u/Constant-Cat-927

Hi. My sweet girl is 12 weeks old, and has been having bloody stools since she was 4 weeks old. I have been dairy free for 6+ weeks and soy free for 3+, still with no change. Pediatrician said to cut out wheat and eggs, I did that and still saw no change. If anything, her poops have gotten more consistently bad over time since I started eliminating. Now, GI specialist said to just do formula. Baby is hating it. We are trying to mix it with breastmilk for now but it’s just miserable for all of us. She just wants the breast, and all I want is to breastfeed. I’m suspicious of oats as I have had a lot of oat milk and oatmeal since cutting dairy, but no one seems to want to help me identify what her trigger is. Shouldn’t eliminating dairy and soy have helped by now??? I just feel lost. We did just get a referral to a dietician but haven’t gotten an appointment yet. Every feeding is a battle and it breaks my heart.

ETA: all GI told me was “well dairy and soy are the most common triggers so keep those out of your diet.” Like okay?? Sure they’re the most common but they haven’t seemed to help my baby at all? To me that clearly means something else is the issue. He also acted like me pumping around the clock until she’s ~6 months old is no big deal. I’m just so frustrated.

I’m a first time mom due with my baby in mid-late July! Very excited but a little nervous for the warmer days. Like most, our house does not have AC, and is older. We are also west facing and somewhat at the top of a hill so in the late afternoon our living room just becomes an absolute oven. Today’s high of 80 made the house feel uncomfortably warm for a few hours. We do have a couple portable AC’s that help us get by, but on those reeeaally hot days, they can only do so much!

All this to say, would love some advice/tips and tricks that worked for any of you to keep baby cool once she’s here. And for me, as I’ll be my most pregnant, and freshly postpartum, in the hottest time of year. 😅

Other things to note, the nursery is east facing so just gets the morning direct sunshine. Our backyard is also east facing so it’s nicely shaded a lot of the day. We did pick up a Nuna bassinet + stand off marketplace and I’m thinking we’ll spend a lot of time out there using that.

FTM due in July looking for pediatrician recs :) we’re in Proctor so hoping to find one within a ~20 min drive. We have first choice health for insurance. Delivering at TG. This shouldn’t affect primary care but fwiw baby girl does have an isolated right clubfoot. TIA!