Question for Breastfeeding Moms

I'm not sure if I am eating the right food for breastfeeding. When I go out and formula feed Aidan he seems so content and does not cry before his next feeding in 3 hrs, sometimes even longer. I'm not sure I am satisfying him, he wants to eat sometimes every 2, 2.5 hours.

I'm curious what do you eat during the day?

TIA

That is a great question! I dont think I am eating the right foods either. I would love to hear what other moms are doing..
Also can you drink coffee when breast feeding or does that upset the baby?

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Posted by kptoys

breastfed babies are hungrier more often. Breast milk is easier and more quickly digested than formula. That is why he's eating more often.

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This is true! Also if he is falling asleep during a feeding he may not be getting enough and needs to eat again sooner.

As far as what I ate, I stuck to my regular diet while BF and tried to eat more protein. I found that certain foods did affect my son, like if I ate brocoli he got very gassy so I had to stop eating it.

Edited to add: it also could depend on the age of your son. I found that around the times they say they are going through a 'spurt' he was hungrier and slept more.

HTH

If you haven't visited these sites online, they are a GREAT resource with tons of Q&A and helped me so much the very first months:

http://www.kellymom.com/

http://www.laleche.org/

I stayed with basically my pregnancy diet and just avoided spicy foods-like garlic, tacos, sauce for pastas. I also realized that orange juice was bothering my daughter so I stopped drinking it.

As far as coffee goes, I would try to stay away from caffiene, but decaf is fine.

But I agree that you might be noticing a difference because formula is more filling then Breastmilk is.