Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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Multicenter Study
"Something is wrong with your milk": Qualitative study of maternal dietary restriction and beliefs about infant colic.
To investigate new mothers' perceptions about the role of maternal diet in infant fuss-cry behaviour, and to explore patterns of food restriction in breastfeeding women. ⋯ The breastfeeding women in this study believed that maternal diet influenced infant cry-fuss behaviour, in spite of scientific evidence demonstrating the contrary. An understandable desire for a calm baby, as well as to be favourably judged by friends and family, can drive breastfeeding women to restrict their diet, often to the point of hardship.