During my breast feeding days to baby Clarisse, I don’t have much knowledge on what type of food that cannot be consumed and would affect the quality of breast milk. For instance, I was told by a TCM that I should avoid fried food because it could diminish the nutritional content of breast milk. If only I should’ve known about it earlier. But then again, I’m a sucker for delicious fried stuff and I wonder if I have the will power to stay completely away from them. Nevertheless, I should have done more reading to gather more knowledge on breast feeding. As a note to self, here are some tips and advices I’ve gathered from various source both online and offline.

I still believe a lot of women feel that they can consume whatever they may like during breast feeding. Even though it is true that some stongly favorite foods can change the taste of your milk, a lot of babies appear to love the changes of breast milk flavours. Sometimes, your baby may get irritable at the breast after you consume certain foods. Whenever you discover this happening, just keep off that specific food.

The basic wrongdoers during breast feeding include chocolate, spices, citrus fruits, garlic,
Chili pepper, lime, gassy vegetables, and fruits with laxative type effects, such as prunes and cherries.

You can consume a cup or two of coffee a day, while too much caffeine may interfere with your baby’s sleep and even get him or her cranky. Keep in mind, caffeine is found in many soda’s, tea, and even over the counter type medicine too.

It is alright to get an alcoholic drink every so often, although taking more than one drink can increase your blood alcohol level, placing the alcohol into your breast milk.

Whenever you are planning to consume more than one drink at once, it is better to wait two hours or more per drink before you resume any type of lactating or breast feeding. There is no need to pump and dump unless your breasts are full and its time to feed your baby. When breast feeding, any type of heavy drinking had better be kept off.

Before you actually leave off any foods from your diet, you should speak to your doctor. Wheneverb you avoid certain foods and it causes a nutritional imbalance, you may need to see a nutritionist for advice about consuming other foods or obtaining nutritional supplements.