Could this possibly be CMPA? *TMI picture of baby poo

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Morning all, just to start I am making a GP appointment for today, but I just wanted some advice anyway!

my 6 week old has been struggling from silent reflux, was advised to use carobel formula thickener just over a week ago (she’s only formula fed) which seemed to help, however the past few days we noticed that her poo was a bit loose and mucousy, and she was getting spots on her face, so we weren’t sure if she was having a reaction to the carobel and decided to stop it on the weekend.

this in turn has obviously led to her silent reflux starting again, but her poo is still on and off quite runny and seems a bit mucousy? Her spots on her face seem to have slightly settled which I’m pleased about.

im now starting to wonder whether these could be symptoms of CMPA rather than or as well as the silent reflux? In general she’s not a super fussy baby, only when feeding. She always sounds like she’s struggling to swallow when feeding and would cry which was why the GP originally diagnosed her with silent reflux (showed her videos of this), but now with the poo being mucousy I’m not sure. She will have one poo like this and then the next will be more firm, paste like - super confusing!

Any advice welcome! Could this be just still from the carobel or does this look like CMPA poo? If her rash was getting worse then I’d be more swaying towards the CMPA route, but today it seems to have gone down so it’s just a bit confusing!

Might be worth switching to a CMPA formula as a trial.

Docs prescribed aptamil pepti 1 this morning, so will see how we get on.

do you think her poo looks mucousy or is that just a loose stool? I’m a FTM and questioning everything!

it doesn’t look mucousy to me. Baby poo is very loose and grainy anyway. Is she a bit congested? The congestion and snot higher up can often lead to some mucous in the nappy if you’re seeing something that isn’t obvious in the pic

Thanks @rockandahardplace1this is what I’m not sure on, her rash has also flared up again since this morning, so it’s all just confusing! She’s not congested at all that I can hear.

im just wondering whether she’s just had a reaction the carobel rather than the milk, and just needs to go on to try gaviscon and her normal formula rather than this aptamil pepti 1. She doesn’t seem to like it from the 3 feeds she’s had so far and is actually making her reflux worse, so I don’t want to keep her on it if she doesn’t need to be!

any advice welcome!