I am waiting for the doctor to call me back, but wondering whether anyone has experience of this (sorry for the long post)-
8week old DS EBF up to 6 weeks when we introduced a bottle of expressed breast milk mixed with formula at bedtime. Typically the mix will be 50/50 but can be more or less depending on how much I have been able to express the evening before. He isn't keen on the bottle but I may have to start doing occasional days at work in a couple of months so wanted him to be okay with taking one. No problems with his happiness or health. We use powdered aptamil first milk.
I suspected that he might not like cows milk products after I ate macaroni cheese when he was 3 weeks old and he sounded very congested the following night. I then cut out most dairy (but still ate a yogurt each day), no congestion since. Then on Sunday night I ate a fair bit of cheese. Yesterday DS was unsettled, barely slept and posseted a lot on 2 occasions (ie soaked his hair by doing it when on the changing mat). He typically poos whilst feeding and a couple of times I thought he was getting tummy pains and he would come off the boob and scream suddenly, then pass a small amount and carry on happily. He went to sleep fine in the evening but then throughout the night has become very very congested when lying down, coughing a lot (also when lying down).
No temperature, or obvious infection. I am wondering whether this is a simple cold, or if he is reacting to the cheese I ate? But if it is dairy, wouldn't the small amount of formula he's been getting have caused symptoms before now? Am I just overreacting to a cold?
Any advise or experience gratefully received! (Also, he is due to have his jabs today- should these be delayed if he isn't well?)