Daughter (10weeks old) has been put onto similac alimentum for the second time (first time was at about 5wks old but she refused to drink it). She has been constipated since day one, and been on cosmocol since about 6weeks old.
They diagnosed reflux around the same time as finally agreeing she was constipated but said she could be refluxing because her belly was so full where she wasn't pooping.
Got rantidine prescribed at her 8 weeks check, and was told to continue with the cosmocol and we would be referred to a paediatrician.
Paediatrician is adamant she has a Cows Milk Protein Allergy and disregarded me saying my LG doesn't like the milk and it worsens her symptoms and insisted I try it for a minimum of 6 weeks.
She took 10oz of milk the first day as oppose to her usual 25-30oz. And we have slowly been building it up for the last 5 days, she's up to about 20oz per 24hr period, but the reflux is 10 times worse, with sick now sometimes rather than just saliva, and she pooped for the first time yesterday since getting it prescribed 4 days ago.
She has constant wind, and screams until she farts it all out. And now doesn't settle through the night unless she is asleep on me, she has always slept in a cot/Moses basket.
The cosmocol has stopped working. The ranitidine seems to be ineffective and the milk is the only thing to have changed. It's supposed to be making her better not worse.
Is this normal? What do I do? Keep going like the paediatrician said or go with my gut and beg to try something else...