my little boy was born 6 weeks early and was a healthy premmie. six weeks later at his due date he became very sick, constant vomiting, watery stools, trouble breathing, not sleeping, screaming for hours on end and producing a large quantity of mucus. by eight weeks he had had skin prick tests and blood tests, in which it was found he was allergic to wheat, soy and dairy. and diagnosed celiac. and since he was not even on solids it meant all his triggers where comimg through my breastmilk. after radically altering my diet, within two weeks he was gaining weight again, sleeping more, and even managed to stop screaming! It all came through my breastmilk but i managed and continued to breatfeed to 15months. If i made the slightest mistake we would know within 10 hours as he would be sick again, and then take a couple of days to clear. Fortunately we had a family history of it so we could push for testing sooner. we would have had to weight until he was one otherwise.
good luck and i hope your bubs is not going to be the same!
Breastfeeding-- Does Gluten Travel Through Breastmilk?
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my little boy was born 6 weeks early and was a healthy premmie. six weeks later at his due date he became very sick, constant vomiting, watery stools, trouble breathing, not sleeping, screaming for hours on end and producing a large quantity of mucus. by eight weeks he had had skin prick tests and blood tests, in which it was found he was allergic to wheat, soy and dairy. and diagnosed celiac. and since he was not even on solids it meant all his triggers where comimg through my breastmilk. after radically altering my diet, within two weeks he was gaining weight again, sleeping more, and even managed to stop screaming! It all came through my breastmilk but i managed and continued to breatfeed to 15months. If i made the slightest mistake we would know within 10 hours as he would be sick again, and then take a couple of days to clear. Fortunately we had a family history of it so we could push for testing sooner. we would have had to weight until he was one otherwise.
good luck and i hope your bubs is not going to be the same!