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AnneCordelia 05:33 PM 11-30-2011
My 3rd child had reflux and was exclusively breastfed.

He was extremely sensitive to dairy in my diet. It can take up to two weeks of avoiding dairy for it to be out of your system. You do not have to eat the offending food daily for traces of it to be in your breastmilk. In our case, within 5 days of cutting diary out of my diet he was a different baby. No more crying, no more arching back in pain. By 2 weeks of dairy-free he was no longer spitting up ounces of milk at a time and was keeping his food down.

"Colic" is a catch-all term. Usually it involves some degree of reflux and some degree of normal crying. It used to be called "The Witching Hour"...when babies between 6-12 weeks old do nothing but fuss and cry from 5-9pm or so. I'm not sure if they still call it that.

Anyway, 'colic' and the witching hour seem to peak at about 12 weeks. Most babies outgrow reflux issues by about a year of age.

I would do 3 naps a day for a 3mo.

HTH,
Emily
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