Fw: [CH] Breast Feeding....

bradley ellis (h0t5auce@mchsi.com)
Thu, 28 Nov 2002 08:48:57 -0600 

Found this on Babycenter.com:
"You'll be able to figure out if your child is sensitive to something you
eat or drink, because she'll show her discomfort by being fussy after
feedings, crying inconsolably, or sleeping very little. Although some women
swear that spicy dishes upset their babies, trial and error may be your best
guide, because food-induced irritability differs markedly from one infant to
the next. If you find you can eat a hot salsa burrito, garlic chicken, or
fiery vegetable curry without making your baby unhappy, then dig in. One
note of caution: Some common colic offenders include broccoli, cabbage,
Brussels sprouts, and cow's milk."


Never a problem with my wife ... she doesn't like the spicy foods. However,
my 2-year-old son HAS to have hot sauce on his mac-n-cheese just like daddy.
He discovered he liked it one day when he started eating out of my bowl
while I was getting him a refill of juice. My wife still freaks out that I
pour hot sauce on his mac-n-cheese, but he eats it and never gets tummy
troubles. Makes me proud.

Brad

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "T. Matthew Evans" <matt.evans@ce.gatech.edu>
 To: "Chile-Heads" <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
 Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 12:17 PM
 Subject: [CH] Breast Feeding....


 > Hi, All --
 >
 > Hope you are all preparing for a wonderful and fiery Day of Thanks.  On
 > another note, I have a couple of questions.
 >
 > My wife and I are expecting our first little chile harvester on January
 3rd.
 > My wife plans to breast feed.  We have read that the belief that one
 should
 > not eat spicy foods while breast feeding is, essentially, an old wives'
 > tale.  That is, there will certainly be some foods in Mommy's diet that
 will
 > upset Baby's stomach, but these may or may not be chiles.  The baby is
 just
 > as likely to have an aversion to, say, greasy food or onions or asparagus
 as
 > it is to have an aversion to chiles.
 >
 > Does anyone have any experience with this?  Any information would be a
 great
 > help -- remember, this is our first....
 >
 > Matt
 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 > T. Matthew Evans
 > Geosystems Group
 > School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
 > Georgia Institute of Technology
 > Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0355
 > URL:  www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w
 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 >
 >