Colief or something else?

[Nikki93]

My LO is 5 months old and had been on colief for a few weeks but we weren’t sure if it made that much of a difference so when the bottle ran out we didn’t bother buying another. Over the past week he’s been quite distressed during the night & I’ve heard his stomach gurgling, it seems to be every other night & when he hasn’t really poo’d. I’ve tried bicycle legs, tummy massage, infacol, hot bath before last bottle, sitting upright as his reflux has became bad again in this time, 1 oz of tepid water. I’m writing this as I’ve just managed to calm him down & get him back to sleep but it’s taken 2 hours & took us an hour just to get him down to sleep earlier on in the evening. I’m wondering if this is a side effect of coming off colief or if it’s something else? He was trialled for CMPA but they ruled it out and now I feel the doctors just shrug me off as I’m a FTM. He did have a cold 2 weeks ago but was checked by the doctors & said everything was fine. I can’t bare to see him in distress again like he was tonight it broke my heart, I’ve never heard him scream like this before :(

Could you try the Colief and see if he improves?

I’ve put him back on colief but he seems to have gotten worse & is now constipated 😩

So sorry that the Colief hasn't helped. Can I ask which milk he's on?

He’s on Kendamil. Previously on Aptamil & tested for CMPA but when they ruled that out in October we moved to kendamil & he’s had no issues until now bless him :(

Can I ask how they tested for CMPA? I've got non-ige CMPA and I thought it was diagnosed through elimination rather than a test? The symptoms are here.

There are lots and lots of threads with babies who are unhappy on Kendamil and Aptamil. If you don't think it's CMPA I'd maybe try a comfort milk but not Aptamil or Cow & Gare as they're made in the same factory and not Kendamil, if they do a comfort milk.

*Cow & Gate

They trialed him on nutrimegen & Aptamil pepti 1, when neither of these made a difference the dietician didn’t want us to go completely dairy free so asked us to try going back onto normal formula which is when we changed to Kendamil so yes ruled out, sorry I naturally just say test. Thank you I think I will have a look into comfort milk! He’s been doing so well on Kendamil until now it’s almost like he’s had a growth spurt that’s made his reflux worse :(

Definitely try a comfort milk. If the Colief isn't working you could try addijg Dentinox to the bottles.

If those two don't work I'd ask the GP for some omeprazole.

Have you tried a probiotic too? Some MNers seem to swear by them.