Ally.
I'm afraid some of the advice you are offering is not only out of date but essentially flawed.
"If you are breast feeding you need good quality food nd def not low carbs - bf requires qn extra 500 calories to produce the amount of milk."
The production of breastmilk is not dependent on an extra calorific intake. It is produced in response to a baby correctly latched at the breast and usually fed on demand.
"Start by writing down what u eat - most new mums have no pattern to meals - babies are so naughty they dont understand routines."
I would suggest that the advice to write down everything that a new mother eats would cause at best, an annoying inconvenience and at worse, an anxious and tired mother, breastfeeding or not.
And to state, in print, as an HCP that you think babies are capable of being 'naughty' is quite frankly stupid.
"Try to cut out all the junk and eat lots of fresh foods - meat, fish , veggies, wholemeal bread, brown rice , baby new pots in their skins, fruit, and def a pint of milk a day or your bones will be depleted of calcium. Use good quality olive oil and butter."
The old advice of a pint of milk a day comes from the dairy industry and not based on fact. Calcium is found in many other sources and is done so by the many cultures that don't eat/drink
animal milk. The USA have a high rate of calcium depletion problems and they are the largest consumers of cows milk.
http://www.milksucks.com/osteo.asp (interesting URL!).
http://babyreference.com/MilkingYourBones.htm
"Try to avoid alcohol - it knocks babies out and some strong flavours like curry - it can upset babies altho it didnt my 3."
There has been very little research on alcohol and breastfeeding, hardly surprising really, imagine getting that one past ethics! Stating things like 'it knocks babies out' could prove to be very harmful indeed. Common sense would suggest that minimal or no intake would be preferable but the fact is we just don't know. As for strong flavours, are you suggesting that the millions upon millions of women all over the UK and the world alter their diet to one without their usual strong flavours?
"Drink loads of water - the hunger pangs may be because you are thirsty."
I have one of those annoying signals too. Never get thirsty so have to decide if I'm hungry or need fluid. How much 'is loads of water'? I don't get my fluids from water so loads to me would be a glass. If you are using this statement in regards to weight loss then I see no fault. However, if you are making this statement in regards to a woman who is breastfeeding, then you are potentially causing harm. Now shame on me for not producing the reference (its buried on my hard drive somewhere), but drinking more fluid than your body dictates may reduce milk supply.
"I used to make myslf a packed lunch the night before - sounds silly but it means u can eat at lunch time."
Good idea, I never thought of that, but then again, I was in bed or asleep on the nearest floor somewhere by 9 at night when mine were new babies!
"But above all enjoy your baby - they are babies for such a short time ."
Ain't that the truth. One day you can't sit down without wincing, then you blink and they're asking for the car keys and 50 quid.
You may find the following links interesting
http://www.llli.org/NB/LVAprMay98p21NB.html 11 12
http://www.llli.org/FAQ/alcohol.html
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