Cravings

PrairieMom wrote: Is it normal to have food cravings when BF like when you are PG? Lately I have been craving Peanut butter, honey and bananas. I don't even LIKE peanutbutter, but today I had an eggo with peanut butter, honey and sliced banana's on it. Its so strange. It doesn't even taste good to me, but I want to eat it!
I rememeber craving peanut butter when I was pumping for Ben too. How strange is that?

ashtonsmama replied:
It's totally normal, I still have wierd cravings, even right after Ashton was born and I wasn't pregnant yet...

CantWait replied: Omgosh when I was nursing Anthony, I could ete PB & J morning, noon, and night, of course I only ate it once a day. I couldn't get enough of it for months. At least there's Iron and Protien in it.

PrairieMom replied: how strange. I wish i could crave something i LIKE ti eat tho!

holley79 replied: I crave PB&J also pumping and nursing. It's NUTS (literally ). Maybe it's because we are lacking protein.

boyohboyohboy replied: YOU guys are to funny! I hate peanut butter and I have done nothing but eat skippy peanut butter granola bars since I gave birth to Jake! I must go thru a box every three days!
my husband says we are going to take out some stock in skippy!
weird that its the same for all???

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: I'm not craving PB, but just about everything else that is sweet! I just ate a huge piece of peach pie with whipped cream, and then ate a vanilla pudding cup! All within an hour or less! Thank god I'm burning calories! Yesterday I had about a half a dozen cookies before 10am! I'm out of control!

PrairieMom replied: Ive been eating like crazy too! I have actually GAINED weight since I got home from the hospital. I'm eating more now than when I was PG!

MyLuvBugs replied: I wonder what it is with PB? B/c I remember after Lorelei was born CRAVING PB& Honey sandwiches. I wanted them morning, noon, and night. Then she started breaking out in a rash all over , and they told me to stop eating PB b/c it was probably the cause of her rash. But nothing else tasted good, ya know? I did stop, but it was a killer to eat food that didn't taste good to me.

How strange that a lot of us craved it while BFing though.

luvmykids replied: I swear I went through a jar a day when I was BF. I craved granola bars and bananas too. And cereal.

CantWait replied:
I actually ate very healthy when bf, including all my protein. It's still quite odd though.

holley79 replied:
I eat pretty healthy also so who knows. Maybe it's just one of those "unknows" we will never know the answer to.

PrairieMom replied: I had a banana with panut butter and honey for a snack last night. at least its a cheap snack!

holley79 replied:
Isn't that the truth. I brought nanas, peanut butter, and whole wheat bread for a snack. LOL