When Isla was 2 months old I was noticing she was crying A LOT and had some mucus in her poops. I brought it up to the pediatrician’s medical assistant and we figured it was because she was starting to teeth (she was drooling a lot too and biting things). It kept happening so I called again and spoke to someone else and they said it was because she was getting over a cold and her sinus’ were draining into her stomach since she could not blow her nose. But it never let up. Finally I decided to bring in a dirty diaper with me to her 4 month appointment and they tested it- it came back positive for blood! I should have listened to my instincts! Isla has colitis! Her intestines and bowels were inflamed and bleeding. It was caused by a food sensitivity she had- I am breastfeeding her and the foods I was eating were making her sick. I had to go on a strict elimination diet. I cut out dairy, soy, nuts, wheat, eggs, beef and pork! It was extremely hard but she started getting better. After 3 1/2 months her diapers finally came back negative for blood! I was cleared to introduce wheat back into my diet. She had a slight reaction to that but after a few days she seemed to be doing fine. Then I introduced egg- that is where the trouble began. We were back to square one with the colic behavior. She was up all night screaming and crying. I stopped eating eggs but she is still acting sick. My poor baby- I hate seeing her so sick. I just want her to be healthy. I never thought I would be the type of person to blog but here I am blogging!!! I decided to start this so my family and friends can keep up to date on the life of my beautiful daughter Isla Jayde. Please feel free to comment, ask questions or share your thoughts. Here is our journey.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Dealing with colic
When Isla was 2 months old I was noticing she was crying A LOT and had some mucus in her poops. I brought it up to the pediatrician’s medical assistant and we figured it was because she was starting to teeth (she was drooling a lot too and biting things). It kept happening so I called again and spoke to someone else and they said it was because she was getting over a cold and her sinus’ were draining into her stomach since she could not blow her nose. But it never let up. Finally I decided to bring in a dirty diaper with me to her 4 month appointment and they tested it- it came back positive for blood! I should have listened to my instincts! Isla has colitis! Her intestines and bowels were inflamed and bleeding. It was caused by a food sensitivity she had- I am breastfeeding her and the foods I was eating were making her sick. I had to go on a strict elimination diet. I cut out dairy, soy, nuts, wheat, eggs, beef and pork! It was extremely hard but she started getting better. After 3 1/2 months her diapers finally came back negative for blood! I was cleared to introduce wheat back into my diet. She had a slight reaction to that but after a few days she seemed to be doing fine. Then I introduced egg- that is where the trouble began. We were back to square one with the colic behavior. She was up all night screaming and crying. I stopped eating eggs but she is still acting sick. My poor baby- I hate seeing her so sick. I just want her to be healthy.
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