I wish, I wish, I wish that little indulgences like coffee had no health impacts on any of us but sadly they do. It’s so cruel that your morning cup of coffee could indeed be making your baby’s reflux worse because that same cursed reflux probably kept you up all of the nights since your new little baby was born.
I remember being so tired about 2 months after Chicken Little was born that I lost my balance one day while cooking dinner. Immediately I thought it had been an earthquake. Then I realized that I had fallen asleep while standing up.
Infant acid reflux can indeed be caused or aggravated by a number of triggers in your diet, although the biggest offenders are dairy, wheat and soy. I have a thorough list of dietary triggers here: improving your breastmilk to reduce infant reflux, including ways to pinpoint which items are the cause so you can continue with other triggers that don’t bother your baby.
Please don’t quit breastfeeding because your baby is reacting to something in your diet! To read more about how breastmilk is more beneficial than formula read feeding an infant with reflux breastmilk versus formula.
Breastfeeding a baby with reflux is a fabulous forum full of mothers who have been there at least once and many of them have done it many times. They are wonderfully supportive, sweet and encouraging. Please consider joining the forum if only just to lurk before switching to formula. Your baby will thank you for it later on with better health, higher IQ and lower footprint on the planet.
Wishing you hugs,
Carrie says:
You are absolutely right! I remember when my daughter was an infant and was suffering horribly from colic. The first things to go from my diet were dairy and caffeine and you would not believe the positive impact it had on her.
Was it hard for me? A little, but it is a small price to pay for a happy baby! And eventually, she grew out of the sensitivity and I was able to re-introduce these things slowly into my diet.
April 16th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
gaggia says:
Your baby will thank you for it later on with better health, higher IQ and lower footprint on the planet. So forget coffee while pregnancy.
Thanks
May 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Cots says:
I think if you want to keep your baby safe and healthy then you should not drink any coffee. There are many food and drinks restrictions when a woman in pregnant so that is why it is necessary to visit the doctor for those advices.
Thanks for comment.
July 8th, 2008 at 1:58 am