i need some sanity: baby nutrition

February 26, 2004

ok, guys. i've gotten myself kinda worked up over this and i really need

some sanity. so here we go:

my daughter is 11 months old tomorrow. she's been breastfed all along and

is growing like a weed.

i've recently diagnosed us all as celiac (thanks, heidi!) and we've been

grain free for probably 6 weeks. before that, however, i ate grains, so

she's had gluten though the boobie. (her aunt was diagnosed celiac-sprue by

an allopath) we've been on WD since monday

(guilt #1: all the gluten she got through my milk before i figured out that

was bad.)

when amber was 5-6mos old, she was *obsessed* with food. just totally

obsessed. so finally we gave in and gave her some - egg yolks, some

applesauce, some squash, some meat. that lasted for two or three weeks and

then she got somewhat constipated. she pushed it out herself though (sorry,

ew.) after that she was *done* with food, which suited me just fine.

(guilt #2: i can't believe i let her have food that young.)

when she was 10 months old, she wanted food again. she's voracious about

it, and we also started right off having her drink water or tea, as well,

to keep her hydrated. she generally eats salmon, beef, or pork, apples,

pears, bananas, kelp, spinach, occasional bits of cauliflower, raw butter,

raw yogurt, raw cream cheese, or occasionally raw jack cheese. she's had

some other things too, but that's the usual. (i'm beginning to think that

perhaps we've given her too much variety too soon?)

last week she was constipated for 4 days and finally we had to give her a

baby enima on morning 5. (massive guilt #3!!!) after that she didn't poop

for a day, and then when she did the day after that, it was pretty solid

and she had to push, but she didn't have to push so much that it upset her

or stopped her from playing. we're into day #3 since that, with no poop!

(guilt...rising...)

so i'm pretty much going off the deep end: " ohhhhh nooooooo what have i

done to my poooooooor babeeeeeeeeeee i've ruined her bowellllllssss... "

so.

can somebody set me straight, please?

i gave her kefir yesterday (though it's " inferior " kefir cause it's from

WFN starter...we're gettin' some GEM grains soon!) and some today, and i

thought i'd cut out all other dairy sources for a while...

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