Here's one of the great caregivers' reports.

 

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Some thoughts on babies, about solid food, breastmilk, formula.

And some healing photos

It’s created a little bit controversial tonight, since I’m a mum who is breastfeeding my 16 months son and receives a great result from NMT within half year, I’d like to share some of my thoughts and experiences on this. Please do correct me if anything wrong.  And please follow NMT doctor's instructions as strictly as you can, you will have great result!

 

 

Firstly, I think breastmilk is still good during NMT, like people mentioned here, for immunity.  Good immune system accelerate healing and reduce the risk of infection.  Also, breastfeeding is a great comfort tool during NMT.  Happier baby, happier mum, faster healing.  Breastmilk has too many other benefits compare to formula, like long chain fatty acids to support brain development, etc.  I believe NMT doctors fully understand and have more knowledges than us, as Tokuko mentioned this.

 

 

However, breastmilk has less protein compared to formula.  And we all know protein loss is a problem during TSW for many people, we need to increase protein and fat intake (although breastmilk has higher fat compared to formula).  We also know too much water intake delays recovery.  So, this is the downside of breastmilk, since we can’t reduce water in breastmilk.  If we try to increase protein intake from breastmilk, we increase large amount of water too.  It’s a dilemma here.  On the other hand, it’s easier to control the water volume and plus it has higher protein in formula.  So, for the babies who need to boost their protein level and who hasn’t on solid, switching to formula is a choice.

 

 

But it doesn’t mean every NMT baby needs to stop breastfeeding.  That’s why Tokuko mentioned babies can have solid food earlier.  Someone may argue baby under 6 months shouldn’t have solid.  But the reality to this really depends on each baby, someone just can if they are ready.  Tokuko mentioned.  My son started solid on 4 months even we didn't have TSW.
Breastfeeding or not, or when should baby start on solid is really depending on each one’s real situation.

 

 

Here are some experiences and thoughts from me and some other breastfeeding mums who are doing NMT currently:
To mums who don’t want to switch to formula, and determined to get benefits from breastmilk for long run and do NMT at the same time:
I would firstly eat more protein and fat and a bunch of nutritional dense vegetables (not too much fruits) myself.

 

 

1.  Baby Within 6-month-old or hasn’t on solid: I could switch to a mixed feeding strategy, but maybe majority is formula for a while if the baby lost too much protein (usually sever oozing stage).  I could feed formula first and maybe some bites of breastmilk for comfort and immunity.  I could at the same time pump breastmilk out to maintain milk supply.  I may increase breastmilk and reduce formula when skin is getting better, and maybe baby starts solid already.  Also, I believe sever TSW for such young baby is not too common.
In addtion, 4 months old can start solid if they are ready, first food can be high protein food like meat.  Diet is probably another controversial topic nowadays.  

 

 

2.  6-month-old to 1 year old:  Apart from same strategy above, I could feed him only high protein and fat solid food at this stage, which means no carbs from solid, especially during sever oozing stage. If baby have lots of high protein solid and skin is getting better, I may increase breastmilk or switch back to breastmilk.

 

3.  1 year above:  It’s easy to control protein intake now, and baby needs much less milk.  High protein and fat solid plus breastmilk only or mixed feeding, moderate protein and fat solid plus more formula or normal milk plus some breastmilk or no breastmilk.  There are too many combinations according to skin’s progress.  Just remember dry is better, protein and fat are essential during NMT. If you have time, do a record or digitalise eventing, you can figure out how much water and nutrition your child needs according to different circumstances.

 

 

To mums who stop breastfeeding because of NMT or other reasons:
• Although there are so many benefits with breastmilk, but babies can do also well without breastmilk.  Formula gives lots of mums relieves, it’s also easier to count water intake and increase protein level for many babies.

• We always want to give our kids everything, but sometimes we should consider the most important things for different circumstances.  We still can boost baby’s immunity in other ways, like giving them lots of love, letting them play around as excise, a balanced diet, etc.

 

Last, don’t be too stressful for what we haven’t done enough.  If you have time and energy, you can choose to continue breastfeeding and NMT.  If you don’t, you can try to find helper.  If you don’t have time and helper and want to stop for healing purpose, just stop.  If you have confusion, we have so many people here to help.  If you feel depressed, you can vent into NMT support group or other TSW group, or messaging lots of people here. LOL

 

Thank Tokuko Kameda again and all the NMT/TSW doctors.

 

I will add some improvement photos to reassure NMT.  My son is breastfeeding and doing great with NMT.  I probably ask my friend to add her son’s photo later, her son takes formula and heals with NMT too.  We both almost finish this hell within half year!
Wish everyone has a quick and happy healing!

 

 
Written by Ms. Joyce Fang

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Well, this report above is written by a 'mother' who mastered NMT with my blog Tokuko's Room To Feel Uplifted (English Version) and NMT (No Moisturizing Treatment) Education Group on Facebook.  To experience her child's healing, she wrote and posted this report in the group spontaneously to pay it forward.  I was moved so much by her love to other TSW sufferers/caregivers because this is just what I really wanted 

 

NMT doctors are limited but there are many more numbers of sufferers than them all over the world...I thought "We must be able to utilize sheer force of numbers...!" 

Even if you have zero NMT doctors in your country, if we assemble our knowledge, the power is going to be bigger than several doctors' one.  Once we put learned knowledge together in the group, a lot of sufferers can trust the information and can help each other...I believed that it would be the only solution without having NMT doctors except Japan.  That is one of the reasons why I established NMT (No Moisturizing Treatment) Education Group.  

Please join the group above answering 3 questions. (Need your agreement definitely to protect group members.)

Please join the group above answering 3 questions. (Need your agreement definitely to protect group members.)

Also, you can see a lot of healed/improved before and after pictures in the other official NMT group below.
The NMT Healed Club

 Again, you'll be required to answer 3 questions to get approval.  Please don't forget to add your answers.

Thank you!



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