Advice needed for a very tired sleep deprived FTM. My little one is 4 weeks old, from he was born he's had problems with being sick, every time he was put on his back he was vomiting and crying, he was struggling to bring up wind. HV advised I start Carobel so I did, the same HV then advised me to take him off it as he was having approx 5 very watery dirty nappies within 12 hours. She got the dr to prescribe him Omeprazole.
Without the Carobel he was much worse, vomiting loads after every feed. Struggling to keep food down, another HV advised me to put him back on Carobel and that his nappies weren't a concern. I rang the GP for clarification as the two health visitors appeared to be contradicting each other, she advised to try Carobel again and hold off on the Omeprazole as at the time he was only 14 days old. I asked about CMPA but the GP said to try Carobel for now, I listed his symptoms but she appeared dismissive.
Fast forward two weeks, DS is now 4 weeks old and things are getting worse instead of better. He's still on Carobel but for the last 5 days he seems to have turned off his bottle, he went from draining 5oz bottles to only taking sometimes 1.5/2/3 ounces at the most. He is so unsettled day and night and I'm wondering is it CMPA or does he need the Omeprazole?
A full list of his symptoms may help:
- Trouble winding, can be windy right up until his next feed despite our best efforts to wind him in all kinds of positions, we're using Infacol every feed.
- Straining to fart, face turning bright red.
- Straining to poop as though he's constipated, again face turns bright red and he really strains yet when he does go its very watery, he has several watery nappies a day (5-6)
- Spitting up milk.
- Congested/blocked nose, he gets saline nasal drops daily and I find myself using a snot sucker almost daily now too cos he sounds like he can't breathe through his nose. He seems much clearer afterwards but it comes back again.
- Hiccups every day at least once a day.
- Pain when trying to bring up wind, completely straightens himself out and leaves it almost impossible to wind him sitting up.
- Can't put him down sometimes between feeds as he squeals in pain, when he's not sore he loves his play mat and its not a case of he's used to being held all the time.
- Cries between feeds, finds it hard to sleep after a feed.
Currently its taking us about 2 hours to feed, wind and settle him during the night and he's fed 3 hourly so we're not getting much sleep. Its very frustrating as he literally appears to be in a lot of pain. I just want him sorted, all babies cry and bring milk up to a certain extent but I don't think what he's doing is 'normal'.