Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Another CLEANSE....NOT!!

Okay so if you don't remember about my last cleanse, it was almost a year ago.  It was a liver cleanse for 8 weeks, basically I was Vegan and no sugars as well!  I know crazy but I felt great afterwards.  Well, now I have a son who started getting colic at 3 weeks.  So I did lots of research and come to find out that it has to do with the mother's diet (if you're breastfeeding).  So now I am back to eating like a bird for however long I plan to nurse the little dude.  Let me just tell you what I can't have...

DAIRY (none, zilch, nada, ZERO)!!
STRAWBERRIES
ORANGES
NUTS
SOY PRODUCTS
BROCCOLI
ANY OF THE PEPPER FAMILY (includes bell and regular old black pepper too!)
TOMATOES
RAW ONIONS (cooked or sauteed seem to be okay)
BEANS!

So great, for a Mexican food lover...there goes that out the door.  So then you ask yourself...what else is there to eat?  Well lucky for me I found a website www.drmelaniebee.org She is a natural path, and wrote a cookbook for moms with fussy babies!  YEAH ME! Still, you can only have so much rice milk and smoothies and cereal.  I also have to up my protein so I hunt for my meat right out back there are deer that are always back there anyway.  No, but I eat a lot of meat.  WEIRD.  Eggs are sort of fun, but no sauteing any thing in YUMMY butter or dumping on the cheese for my omelets.  

But I obviously really see the benefit in breastfeeding, and love the time I get to sit and relax and bond with my baby.  So if you are feeling like you have nothing in your cupboards or you are just hungry for something else...YA RIGHT.  I can list a gazillion things you CAN eat!  J/K, call me up and I can help you out.  

3 comments:

B&CMatthews said...

Danielle,
It's me Cindy from Keiz. Your little guy is so cute!! Congrats. It looks like you are doing great. My sister and I both had problems with fussiness about the same time (the baby not us, although there were times.....:) ). It is so tough!! I believe diet can have some effect on baby's comfort, especially if they are sensitive to milk, but I also read somewhere that at that age there can also be a fore-milk/hind-milk imbalance that works itself out over a couple of weeks once the baby is able to drink enough to get more of the fatty hind-milk. I've also read that it could just be the effects of neurological development at that age, at any rate you might not have to give up everything that you love the whole time you nurse! Good luck. Hang in there!!!

amy said...

Hi there sis! Good luck with your new eating habits. I miss you and can't wait to meet Cohen!! Oh, and I was gonna mention to ya, if you want the gift I'm going to make you, ya gotta copy and paste my 'giveaway' post on your blog, so we can keep the ball rolling and you can make gifts for 5 other people! I'm excited to make you something. Love and miss you bunches!

5Youngers said...

Hey Danielle,

I had ALL the same issues with Alivia... no fun... but they do get over it the older they get and you can start putting some of the "no, no" foods back in your diet. When she was about 3 months old I could eat pretty much everything except a few items.. So be patient and you rock for sticking with it. WAY TO GO MAMA!

Still up for a playdate? Friday won't be good for me... give me a jingle and we can schedule some time. MISS YA tons.