Colic Relief

Eleven days ago I wrote a post about Sophia’s colic, and despite the more medically sound site saying not to limit the foods I eat because I’ll find myself eating nothing but white rice, I chose to cut my intake of all dairy (again). Most of the sites said that it would take seven to ten days for the cow’s milk proteins to leave my milk, so I was mentally prepared to not see any results for a while, but it made an immediate and complete change with her! The first day I thought it was just a fluke and maybe she was just having a good day, but it has lasted.

The reason I chose to cut off my dairy intake as opposed to the other possible allergy causing foods is because I think dairy is the most common and children under one year cannot digest the protein in cow’s milk. Also, before Kurt went to Spain in 2005 I started having stomach problems and I discovered it had to do with dairy. My mom and one of her sisters also have the problem. When I was pregnant, my dairy problem magically went away so I ate and drank every dairy thing I could get my hands on. After delivery dairy is still good with me. When Sophia is three or four months old, because that’s how long the ‘colicky’ stage usually lasts, I can start to introduce dairy into my diet again. We will see how it takes for the both of us. For now, I’m just enjoying the fact that she only cries when she’s overly tired and that doesn’t last nearly as long.