Hi Mums
This is my first time posting and I'm looking for some fresh ideas to help my 5.5 month old. We have been having ongoing issues with her digestive system and we are at a loss how to help her. She has been ebf since birth and since 3 weeks old has suffered bloating, cramping, painful trapped gas and infrequent bowel movements. We cut dairy and later soy from my diet with improvements but symptoms keep returning. I kept a food diary and eliminated some other top allergen foods from my diet with little success but still symptoms remain. She had a slight posterior tongue tie snipped at 3 months old which helped for a few days but like everything else, the symptoms soon came back. We are currently transferring her to SMA Alfamino formula as the restrictive diet has become too much for me to handle and once again symptoms have returned. She is a very small baby (currently just under 5kg and under 0.4th centile line) but gaining weight steadily. We are under pediatric care and awaiting appointment with the allergy team and dieticians but my gut instinct is telling me this isn't just food intolerances. She goes through bouts of being incredibly uncomfortable and gassy - usually when she is needing to pooh but hours before she manages to pass stools. It seems poohing is so hard for her and it makes her so uncomfortable she refuses feeds and has trouble sleeping until she's managed to get it out. When she does poop, its typical for a breastfed baby, varying from yellow to pale golden brown. Did have mucous on stools when problem foods were being consumed but that's calmed down. Reflux has been suggested but if reflux is an issue, it seems so mild and shes always happy and eating well once she has passed stools. It's like the symptom build up the longer she goes without poohing and calms back down when she's been. We've tried probiotics but they just upset her tummy so much. She rarely vomits, has spit up a little more since introducing the bottle. We just get lots of bouts of screaming, flinching, pulling her legs up, farting, wriggling around and refusing feeds. Sometimes she will take a good 4oz bottle happily (usually shortly after she had cleared her bowels) but other times she will only take 2oz before she screams and refuses anymore. Is there anything we are missing? This just seems more than food allergies to me. Would be grateful to hear anyones input. Many thanks