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Silent reflux formula

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Emmajp79 · 27/05/2018 08:22

Pls help! My baby is just 6 weeks old. I am convinced she has silent reflux, has a lot of the symptoms - fussy with feeds, very unsettled during the day, screams/cries and goes stiff as a board during and after most feeds, I can see milk in her mouth long after she has finished feeding, frequent hiccups and sneezing. All these seem to be getting worse. I’m going to take her to gp but today is Sunday and it is a BH Mon so can’t go until Tuesday. I’m wanting to do something ASAP so I am wondering if I can start anti reflux milk in the meantime? She is currently on C&G 1st formula.

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 06/06/2018 23:27

How is she now Emna? I not trained but given the symptoms and the sneezing, I’d advise reading up on Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy (CMPA).

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ReubeN100 · 07/06/2018 10:52

Some advice pls.
My 3 month old had silent reflux and sometimes showed signs of Sandifers ( pain response associated with reflux). Also always constipated and straining to poo. doc prescribed Gaviscon for reflux which left him even more constipated so doc gave lactulose. 1 med to counteract the effects of another. Anyway started all this. Great to start off reflux had settled and he was managing to poo once per day. No more meds. After a few weeks symptoms came back and I’d read on here somewhere to try anti reflux milk Enfamil which you get under med supervision. Anyway in the mean time I’ve started aptamil ar (as he was on aptamil anyway) and is be able to buy it when it ran out. From the first bottle I’d noticed a difference. No milk coming back up and pooing! However since being on this milk for a week he poos after almost every feed not diarrhoea but slightly loose. And I’ve noticed he’s started to lose weight. However he seems happier in himself. Even has 7 oz as opposed to his normal 6. What do I do? Keep him on it as he’s a happier baby pooing and not spitting up or do I go back to normal aptamil as he’s losing weight??

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