1 Is treatment possible without a special diet?

In medicine, there is no precise definition of the diagnosis of colic. Doctors attribute it to any nervous condition of the child. Different parents have their own special methods of treatment, among them the diet for colic. They really help, but only for a short time. Feeding a child with two breasts for one time, an uneven flow of milk from the breast and foreign proteins in breast milk are just some of the reasons that can also be the cause of a child's ailment, provided that the baby is healthy and has no problems with weight gain.

2 What is allowed to eat mothers during breastfeeding?

A diet for a nursing woman for colic in newborn babies is made taking into account the correct, balanced diet. Only then will breast milk be beneficial to the child and give him all the necessary nutrients. Within the limits of the norm, a woman consumes about 4000 kcal / day. It is worth remembering all the rules of proper nutrition. It takes a lot of energy to produce breast milk, which is why the caloric content of food should be appropriate.

In the mother's diet, meat products must be present. You only need to choose low-fat varieties - beef, poultry, veal, rabbit. Meat does not need to fry in oil, it will be much more useful to boil it or subject it to steam processing. The same rules apply to fish dishes.

In order for breast milk to be produced in sufficient quantities to feed the child, the mother must drink plenty of water daily. You can eat as clean water, and infusions of herbs, slightly sugared compotes and fruit drinks, as well as green tea.

You are allowed to eat the following foods:

• porridge of rice, oatmeal, buckwheat;
• butter;
• dried fruits: prunes, dried apricots, etc.;
• cookies, crackers;
• vegetables of soft color, cooked without the help of oil;
• boiled or steamed meat;
• fresh fruit: apples, pears;
• various cereals;
• bread from wholemeal flour.

A special tea is recommended for lactating women to maintain lactation. It contains dill, cumin and other seeds. Tea is sold in the pharmacy. You can take the finished tea, or you can just brew 1 tablespoon each.of each kind of seed. Use it is recommended for half an hour before feeding the baby. You can drink tea as freshly brewed, and insisted in a thermos. As the child grows, new products can be introduced into the ration of the nursing mother. It is forbidden to eat several new products at the same time, because if the situation with colic deteriorates, it will not be known to which product the reaction appeared.

3 Prohibited products of

It is a common misconception that when you consume a liter of cow, goat or any other milk per day, a nursing woman provides her own breast milk with the necessary trace elements. But this is not so. Milk is difficult to digest by a fragile baby organism. The composition of whole milk includes a large number of trace elements, which can lead to severe allergic reaction. It is not recommended even boiled milk, as foreign proteins are not destroyed during heat treatment. If the mother has drunk whole milk 1 time, the allergy may appear as specks on the skin of the baby. If the milk is drunk regularly, there is a serious risk of causing the baby to reject breast milk from the mother. For the same reason, it is necessary to exclude any fermented milk products from the mother's diet.

Oily heavy food is the main enemy for the baby's tummy. It is hard to digest by a fragile organism and will only aggravate the situation with colic. It is necessary to completely reject dishes containing a large number of fatty acids.

It is strictly forbidden to drink sodas and purchased juices. They contain many artificial colors and synthetic additives. If there is a possibility, then refuse and freshly squeezed juices. Alcoholic drinks for the mother with breastfeeding under strict prohibition. Any drinks containing alcohol are fully absorbed by the mother's body and enter into her blood, and then into breast milk. Therefore, alcohol is prohibited in any form, even in small quantities.

It is forbidden to eat the following foods:

• bananas, uncooked apples, grapes;
• nuts;
• sweets and confectionery products with artificial colors;
• cabbage in raw or crocked form;
• yogurts, milk, cheese, condensed milk and other fermented milk products;
• legumes( peas, beans, chickpeas, lentils, etc.);
• black tea, coffee;
• tomatoes;
• semi-finished products, food from fast food restaurants.

During the diet, you will have to forget about mayonnaise, ketchup, soy and other sauces. Not recommended for use and spicy food, cooked using garlic, hot pepper, a lot of seasonings.

4 Maintaining diary diary

When you maintain a food diary, you must mark absolutely all the foods that have been eaten by the nursing mother, this will help to accurately track the child's reaction to any changes in diet. Records should be done every day. It is necessary to have a separate notebook and note in it what and when the woman was eating. In the food diary should be the following sections: the time of eating, the name of the product, the amount of the product, the child's reaction( diarrhea, constipation, spots on the skin, body temperature, the mood of the child, etc.).If a woman takes medication prescribed by a doctor, then their reception should also be recorded in the diary.

When Mom introduces a new product into her diet, then the child's reaction to it should be observed for 2 days. If during the observation period the child did not have unpleasant reactions of the body, then you can try something new.

To which form of food diary to resort - an individual decision of each mother. Recently, electronic diary forms have become very popular, which can be conducted in a computer or in an electronic application for smartphones.

A breastfeeding woman should not be greatly upset because of strict dietary restrictions. Thanks to a diet, she will help her child overcome unpleasant pains and rezi in the intestines. And the term of these restrictions is short, and as the digestive system develops, the mother's menu can be gradually expanded. Nutrition of the nursing mother should be controlled until the colic does not pass. After restoring the baby's health, you can return to the usual diet for the mother and observe only the food restrictions for the nursing mother.

Some pediatricians are of the opinion that the diet of the nursing mother is not directly related to the occurrence of colic in the child. What is really important is the moral state of a woman. If she is in constant nervous tension, she quarrels with the father of the child, experiences material difficulties, the child does not allow her to sleep, then the negative mood is transmitted to the baby in the form of physical ailment. Stress can also have a negative impact on the amount of breast milk produced by the mother, and a child without complementary foods can begin to starve. Mothers in such stressful situations are recommended to do their psychological health: leave the child to her father or grandmother with her grandfather, go shopping, visit one of the popular spa programs, or just meet with friends and relax. Peace of mind is the guarantee of a happy and peaceful family life. This is one of the opinions, and whether to listen to it - the individual decision of each woman.