have peanuts the whole time I was pregnant, not sure if I can have them now?? I am hoping I can have soy, going to get some soy milk and will try that out.

I was wheat & dairy free when BF'ing. Mainly for Eimear but Aoife has some slight intolerances.

Eimear was similar to Ava and I found it would take 3 days for my indulgences to leave Eimears system.

We use Soy Formula here but then there's no family history of allergies. And seeing as the girls were only having mild reactions to dairy we weren't given a script for Neocate.
I *think* Soy formula is not recommended if there is a history of allergies but I'm sure someone else will correct me

I should mention the 'mild reaction' was the term the Paed used. To me Eimears reaction was far from mild In fact she was quite vocal on the matter

Thanks Tishy and Foxxy_one - do you think that means I shouldn't eat soy either? I was going to get some soy milk etc to replace dairy.