Comments on: PPD one more time

By: Feeling so helpless with colic

Feeling so helpless with colic — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:08:04 +0000

[...] ago came back to me and I was afraid. Will this be a start of those endless crying that sent me to postpartum depression [...]

By: 37 weeks, ready to go

37 weeks, ready to go — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:26:02 +0000

[...] …the allergic reaction to lots of food that lead me to…my bout with postpartum depression [...]

By: Krista

Krista — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:29:16 +0000

Yeah, I can see how it would be hard for you to want to have another child! Cory was fine for the first 10 days or so and then my mother-in-law brought me bran muffins. I loved them, but I didn’t know it gave babies gas. so for a week he was miserable and screaming and then when we figured out what was wrong it was too late, he had developed the habit. We got very little sleep the first 3 months, but I am lucky I didn’t have to go back to work.
I think for me it hit later – maybe 18 months, when I had more time to myself and wasn’t so focused on taking care of him 24/7. Then I realized that I was bored and lonely. I got really depressed for awhile and still think that there might be some hormone things messed up.
I hope that another baby will be coming soon, but I’m also a bit scared that I won’t be able to handle it.

Kristas last blog post..Summer is Here!

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:27:35 +0000

While it was too bad for the pediatrician not being able to diagnose the real problem, my mother in-law was partly to blame! She was there the entire month after I gave birth and witnessed the crying – but didn’t say anything. Later on, I learned that she had the SAME experience when my husband was a baby. He was extremely allergic to milk and eggs and all the by-products and had rashes all over (I’ve seen the photos at the in-laws’ house).

By: Grace

Grace — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:52:23 +0000

Thank you very much for reading that long post and leaving a precious comment.

I think I was only able to bond with my daughter after we passed that allergy testing when I knew what was going on and what to do.But hey, life goes on and it’ll get better. I hope you’re not so stressed right now!

I have come to terms to the fact that my family needs me to work and have found ways to bond with my daughter and spend quality time with her, whenever I can.

By: Joyce T.

Joyce T. — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:12:02 +0000

Hi, Grace, It sounds like you survived a very difficult time! I learned very valuable information from your post, about a baby being allergic to foods the mother is eating. It is too bad a pediatrician was not wise to catch the problem at the time, so you could get some sleep and enjoy Pristine's baby days. Joyce T.s last blog post..Excuses, excuses

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:32:46 +0000

Thanks for reading that and leaving a comment. It means so much to know that I am “heard”.
Yes, it was difficult at first but it’s sooo much better now. Pristine wasn’t an easy baby on the first six months but she is a blessing. As I have written in one of my responses to the comments in this post, she doesn’t even have tantrums!

Hope you won’t have difficulties adjusting when you start working next month.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:31:11 +0000

Yes, I also feel that the second one will be better as I am more mature, have more experience and know what would/might be the reason in case the new baby cries non-stop…I think I can handle it better now…

Just to let you know, I am not depressed anymore and have accepted that I have to work outside the home.I just recalled those dark times when I saw my friend’s photo.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:29:33 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story.
I had plenty of breast milk and thought I was lucky and so blessed in that department but when I knew that Pristine was allergic to milk and eggs,I had to eliminate it (milk, eggs and ALL their bi-products) in my diet so I can continue breastfeeding her. Tough times…

Your $30 a can milk sounds like a big ouch!!

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:50:52 +0000

Thanks for your output! I just want to clear up one thing: I wasn’t unhappy or discontented being with her.

I was sad about having to leave her while she’s still small and having no other option. I was also very worried what to do with her during the times she was crying uncontrollably – I didn’t know her whole body was itching and she couldn’t scratch it because of milk and egg allergy!

As the saying goes, it’ll get better and it’s true for me. After we discovered the allergy and made ways not to trigger it, life has been a lot better, for her and for me,for us all! Pristine is a very easy child. Obedient (even her teachers are amazed) and only cries when she is in pain. No tantrums. I didn’t even pass that terrible two’s stage with her.