Monday, October 27th, 2008French Onion Soup - a No No Well, I have always liked to learn the hard way....
We have already pushed most of the limits with our newborn, Sam. He is just over a month old and already he has been to 6 states!! We went to my cousin Randy's wedding in Philly and stopped in Baltimore to visit Angie and Rob on the way home. So, on that trip, we went through NC (of course), Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland - and we took an accidental tour through the middle of Washington D.C.! Well traveled little man.
So, who would think that after all of that - a week of driving and staying in hotels with 4 adults and a baby - the worst fussiness we have gotten from him is due to French Onion Soup? Man o Man it is about to kill me!! He has had so much painful gas, all he does is cry. And, like a smart mom, it didn't hit me that I had done this to him until 2 days later. Good thing I figured it out because I was going to have left-overs for lunch.
Here is to hoping that he works out this gas soon!
Have patience and hold him a lot up on your shoulder...I used to rub Gwen's back to help her and sing her little songs. Galvin just wanted to rest against my chest. Good luck!
Breast milk is made from specialist sweat glands; milk (human milk, cow's milk, whatever kind) is basically enriched sweat.
Nutrients and other substances do diffuse from the blood into the milk across permeable membranes, but blood does not normally enter into the milk itself.
Not only that - but having breast fed 3 children - I have to say what you eat does make a difference. If what you eat can change the way your breast milk smells and tastes to your child, then it obviously can affect their tummies and cause them gas and discomfort.
I think it is kind of wild that there are so many different kinds of advice you hear for children. I don't know how any of you do it. Good luck with the gas! I have seen the bicycle method and people using gripe water...
Thanks everybody. I do feel a little better now - I feel a little less hopeless. I tried the bicycle and that worked for a minute. We have been giving him simethicone once in a while, but after reading up, I realize we can give it to him more often.
Hopefully we will make it through this. I am not sure my hair will though - it is getting more gray by the minute!
- Sarah
- Sarah