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Old September 6th 07, 03:03 AM posted to misc.kids.breastfeeding
Anne Rogers[_4_]
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Default pancreatic enzymes in colitis?


She was on cow's milk elimination for one week and then a stricter
elimination diet for 1 week (dairy, soy, wheat, egg, nuts, citrus,
fish, and shellfish -- I think that was it). It's a somewhat more
challenging setting because she's low-income and non-English speaking,
so I tried to tell her about reading labels for things like casein and
albumin but it's harder to guage how well she can follow it. I
couldn't find any written materials available in Spanish, and some
more radical elimination diets are not going to be feasible in this
setting. She says she eats little processed food so that makes it
easier. The baby is gaining weight like a maniac and has no other
symptoms except perhaps fussiness (always hard to really know if it's
regular newborn crying or more than the norm).


Contact LLL, I'd be surprised if they didn't have the information
available in Spanish. As for the length of time to try elimination diets
for, I always thought it was 3 weeks, 2 weeks to get it out of the
system and further week to see if it helps.

Anne