ALLERGY BABYCARE: RIGHT FOOD

Select a food to omit

If the baby does not have evening colic, or if the above measures do not work, then the next step is to select a food or drink to leave out of the mother’s diet. The most common causes of babies’ reactions to breastmilk are the foods that most frequently cause food allergy and intolerance, namely cow’s milk (including cheese, butter and yogurt), wheat, eggs, yeast, com, nuts, pulses, fish and citrus fruit.

Cut down on a chosen food

As a first step, it is sometimes sufficient simply to cut down on the amount of a particular food that you eat rather than to eliminate it totally from your diet. Try this first: reduce the amount you eat of your chosen food for two days. See if the baby improves at all.

(If you are reducing the amount of cow’s milk you take, the first step is to stop taking cow’s milk as a drink, in cooking, or in tea or coffee. Avoid using it in sauces, baked dishes or puddings. Continue taking a little, but not too much, in yogurt, butter or cheese, if you like, as these are sometimes tolerated better. Continue, if you want, to take any processed foods such as margarine or biscuits, which usually contain small traces of milk products.)

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