Comments on: Breastfeeding my allergic baby – Mary’s story http://ibreastfed.com/2008/07/breastfeeding-my-allergic-baby-marys-story Inspirational breastfeeding stories Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mary http://ibreastfed.com/2008/07/breastfeeding-my-allergic-baby-marys-story/comment-page-1#comment-79 Mary Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:17:42 +0000 http://ibreastfed.com/?p=17#comment-79 Thank you all. :) Strawberry, good on you for sticking with it too. I ended up breastfeeding Cyrus until he was 4 and a bit... I was tandem feeding and can't remember exactly when he stopped. I very much hope your daughter improves and you ER visits become a thing of the past. I agree that scientists have only really scratched the surface in their understanding of the properties and benefits of breastmilk. Big cyber-hug to you!! By the way, I LOVE your blog! Thank you all. :)

Strawberry, good on you for sticking with it too. I ended up breastfeeding Cyrus until he was 4 and a bit… I was tandem feeding and can’t remember exactly when he stopped.

I very much hope your daughter improves and you ER visits become a thing of the past. I agree that scientists have only really scratched the surface in their understanding of the properties and benefits of breastmilk. Big cyber-hug to you!! By the way, I LOVE your blog!

]]> By: Strawberry http://ibreastfed.com/2008/07/breastfeeding-my-allergic-baby-marys-story/comment-page-1#comment-78 Strawberry Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:16:52 +0000 http://ibreastfed.com/?p=17#comment-78 Reading that, I wanted to grab you and give you a great big hug! I have been in a similar position: I am still breastfeeding my nearly-three year old, who has 12 food allergies. We had 14 months of absolute misery until we figured out that allergies were the problem, and then I had to restrict my diet as severely as hers in order to keep feeding her. And, believe me, her diet is just CRAZY-restrictive! And yet, at one point, her *allergist* questioned what she was getting from my milk that she couldn't get from a weaned diet, and he suggested I "just quit". I was gobsmacked! Of all the people in the world who should know the value of breastfeeding her and be supporting it, it should be him! I ignored him and carried on feeding her. I firmly believe that my milk has benefited her in ways that none of us are fully aware of, or will really understand for years. She is, in so many ways, a medical disaster (food allergies, environmental allergies, asthma, severely underweight, and we keep having to go to ER because she can't breathe), but I think she might have been in a much worse state without the tailor-made nutrition that breastmilk has given her. It takes such strength to stick with it, especially when others are telling you to stop. Good for you for doing what was best for your baby! Reading that, I wanted to grab you and give you a great big hug! I have been in a similar position: I am still breastfeeding my nearly-three year old, who has 12 food allergies. We had 14 months of absolute misery until we figured out that allergies were the problem, and then I had to restrict my diet as severely as hers in order to keep feeding her. And, believe me, her diet is just CRAZY-restrictive! And yet, at one point, her *allergist* questioned what she was getting from my milk that she couldn’t get from a weaned diet, and he suggested I “just quit”. I was gobsmacked! Of all the people in the world who should know the value of breastfeeding her and be supporting it, it should be him!

I ignored him and carried on feeding her. I firmly believe that my milk has benefited her in ways that none of us are fully aware of, or will really understand for years. She is, in so many ways, a medical disaster (food allergies, environmental allergies, asthma, severely underweight, and we keep having to go to ER because she can’t breathe), but I think she might have been in a much worse state without the tailor-made nutrition that breastmilk has given her.

It takes such strength to stick with it, especially when others are telling you to stop. Good for you for doing what was best for your baby!

]]> By: Khrys http://ibreastfed.com/2008/07/breastfeeding-my-allergic-baby-marys-story/comment-page-1#comment-39 Khrys Tue, 12 May 2009 15:24:05 +0000 http://ibreastfed.com/?p=17#comment-39 I believe we have to be our own advocate even when professional are telling us differently. Great determination and inspirational story! As a RN I wish you had more support from the medical community. I believe we have to be our own advocate even when professional are telling us differently. Great determination and inspirational story! As a RN I wish you had more support from the medical community.

]]> By: susan http://ibreastfed.com/2008/07/breastfeeding-my-allergic-baby-marys-story/comment-page-1#comment-36 susan Thu, 07 May 2009 04:23:26 +0000 http://ibreastfed.com/?p=17#comment-36 Keep up the great work! Keep up the great work!

]]> By: Amanda http://ibreastfed.com/2008/07/breastfeeding-my-allergic-baby-marys-story/comment-page-1#comment-34 Amanda Wed, 06 May 2009 04:11:28 +0000 http://ibreastfed.com/?p=17#comment-34 Girl, I admire you for your backbone and determination! I hope your story encourages many other women. Girl, I admire you for your backbone and determination! I hope your story encourages many other women.

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