J slept from 10 to 7 with wakings at 2 for an hour and 5 for half an hour. Wheeze and SOB continues so this morning he has had boobie only. He only had a short feed in the night but could not settle due to cough, wheeze, abdo discomfort and wind.
I have my three bits of paper ready for the Dr and HV with my list of demands clearly identified, and with rationale. I need to get URTI ruled out before I kick off about formula, but he has all the symptoms of CMPI and lactose intolerance, so I will not settle for anything less than hydrolysed formula. I am not cutting out one thing at a time, he is 21 weeks ffs! It all goes, and gets re-introduced gradually. Enough fucking about.
stunt I still wonder if there is lactose overload with you. Solids will hopefully help, like it did with your other child. I wonder if you are so in your situation you cannot see the wood for the trees, especially due to extreme tiredness. You are superb at offering advice to others, but it is pretty impossible to do that to ourselves, and heed it. You have done so very well to EBF him this long.
Since starting on formula, J got rapidly better, and now is getting increasingly worse due to other issues. From a feeding point of view for me, it is wonderful to be using a bottle as I have so much more time, and can plonk him on someone's lap and say 'feed him'. The bottles are an expense that I resent, and a faff, but the peace of mind is pretty awesome, although now I think bottle and boob are harming him, although that should be sorted today.
If I were to have a 4th, the first thing I would do is check for a fucking lip and tongue tie, and would mix feed from the beginning. I have totally changed my view of formula over the last few months.