hello, my dd (13 weeks old) has had a hard time recently. She turned from a happy baby into a very colicky, sicky and screamy baby at about 6 weeks (although we'd struggled with feeds and persistent diarrhoea since birth). After 2 weeks of this behaviour she developed a rash on her face and neck which was very dry. I changed her formula to a soy based formula which cleared up all of her problems and so I kept her on it for 3 weeks. Last weekend we put her back onto her original formula to see if this was the cause of her problems. The poor little love had terrible wind pains and diarrhoea almost immediately, but we persisted thinking it might just be a "changeover" problem. Then the eczema reappeared 3-fold. She is covered in the stuff, all over her body but worse behind her ears and over her head and face. I took her to the doctors who said it sounds like a milk protein allergy and prescribed nutromigena(sp?). However, I have a couple of questions which I wonder if someone can help me with?
DD seems to hate the taste and will only drink at most 3oz per feed (she usually drinks 5oz per feed) - will she get used to it if I persevere or should I take her back to the doctors if she is still rejecting it in a few days? if so, are there any alternatives?
Also, her eczema only took about 5 hours to arrive when putting her back on her original formula, but is still there at the moment (although she's only been on the nutromigena for 24 hours) - but how long will it take for the eczema to clear? I am using E45 cream to sooth it which seems to help.
ANY advice welcome, I am a first-time mum with very few allergies of my own or in my family so finding it a bit difficult to cope with. Thanks