Hello Mummies,
My 8 week old has been diagnosed with reflux, colic and a milk allergy. All by different medics.
I believe the reflux and colic and be symptoms of a milk allergy?
She was getting quite extreme acne and cradle cap. She had a little dimply rash on her chest and neck. Also she has dry skin on her legs (despite moisturising them with oil twice a day).
So we started her on Similac Alimentum last week (advise from medics), it has been 6 days now.
The colic has tamed dramatically, sometimes she can be a whiny bum in the eve. But aren't all babies smile also I can absolutely deal with/fix a whiny bum cry, as it is soo different to that horrible pain cry, which is what colic was causing.
Before we started the new formula she had mild reflux, we believe to be silent as she wasn't vomiting. It wasn't every feed, it was probably 1/3 of her feeds.
However, it as become increasingly worse. I am not sure if the formula is the cause or whether she has just naturally developed a worse case of it.
Here's her symptoms-
Pulling away from bottle crying/red in her face
Arching and straighten back
Failing arms and feet
Sounds like there is liquid stuck in her chest/neck
Coughing/wheezy sometimes choking alittle sad
Hiccups
Bubbles in mouth (not sure if this is a development thing)
She has also started spitting up alittle milk
We have done all the below suggested things-
Feed her upright
Keep her upright for 20 mins after a feed
Put her cot on a slight incline
Wind her after every couple of oz
Also I think this is a separate issue, but she farts very loud and it seems to hurt her sad
The dietician said that the SA can be thinner, however i have compared it to the aptamil (her old formula) and SA is thicker. Infact I have had to go up to teat 2 of Dr Brown bottles as it was flowing really slowly on teat 1.
Along with her prescription she gave us to thickener, which she said would help her reflux. But even using teat 2 and dropping only 1/4 scoop of the thickener in the milk it is still too thick!
I hear that we have to give new formulas 2 whole weeks to take full effect. So I am wondering if the reflux with tame over the next week? as anyone experienced this? the doctor said it would...but I thought surely the symptoms should decrease? not increase...?
On the new formula the reflux symptoms are present at around 3/4s of her feeds.
I went to the doctors yesterday for her 6-8 weeks check, I showed the doctor a video of her having a 'bad' feed. His reply was 'Oh I have never seen a video of a baby feeding, so I have nothing to compare her with'.....I actually couldn't believe his response!
Thanks ladies xxx