hi all, I'm baffled and need opinions. My first baby had silent reflux which wasn't diagnosed until she was a year old. In that year she went from a newborn on the 50th centime to a 1 year old who was so far off the weight chart that she was off the page. She screamed, arched her back etc and in the end basically stopped feeding by 3 months old. Weaning didn't change much. It was awful. Now she's ok, but tiny and still a bugger when it comes to food! And still no where near the bottom line on the wretched growth charts.
Now, 5 years later, I've braved having a second child. Again, he was born right on the 50th centile, and 10 weeks later he is slipping off the chart. Over the past 3 or 4 weeks he's started getting fussy during feeds. (I mainly breast feed but do also give him the odd bottle of expressed and formula). He isn't screaming in agony, but after a couple of minutes he pulls of and won't go back on. He seems windy sometimes, but not totally awful, like my first who once famously screamed for 7 hours.
So, do I assume reflux again? Do I ditch breat feeding so I can get a true idea of exactly how much he's eating? If I stay bfeeding do I modify my diet - give up dairy, onions etc? I'm flailing around and beginning to panic. I don't want another starving baby on my hands. What would you do if you were me?