mixed feeding advice and the gut

[PaolaM]

Hi Ladies, I'm new here.

My baby is almost 5 months old and has been roughly 50/50 combination fed from the start due to weight loss and dehydration. I had a c section.

He never learnt to breastfeed properly, refused even slow flow bottles and on top of that for some reason didn't gain well on breast milk alone. He comfort nurses but it tends to send him straight to sleep. I've been expressing so I have lots of milk but perhaps it's not creamy enough or I cant express the hind milk, who knows... He gets hungry roughly 2 hours after breast milk and 3 hours after formula. He seems to have some reflux too. I give him goats milk formula and some probiotics because DH is allergic to cows milk and it's supposed to be closer to human milk anyway. Because of our family history of allergies I'd like to do my best to heal and support his gut but I'm at a bit of a loss here. Any ideas what to do?

BTW the goat milk formula we used is called Nanny Care. I think there are other brands but this is the one our local pharmacy stocks and it's delicious, besides he did well on it.

Hiya :) Feeding First in Sutton - the ladies were so lovely and gave me a hug for managing to keep DS gaining weight for 8 months despite a 100% tongue tie :) definitely recommend them, great care.

Unfortunately for us DS is still plummeting down the centiles despite his newly free tongue (born 75th weight now 2nd) and he has horrible painful digestion, poor love. Sympathies op!!

8 weeks. Not 8 months

BreeVDKamp.. Sorry to hear! It's so so hard when they lose weight like this!

As an update, Alex is still gaining fine on BM even though some days he really doesn't eat well. I've learnt to relax about it. I'm taking him to Dr Malcolm Levinkind on Monday to have a look at that lip tie and see if we can benefit from removing it. I've probably missed the boat where actual breast feeding is concerned since he's totally refusing the breast now :( but if it helps with the crazy spitting up and with him eating solids comfortably that would already be an improvement. Planning to start introducing solids in a week when he'll be 6 months old.