Sorry in advance, long post, thanks for reading. So my son, 10 months old, has always been a sicky baby. BF for first 5 months exclusively then weaned onto formula by just over 6 months, but made no difference to his sickness, although his runny bum improved. He eats well, fussy with texture, but gaining weight fine and generally happy. He had a sudden reaction at 5 months old to, we think, to grass. He rolled off a towel in the garden onto grass and his face was red blotchy, puffy and eyes red squinty and watery. Took him straight to GP who said he's allergic to grass, offered blood test, which I declined, as DS was unhappy, but was referred for allergy testing and told to avoid grass, and given piriton to use in emergency. Hospital refused to accept referral as didn't meet criteria??? Went back to GP with the constant sickness, his regular screaming fits with tummy pain and wind, as well as concerns about the reaction he had. Second GP said probably wasn't grass, no need to avoid it, the sick is just reflux and gave gaviscon. After using gaviscon about 6 weeks, he was still sick daily but less often, and his weight has jumped up a percentile, making me think, although he was still healthy, the sickness was impacting his growth. However regularly we get red blotchy face when he's eating, done food diary and cannot find one thing linking the episodes. So went back to GP again and this guy said he's not calling me a liar, but how is he meant to believe the sickness unless he sees it?!?! He agreed the blotchy face is a reaction to food, and his solution was to give gaviscon before food rather than after, and give 2 doses of piriton every day regardless! The piriton is not recommended for under 1 year, and the other GP said only use if really needed.
I'm at a loss, he's sick every day, I'm always up to my eyeballs in washing, and I'm not comfortable giving this piriton everyday. Would you not think the sensible thing to do, would be to find out what he's reacting to and avoid it? WIBU to ask for a second opinion from another GP. If this guy wasn't so rude I may have been more inclined to accept his suggestion.