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Offline Djala

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What should I do?
« on: August 03, 2007, 00:30:02 am »
Hi
Not sure if it is should be posted here…
My LO is 5m2w old exclusively breastfed and has digestion sensitivity and mild cow milk/eggs intolerance (often has mucousy green stools and at some point had some blood spots in his poo) so I have stopped eating dairy since then. During the day my LO seems to be satisfied with quantities of breast milk, but at 7pm feed I see him pulling on and of the breasts, arches his back, waves his arms, try to latch again and so on until he finally calms down and falling asleep. Would it be an indication that he is not satisfied?
 We have been advised by an allergy  specialist to use a non cow milk/non soy formula to mix into his cerial if I decide to give him solids soon (I tried to express my milk, but it is just so tiny amount left after LO has done his job so it may not be enough for mixing with cerial). With possible food allergies I know that you should avoid solids until 6 month…. should I try and give him a bit of formula in a bottle just for this 7pm feed or should I start solids?
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Re: What should I do?
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2007, 00:52:15 am »
Welcome!! I am just wondering if maybe he has gas or reflux and that is the time of day where it affects him.  If he were not getting enough i am not sure he wouldnt be  ok the rest of the day.  Is his weight going up?  Hope things get better, christie
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Re: What should I do?
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2007, 10:05:50 am »
We have been for his 5 month check up this week and Maternity child care nurse sais that he is doing extreamly well in terms of gaining weight for a breastfed baby: last month it was 650g and this month is 400g (less, but she said still pretty good). So, you are suggesting that it can be something else? I really do not want to rush into something espesially with his intestinal sensitivities.... May be I should try and leave it till he is 6 month and then just start solids. A bit afraid that if I give him formula he might gradually just stop liking breastmilk and want more formula, and this is the last thing I want to happen, because obviously in our situation the longer I can breastfeed him - the better.
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Re: What should I do?
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2007, 18:14:53 pm »
I agree that you might wait until you have the ok from you dr. I am not suggesting that he migth have any of thes ethings, I am jsut wondering what brings oon this behavior.  I know when my kids were overtired, they had a hard time eating at night and calming down, maybe he is just very tired. let me know how things are going?  Christie
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Re: What should I do?
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2007, 23:53:04 pm »
Hi christie,
It has been better now, may be it is some kind of discomfort rather then him beeing hungry... Thank you for your help!
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Re: What should I do?
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2007, 00:01:44 am »
It's normal for our milk supply to dip slightly in the evenings - something about biorhythms/tiredness/how much you ate & drank during the day. He could be getting plenty in a 24 hour period, but the amount available for each feed does vary.   If he has problems again, you could try cluster feeding in the late afternoon, and make sure you drink plenty of fluids during the day.  I also find that eating or drinking something warm, like tea or soup, during a feed seems to give a better let-down.
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Re: What should I do?
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2007, 12:44:32 pm »
Just wanted to jump in and say, that if your lo does suffer from allergies etc, I would hold off on introducing solids until 6 months - introding earlier can end up causing problems.

Please keep us posted on how you get on.

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Re: What should I do?
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2007, 22:53:04 pm »
Quote from: matthewsmama on August 03, 2007, 18:14:53 pm
I agree that you might wait until you have the ok from you dr. I am not suggesting that he migth have any of thes ethings, I am jsut wondering what brings oon this behavior.  I know when my kids were overtired, they had a hard time eating at night and calming down, maybe he is just very tired. let me know how things are going?  Christie

I was wondering about overtired too.  My bottlefed lo does this too if she's too tired.
Best of luck.
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