When she was born, our daughter’s inability to sleep dominated our lives. That was more than 30 years ago.

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Since then I have devoted my life to spreading the word about the magic answer that had taken us 9 years to discover: the elimination diet from Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Kylie’s story

So I was delighted when Kylie told us about her daughter’s 15-20 wakings a night [1582]:

“Our breastfed six month old little girl has been progressively sleeping worse and worse, some nights she was unable to sleep longer than 20 minutes at a time… “  

The problem for Kylie seemed to be food.

“…memories of particularly bad nights after consuming tomato based dishes, sticky date pudding and apple and raspberry juice.”

I’d had the same problems, but when another mother had mentioned salicylates “in most fruit”, I refused to believe it, saying “Thank goodness that doesn’t affect us.” We suffered six more horrible years as a result. Kylie took it seriously.

“I came across your website … I cut down my salicylate intake and that night she slept ten hours without any wakings … Within a week … our lives have improved vastly…”

I wish now I had acted like Kylie, who is doing all the right things:

“I am intending to see a paediatric allergist/dietician from your list for help determining exactly what I should be avoiding and to help create a plan to reintroduce these later… Thank you for all the amazing information.”

Of course, everyone is different. While there are many babies who are affected by dietary salicylates, there can be problem with other additives, natural chemicals or foods such as milk especially A1 milk.

Not only salicylates

“It took 4 days!!! only 4 days !! from having someone waking 8 times a night to 2 times a night!!! … Once I switched to A2 milk the loop was complete  … he started sleeping the night through by the end of week 2. The change was nothing short of miraculous … When I tell people about all the positive changes we have had on the diet, they seem to think the diet I fed him before failsafe was…  full of red cordial, McDonalds, coloured commercial lollies etc but I was aware of colours and MSG and he NEVER had those…  It was the sulphur dioxide in dried fruits, the hidden nitrates in meats, and natural colour annatto 160b I wasn’t aware of, that were our biggest problems … I realise my mistake in overdoing a "healthy diet" mostly consisting of a mega high salicylates, high amines and glutamates!! and although I was careful about colours and some preservatives, my son’s biggest and most immediate reactions came from fish/ meats/ and preserved fruits” – Patrick’s proud mum from story [879]

Bread preservative worst for this baby

“My 10mth old baby boy … screamed for the first 3 and half months of his life all day and half of the night until my doc got me onto a dietitian and we tried the elimination diet … He reacts to most additives but the bread preservative is the worst and he also reacts very badly to amines” - Dani from story [121]

More info

My article Restless babies

“Sue’s article ‘Restless Babies’ in Nursing Mothers magazine saved my life!! I went failsafe as I was breastfeeding our unsettled/ ratty 6 mth old baby … she became a new baby after 3 days of diet!!” -from story [960]

My blog Harm from bread preservative confirmed

My blog Sleepless babies and diet

“I already can't quite believe how much calmer our 5 month old is in the last few days, and is sleeping much better than a week ago. I wish I'd heard about this before I was pregnant!” – Fiona, from story [1109]

My blog Insomnia disorder and diet – it’s not only babies who are affected

My book Fed Up with food intolerance: a personal story

‘I have just finished reading "Fed Up" and "Different Kids" (now called Fed Up with food intolerance). You are a very special lady. You and your family have been through so much and have come so far. And you're out there educating and giving support to other families…We often go through life not letting people know how much a difference they have made in our lives. I wanted to let you know that you have made a difference in my life and many others' lives also. You have truly contributed to the community. I hope you feel the love and appreciation from all the people you have helped‘ – Beth from story [046]

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"Of all your books, your book Fed Up with Food Intolerance is my favourite ­ I just couldn’t put it down" - from Fed Up Roadshow 2015

My book Fed Up

"I have been an insomniac since I was 16 ... it has been a major issue in my life. I have lived on approximately four hours sleep a day. I have spent thousands of dollars in trying to find the answer. ...  I have only read probably one quarter of your book. But the next day I eliminated wheat, dairy and all preservatives/additives ... and I suddenly found myself able to fall asleep in ten minutes ... " - Ingrid from story [150]

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