All Communities > Breastfeeding Moms > Hot spicy Pepper's for Dinner! OH NO!

Hot spicy Pepper's for Dinner! OH NO!

Jessica - posted on 05/28/2009 ( 4 moms have responded )

7

7

Well My little guy is 15months old. He only nurses before bed and I admit to bringing him in my bed in the middle of night to nurse him back to sleep. (whole other issue for another time) Anyways I ate shrimp with very spicy peppers. I ate like 8 or 9 of em. They were so HOT that even though i was still hungry i had to ditch em. I love spicy and couldn't help it this time. So an hour later I'm nursing and my son stops and freaks out and starts crying and rubbing his face on me! I gave him water, he burped I wiped off his mouth and went back to putting him to bed. Could the peppers have caused that reaction? What do you Mama's think?

Join Circle of Moms

Sign up for Circle of Moms and be a part of this community! Membership is just one click away.

Join Circle of Moms

4 Comments

View replies by

Guggie - posted on 05/29/2009

454

3

Hmm I don't know if the actual spicyness went through but I know from experience that babies can be affected by what you eat.



I had to cut onions out...DD hates the taste.

Charlotte - posted on 05/29/2009

221

26

Well I've read that breastmilk changes flavour based on what you eat, so I would say this is very likely what happened. It seems to make sense that what was too hot for you would also be too hot for baby. I guess you already weren't going to eat that again, so there's no need to tell you to avoid it. :P

Tonya - posted on 05/29/2009

10

5

I believe so. About a month ago I did the same thing. I ordered my favorite dish at a new resturant and it was alot hotter than I am use to. My little girl refused to nurse me for 2 feedings. She was 7 months at the time.

Bekah - posted on 05/29/2009

14

27

It would seem that way yes..I know when my little one didn't like what i had to eat for dinner, HE LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT! haha Also, I know a couple times now when i'm cooking with "spicy" foods my 4 month old will start to rub his eyes and cry, like the spices in the air are bothering him...

Powered by RESPECT not THUMPS

Want to find out the opinions of this community?

Add Poll