Do big tummy troubles cause colic?
Indigestion – Are garlic and onions risky for your baby or the spices of life? To most people, the advice that breast-feeding moms pass up garlic, onions and beans, seems reasonable. After all, we know that many of these things can make us gassy. The trouble is that even this reasonable advice gets confusing the more you think about it. For example, if gassy foods are hard on a baby’s tummy, how can breast-feeding moms in Mexico eat frijoles (beans) and those in Korea munch kim chee (garlic-pickled cabbage), without their babies ever letting out a peep? Nevertheless, I think it’s reasonable for the mother of an irritable baby to avoid “problem” foods (citrus, strawberries, tomatoes beans, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, peppers, onion, garlic) for a few days to see if she cries less. However, in my experience only a handful of infants improve when these foods are eliminated. Most babies can tolerate anything in their mom’s diet, except medicines, caffeine and alcohol.
