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Rash from porridge & formula

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30GoingOn13 · 29/12/2018 17:48

I’m hoping someone can help. I’m trying to wean my ebf dd (she’s 5 months) onto formula for 3 reasons - 1) I’m going back to work full time in a few months and don’t have a breastmilk stockpile, 2) I need a break from breastfeeding in the meantime to give me some freedom and 3) she is waking frequently at night to feed so wanted to put her on formula to try and fill her up a little. I gave her about 2oz of Aptamil readymade and she took it. She fell asleep and then about 2 hours later I breastfed her. As soon as my milk hit the Aptamil in her stomach she was violently sick for 2 hours until nothing else came up. Since then she has refused to take the bottle (she was previously drinking breastmilk from the bottle and now she won’t take from it at all). We started her on some porridge and all seemed to be going well so we steadily increased the portion size and also added some formula to it. She lapped it up but after a good amount of porridge and about 2oz of powdered formula (Cow & Gate) mixed in, her whole body came out in a rash. She also had a very green poo. We tried to give her some alternative formulas (Hipp Organic and SMA lactose free) but she refused to drink them. The formula that ended up round her mouth still gave her the rash. I went back to just porridge and the rash appeared after a good helping of that too. We went to the GP who was useless and gave us no answers. Has anyone else experienced this or have any advice? Thanks!

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dementedpixie · 29/12/2018 18:55

Could be cows milk protein she can't tolerate. Lactose is in breastmilk too so lactose free formula is unlikely to help. Might have to use a dairy free formula which may have to be prescribed

30GoingOn13 · 29/12/2018 19:13

Thanks for your advice. Ah I see. That makes sense now. Was struggling to get my head round why the lactose free also didn’t work. I will try a dairy free and see how we get on. Thank you.

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mindutopia · 30/12/2018 05:48

Formula has lots of things in it besides dairy, so it’s hard to say. Aptamil and Cow and Gate both contain fish oil and most have various vegetable oils.

I personally would back off for a few weeks and try again and see what happens. Lots of other things can cause a rash too. Mine has a virus at the moment and has been breaking out in hives after most meals the past 3 days. It’s just a viral rash and he isn’t allergic to anything, just one of those things. I would give it some time and try again. You could also try using just milk in things to see if it’s dairy or something else in the formula.

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