What can I eat? Restricting my diet to Breastfeed

amother

Tangerine

Tue, Jun 05 2018, 7:51 pm

I am nursing and my newborns provider advised me to restrict my diet to try to find if there are specific foods I am eating that my baby cannot tolerate. (Slowly re-introducing one food at a time)

Here's what I cannot eat:
Dairy
Nuts
Soy
Fish
Wheat
Eggs

Any tips on what I CAN eat?

Thanks imas!

amazingmommy

Tue, Jun 05 2018, 8:02 pm

Wow! That’s a long list! Good luck!
Fruits, cut up, smoothies, vegetables, cut up and salads roasted veggies, sautéed veggies,
Chicken, chicken cutlets, ground chicken, almond milk,
Sweet potatoes, quinoa, rice, farro, millet, brown rice pasta,
Daiya cheese... way fair cream cheese...

amother

Jetblack

Tue, Jun 05 2018, 8:03 pm

amother wrote:

Rice
Beans
Chicken
Meat
Lentils
Quinoa
Barley
Potatoes
Rice cakes
Sunbutter
Sunflower seeds with craisins
Popcorn
Smoothies
Rice pasta or other GF

All fruits and vegetables

amother

Maroon

Tue, Jun 05 2018, 10:13 pm

I'm on the same restricted diet as you, op.
I eat avacado every day and a green leaf salad (spinach, arugula, romaine lettuce, etc.) The salad is very filling and makes awesome milk!
Apples (or other fruit),
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, butternut squash. Baked or cooked.
Celery juice is amazing!

amother

Tangerine

Mon, Jun 11 2018, 2:23 pm

amother wrote:

I love Avocados, but u try to buy them in season because if the price. Are they in season now?

penguin

Mon, Jun 11 2018, 3:14 pm

זָכַרְנוּ אֶת הַדָּגָה אֲשֶׁר נֹאכַל בְּמִצְרַיִם חִנָּם אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִים וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִים וְאֶת הֶחָצִיר וְאֶת הַבְּצָלִים וְאֶת הַשּׁוּמִים.

From https://abc770.org/article_node_5326/

רש"י מביא את דברי רבי שמעון, המסביר כי בני-ישראל אכן יכלו לטעום במן את כל הטעמים שבעולם, חוץ מחמשת המינים הללו, "מפני שהם קשים למיניקות. אומרים לאישה: אל תאכלי שום ובצל מפני התינוק". כלומר, דווקא את הטעמים האלו אי אפשר היה לטעום במן – כי יועצות ההנקה של אז (ושל היום) אמרו כי זה לא בריא למיניקה ולתינוק היונק.

We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt freely, and the squash (sometimes translated as cucumber or gourds?) and watermelons, the leeks and onions and garlic

Rashi brings the words of Rabbi Shmon, who explains that the Children of Israel could taste in the Manna any taste in the world, with the exception of the five types of foods listed, because "they are difficult for nursing mothers." They say to a woman "don't eat garlic and onion because of the baby", that is, specifically these flavors could not be tasted in the Manna because the lactation consultants of that time (and today) told women that they are not healthy for the nursing mother or the nursing child.

amother

White

Mon, Jun 11 2018, 6:59 pm

Rice and rice pasta. There are also brown rice tortillas.
Millet, sorghum and gluten free oat (be careful with oat, it can cause oversupply and overactive let down)
Chickpeaso are very versatile.
Root veggies are filling. Roast them, make soup and mash order puree.
Salad, but don't rely on it as meals. You need calories to nurse and salads don't have calories.
Chicken and beef.