reflux and cmpi, ff-bf...

[Rebecca75]

My dd has reflux and cmpi - found out yesterday. Did many of you switch to ff or have you stuck out bf? I'm feeling very torn - will find it bloody difficult to follow a dairy free diet - what happens if I accidentally eat something with milk powder as an ingredient??
I've been given pepti-jnr and she's on omeprazole 5ml.
I solely bf my son and thought I would my daughter but ff might be the safer and more convenient (diet wise),but the guilt......

Thanks

I stuck with breast feeding. Once you get used to it, a dairy free diet is not so bad. If I ate something with milk in DS2 got all his symptoms back again, so it was definitely worth doing. But don't feel guilty if its not for you, your DD will do just as well on a dairy free formula.

Did you feed on demand?

Having been there dairy free is difficult at first then it becomes second nature. It's easier when catering for yourself than eating out. But eating out can be done too! I carried on bf my DS for 9 months after diagnosis at 12 weeks. Same thing on omprezol and prescribed neocate but DS would NOT take a bottle under any circumstances .. So many tears over that. But it passed! Go with your gut instinct, if you feel guilty about giving up bf gives dairy free a bash, really it's ok once you've worked out a kind of meal plan your happy with and found dairy free treats!! BUT in saying that I'm due DC2 in 2 weeks and don't want to be forced to bf this time due to bottle and neocate refusal so have told myself if this baby has the same allergy then I'll do dairy free for 4 months, introduce bottles of ebm early and then slowly switch to neocate so weaned at 6 months. I found over a year of bf difficult, more difficult than df because I returned to work at 6 months and had to express.. Arrgghh. Everyone's circumstances are different though. If you want to get some ideas for df meals etc then pm me by all means. Good luck!

Hi- my baby boy is 8 months old and we found out about his cmpa at 4 months. He had tongue tie at birth which made feeeding him painful but we persevered and by 2 weeks were exclusively bfing well. At 3 months he started refusing to bf,so me, thinking bmilk was the best thing for a sick baby, expressed every 3 hours to give him what I thought was best and kept offering him the breast first on every feed. He continued getting sicker and sicker and landed up in hospital twice with chest infections. Eventually knowing something wasn't right and being misdiagnosed twice - as "he doesn't have eczema"- we booked in to see the best paed gastroenterologist I could find. He recommended that I stop bf immediately and move solely onto neocate. (And he doubled the dose of omeprolzole we were already on)From there- my baby started to thrive and eat and eat and eat. Breast isn't always best and I think of all the hours expressing milk that was hurting my baby. I didn't get the chance to try a dairy free diet but I know that what he is getting him isn't hurting him. (The other thing to remember is that although it is most likely a cmpa- -babies can have allergies to other foods in your diet- like eggs , wheat and fish and without cutting those from your diet too you cant be sure.) There is a lot of pressure to keep breastfeeding and I know that if my 2nd baby has the same issue- I wouldn't hesitate to stop straight away. We are well into solids now and so far so good. Good luck- it's quite a journey but seeing your baby happy, chubby and well is all worth it!

I stuck with breastfeeding, but then I'm stubborn. It's really up to you. Only thing is, after 6 months, they're harder to switch to hypoallergenic formula, as their bitter taste buds develop and breast milk is quite sweet, in comparison. Mine wouldn't touch it after 7 months - she is just as stubborn as me!! :/ It can be done of course.