My baby boy is 11 days old and I am exclusively breastfeeding. My mum in law who is a GP from back home said that I have to have a very strict diet while I am breastfeeding this means no vegetables, fruit, nuts, chocolate/sugar, no milk (Greek yogurt and plain cottage cheese is ok but limited) so it means I need to eat only meat, pasta, bread, oats (no granola though), rice, buckwheat - it is because she said that the baby can get allergies and become colic. I checked NHS website, asked a few midwives and other breastfeeding mums and no one agrees with this diet, everyone said I have to have a balanced diet including vegetables and fruit. We had one episode when the baby was very active and was quite grumpy and didn’t want to nap the entire day, so my mum in law assumed he has colic and blamed me for eating vegetables and fruit (she diagnosed him remotely as she is not with us) Is anyone who is breastfeeding on a strict diet as above or heard about it? If so, how do you survive? Since I gave birth I am getting very constipated and the vegetables and fruit were helping me but now it is worse and I cannot be on laxatives all the time. Feel free to share any ideas, advice you think could help, thanks
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