Friend w/Colicky Baby! Please Help!

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My friend has a 7 week old and just a couple weeks ago he began to

cry unconsolably for long periods of time. She is a WAPF member and

a member of our farm club so she's been eating raw grass fed dairy,

cream, butter....even kefir!! She went to an " alternative " DO who

muscle tested her with the raw milk and she did come up sensitive to

it. The Dr. recommended she completely eliminate all dairy until

the baby is 6 months old!! She has had problems in the past with

dairy sensitivity but we thought she had it whipped with the raw

dairy. She takes cod liver oil....eats organic....I just can't

figure it out. I feel so bad for her. Does anyone have any input

or advice?? I hate to see her baby miss out on the benefits of the

raw dairy. Is it possible that some people just can't do dairy at

all?? Thanks in advance for your input!!

Danna

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I could not drink cafinated coffee or my nursed babies would cry a

lot. One of my sons is an insomniac from birth, being up 14 hrs of

24 was not unusual, he still is an insomniac but it's useful now.

All 3 of my kids were the only kindergarteners who had a 10 pm bed

time & woke at 6 am and could not understand the need of naps.

Did she try regular old stuff like giving the baby a pacifier?

My kids were all different, they made the rules as to what they

needed not me, or ideals, or fantasies, or society. One really

needed a pacifier, it was a godsend.

I never let my babies cry without trying to comfort them in some

way. I lived, they all turned out fine. I think raw mothers milk is

the most important food for babies. After that I found that raw soft

fresh banana helped them sleep.

-sally l

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> My friend has a 7 week old and just a couple weeks ago he began to

> cry unconsolably for long periods of time. She is a WAPF member

and

> a member of our farm club so she's been eating raw grass fed dairy,

> cream, butter....even kefir!! She went to an " alternative " DO who

> muscle tested her with the raw milk and she did come up sensitive

to

> it. The Dr. recommended she completely eliminate all dairy until

> the baby is 6 months old!! She has had problems in the past with

> dairy sensitivity but we thought she had it whipped with the raw

> dairy. She takes cod liver oil....eats organic....I just can't

> figure it out. I feel so bad for her. Does anyone have any input

> or advice?? I hate to see her baby miss out on the benefits of the

> raw dairy. Is it possible that some people just can't do dairy at

> all?? Thanks in advance for your input!!

> Danna

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Danna -

Here's my story of how my " colicky " baby was 100% turned around:

At about 1.5 weeks, she started crying around the clock. If she

wasn't nursing or sleeping, she was crying. The sleeping was

intermittant and even during nursing she would sometimes pull off

and cry.

Her pediatrician had told me to nurse her on one side for 5 minutes

then switch her to the other side and let her go as long as she

wants. Turns out, this was the problem.

I called a lactation consultant who told me this was completely

incorrect. The baby should nurse on one side at least 15 to 20

minutes, and then switch to the other side and nurse for as long as

she wants (or nurse on only one side per feeding). The reason for

this is that the first milk to come out contains mostly

carbohydrates. The " hind " milk that comes after the first 5 minutes

of nursing contains more proteins and fats.

When I was following the ped's advice, she was getting a mega dose

of carbs with little proteins and fats and this was upsetting her

tummy. When I followed the lactation consultant's advice, she

IMMEDIATELY became a calm and happy baby and we never looked back.

HTH!! Tonya