Guest guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Dawn, I don't post here much anymore, but your discussion caught my eye. I have been meaning to write and ask someone.....I have 6mo twins and I used NT with my now 3yo so I have done the egg yolk feedings before, but this time I'm having a problem because every time I have prepared it and fed it to them they both have been sick like with the stomach flu. At first I thought they were just getting sick, coincidence, but it happend again last week, and my daughter threw up all over me and her, her sling, etc about an hour after eating the egg yolk and after I had nursed her. She acted sick for a little while and then she was fine. I think that was the third time and I finally had to admit it was probably from the egg yolk. I don't know why, though. We have our own egg layers on whole grain feed and they run around outside all they want, we've raised them pretty much from the time they were hatched and the lady that hatched them was extremely careful and feed and cared for them the same way we do, so I don't think there's anything wrong with my chickens. I don't know what it could be. We have tried some other foods on them and they don't like much of anything. I have to admit I was getting desperate so I bought some organic brown rice cereal that my boy likes to eat. My daughter doesn't like much of anything. They are nursing every 2 hours night and day and I am trying to get them on some solids in hopes of getting some sleep at night (meaning I hope the can go more than 2 hours between feedings at night so I can actually sleep occasionally). Any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated. Michele in NW WA >Here are my experiences with my 11-month-old daughter, a. >The general rule is to wait until 12 months before giving COOKED egg >white. Even adults have a difficult time with raw egg white, so make >sure it's thoroughly cooked. I have recently begun giving a >cooked egg white (and the yolk too of course) when I make her >pancakes. But, I don't let her eat more than a couple of pieces. > >However, you can give raw egg yolk starting at 4 months. I generally >warm it up in a bain marie (I put a small baby food jar with the yolk >in it in a small pot of boiling water for 30 seconds or so while >stirring). Don't warm it too much or it will lose its enzymes. I >like to add some butter and cheese sometimes, but it's not absolutely >necessary. > >Dawn (a's mommy ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 I've had 3 kids with a host of problems with eating. Long story. At any rate, I would stay away from the eggs for now, and perhaps try some least allergenic foods, very pureed. I would probably experiment with something really bland, real thin consistency and try it for taste preference, and then don't add anything new for at least 2 weeks. My daughters reacted to rice cereal, my son to oats, so cereals didn't work for us. But squash and bananas did. I kept nursing, and gave them 1 or 2 bland foods, just to spread their feedings out, and so I could get some sleep. My youngest didn't want much of any solids until around 12 months, and even then they had to pureed heavily for her to eat them, even though she had a mouthful of teeth by then ! By the way, (for babies over 12 mos) least allergenic foods: apples, apricots, asparagus, avocados, barley, beets, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, chicken, cranberries, dates, grapes, honey, lamb, lettuce, mangoes, oats, papayas, peaches, pears, poi, raisins, rice, rye, safflower oil, salmon, squash, sunflower oil, sweet potatoes, turkey and veal. most allergenic: berries, buckwheat, chocolate, cinnamon, citrus, coconut, corn, dairy, egg whites, mustard, nuts, peas, peanuts, pork, shellfish, soy, sugar, tomatoes, wheat and yeast. Hope you find something that works, and lets you sleep! Rebekah Re: Re: eggs and babies Dawn, I don't post here much anymore, but your discussion caught my eye. I have been meaning to write and ask someone.....I have 6mo twins and I used NT with my now 3yo so I have done the egg yolk feedings before, but this time I'm having a problem because every time I have prepared it and fed it to them they both have been sick like with the stomach flu. At first I thought they were just getting sick, coincidence, but it happend again last week, and my daughter threw up all over me and her, her sling, etc about an hour after eating the egg yolk and after I had nursed her. She acted sick for a little while and then she was fine. I think that was the third time and I finally had to admit it was probably from the egg yolk. I don't know why, though. We have our own egg layers on whole grain feed and they run around outside all they want, we've raised them pretty much from the time they were hatched and the lady that hatched them was extremely careful and feed and cared for them the same way we do, so I don't think there's anything wrong with my chickens. I don't know what it could be. We have tried some other foods on them and they don't like much of anything. I have to admit I was getting desperate so I bought some organic brown rice cereal that my boy likes to eat. My daughter doesn't like much of anything. They are nursing every 2 hours night and day and I am trying to get them on some solids in hopes of getting some sleep at night (meaning I hope the can go more than 2 hours between feedings at night so I can actually sleep occasionally). Any suggestions from anyone would be appreciated. Michele in NW WA >Here are my experiences with my 11-month-old daughter, a. >The general rule is to wait until 12 months before giving COOKED egg >white. Even adults have a difficult time with raw egg white, so make >sure it's thoroughly cooked. I have recently begun giving a >cooked egg white (and the yolk too of course) when I make her >pancakes. But, I don't let her eat more than a couple of pieces. > >However, you can give raw egg yolk starting at 4 months. I generally >warm it up in a bain marie (I put a small baby food jar with the yolk >in it in a small pot of boiling water for 30 seconds or so while >stirring). Don't warm it too much or it will lose its enzymes. I >like to add some butter and cheese sometimes, but it's not absolutely >necessary. > >Dawn (a's mommy ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 At 05:11 AM 10/8/2004, you wrote: > We have tried some other > > foods on them and they don't like much of anything. I have to admit >I was > > getting desperate so I bought some organic brown rice cereal that my boy > > likes to eat. My daughter doesn't like much of anything. > >If it makes you feel better, a disn't get much of an appetite >for table food until about 10 months. I kept worrying because >everyone else here was stuffing their babies full of food. I had to >keep reminding myself that she was very healthy and in the top 95% for >weight and height, but it's easy to doubt yourselves when everyone >else is doing something different. If your twins are thriving then I >wouldn't worry too much about it. a loves breastfeeding, so I >let her nurse when she wants to. I think the best thing to do >sometimes is go with your instincts (although the modern world seems >to make that difficult to do with all the experts running around >telling you what to do) i have to agree here - amber is 18 months old now and still only eats food as a novelty - certainly not anywhere near enough to fill her up. we don't eat any grains, but she eats vegetables, fruit, meat and fat, dairy and eggs, and kimchi (in her opinion it's its own food group and MUST be represented at every meal) but only a little bit at any given time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 10, 2004 Report Share Posted October 10, 2004 >I'm having a problem because every time I have prepared it and fed it to >them they both have been sick like with the stomach flu. At first I thought >they were just getting sick, coincidence, but it happend again last week, >and my daughter threw up all over me and her, her sling, etc about an hour >after eating the egg yolk and after I had nursed her. She acted sick for a >little while and then she was fine. I think that was the third time and I >finally had to admit it was probably from the egg yolk. I don't know why, >though. We have our own egg layers on whole grain feed and they run around >outside all they want, I've been coming to the (reluctant) conclusion that the grain from the feed CAN get into the yolk, or some problematic peptides of it. I have my own chickens too, and the yolk gives me heartburn, but the white does not. They do eat wheat, which also give me heartburn and reflux (or worse). I'm in the process of replacing the wheat in their food and just feeding them kefired cracked corn and grass-fed cow innards to see if it makes a difference. I figure if it was egg *allergy*, it would be the white that would be the problem, not the yolk. Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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