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Hello. Iām going to ring my health visitor on Monday but in the meantime would appreciate any advice on this.
DS is 7 weeks old and formula fed. We were using cow and gate and perfect prep machine. He was born four weeks early weighing 4lb 12oz. He is now 8lb 9b and HV on Tuesday was extremely happy with his weight gain.
Anyway, he has been suffering with what I thought was constipation, going red in the face, grunting and not have any pooās for 3/4 days. When he did go, the nappy was normal soft, yellow seedy. He also was bringing up milk all the time, clothes constantly soaking and being sick about an hour after his feeds.
He was doing his grunting noises and going red when HV was here and she said she doesnāt think he is constipated as his nappies would not be soft, she thinks from watching him he has reflux and itās heartburn which is making him uncomfortable, which left me feeling like the worlds worst mum that he was suffering like that and I just thought he needed a poo!
She suggested we switch to reflux milk so started on Wednesday with cow and gate reflux and for one day we literally had a different baby! It was amazing, no sick and he had one normal nappy.
Fast forward 24 hours and I donāt know whatās happened. Yesterday he has projectile and I mean projectile vomited after two of the bottles. Heās also filled his nappy pretty much straight after EVERY bottle with bright yellow iluminous, extremely watery poo.
Iām so worried heās going to lose the weight he has gained since being born.
DP wants to switch his milk back but I think we need to persevere. Could it be his body getting used to it? Has anyone else had this?
I didnāt have any of this with DDā¦until we found out she had an egg allergy. Which has for me thinking I hope he doesnāt have a milk intolerance/allergy. š©
Sorry, this turned out longer than I thought.
ANY insights appreciated.
Thank you x