Hope you’re doing better. My 8 week old baby was diagnosed about a month ago. Luckily I only had to go through 2 weeks of hell. I was also lucky because I ran into my consultant in a store. She asked me how I was doing with the 2nd degree tear I had, that she stitched up. She saw my daughters rash on her face and immediately asked how she was feeding. I told her how my daughter would cry during feeds (bottle and expressed breast milk), was extremely windy, was in clear pain while trying to process the milk, cried for hours and hours after feeds, and barely slept. I told her how we’ve tried comfort milk (as suggested by the health visitor), infacol, gripe water, etc.. She stopped me, and said, this is a milk intolerance. I said, I think it is too but my GP isn’t interested. She asked me who my GP was, got on her phone and called the office! Said her name, she was a very experienced consultant at the hospital so every GP office in my city knows of her, said my name and my daughter. Told them that my daughter was showing clear signs of a milk intolerance and possibly an allergy. Said I needed an emergency appointment, which I received a telephone appointment that afternoon. They scheduled an urgent appointment for the next morning. Within two minutes of listening to me, the new GP gave me a prescription for Aptamil Pepti 1. I picked it up the next day as my chemist was out of stock.
If it wasn’t for that one consultant who was on my side, I think my little girl would still be in agony. Instead, she’s sleeping 5-6 hours at night, sleeps between feeds, and is clearly a happier baby. She takes her feeds, is still a bit windy but is significantly more manageable. Her rash disappeared in three days of the new formula. A week later and she was a completely new baby.
You and your baby deserve better. I really hope they finally listen to you. If they don’t please go to A&E or call the out of hours doctor. And refuse to leave until you’ve been helped.