Before I start, I'm begging everyone to not turn this into a formula vs breastfeeding debate or a finger wagging session. I know breast is best, but it isn't working out with this baby.
Also, I know I mention quite a few products, but all were intrude with the concentof the pediatrician or for WIC.
My dd was born at 37 weeks and had minor iugr complications. I tried to breastfeed her but she had weight gain issues and i was on medications so I began to bottle feed. She started off with earths best organic dairy powdered formula. She seemed okay, but I noted her reflux, gas, and constipation. The peds nurse recommended goodstart. No change.
Her doctor then prescribed Zantac .5 ml x 2 a day and enfamil gentlease. She did poorly with the powder but She did alright n the ready to feed for about a week, but then reverted back to being fussy, in pain, and extremely gassy. Her constipation was gone and she started to poo twice a day.
She was then switched to similac sensitive ready to feed.She did better with that but still had pain, terrible reflux, and horrible gas around feeding times only.
Last week she was put on alimentum after completely refusing nutramigen. she got even worse and continued to have problems with painful gas and now she had runnier poop and goes after every feeding. She also screamed during the feeding, which never happened before.
Her doctor then suggested similac isomil soy and she did pretty well but I wasn't comfortable with soy formula so I tried nutramigen again. I tried powder, concentrate and rtf and she was soooooo sick just like on the alimentum. It made no sense to me how she could do best on soy but have a horrible time with both hypoallergenic formulas. She wouldnt sleep for longer than 15 min at a time and only while being held, she was crying all the time and her reflux and silent reflux got so bad.
I know I need to give it at least a week or two but I has seeing her in pain and I am really wondering if her real problem may stem from certain ingredients in all of these formulas. I know most of them contain corn syrup and all of them contain marteks dha and ara. Any suggestions? I'm almost thinking about investing in European baby formula to avoid both ingredients :/ I'd try the organic soy but she does so poorly with the powdered formula, especially after thickening it. Also I'm not too comfortable with the rice syrup issues with baby's only.
She's now back on the isomil and her doctor has taken her off of Zantac and put her on Prevacid solutabs. She's definitely sleeping better and less fussy but she's still got bad silent reflux and she's still congested, sneezy, hoarse, and coughing. Her doctor doesn't think she needs elemental formula since she's gaining weight and not wheezing or breaking out into hives or eczema.
I know that Prevacid takes up to two weeks to get into her system properly and that switching formulas so much is really bad, but I really want her to be okay and not have to suffer adverse effects now or later from soy formula or any other formula. Any suggestions please?!
Also, I know I mention quite a few products, but all were intrude with the concentof the pediatrician or for WIC.
My dd was born at 37 weeks and had minor iugr complications. I tried to breastfeed her but she had weight gain issues and i was on medications so I began to bottle feed. She started off with earths best organic dairy powdered formula. She seemed okay, but I noted her reflux, gas, and constipation. The peds nurse recommended goodstart. No change.
Her doctor then prescribed Zantac .5 ml x 2 a day and enfamil gentlease. She did poorly with the powder but She did alright n the ready to feed for about a week, but then reverted back to being fussy, in pain, and extremely gassy. Her constipation was gone and she started to poo twice a day.
She was then switched to similac sensitive ready to feed.She did better with that but still had pain, terrible reflux, and horrible gas around feeding times only.
Last week she was put on alimentum after completely refusing nutramigen. she got even worse and continued to have problems with painful gas and now she had runnier poop and goes after every feeding. She also screamed during the feeding, which never happened before.
Her doctor then suggested similac isomil soy and she did pretty well but I wasn't comfortable with soy formula so I tried nutramigen again. I tried powder, concentrate and rtf and she was soooooo sick just like on the alimentum. It made no sense to me how she could do best on soy but have a horrible time with both hypoallergenic formulas. She wouldnt sleep for longer than 15 min at a time and only while being held, she was crying all the time and her reflux and silent reflux got so bad.
I know I need to give it at least a week or two but I has seeing her in pain and I am really wondering if her real problem may stem from certain ingredients in all of these formulas. I know most of them contain corn syrup and all of them contain marteks dha and ara. Any suggestions? I'm almost thinking about investing in European baby formula to avoid both ingredients :/ I'd try the organic soy but she does so poorly with the powdered formula, especially after thickening it. Also I'm not too comfortable with the rice syrup issues with baby's only.
She's now back on the isomil and her doctor has taken her off of Zantac and put her on Prevacid solutabs. She's definitely sleeping better and less fussy but she's still got bad silent reflux and she's still congested, sneezy, hoarse, and coughing. Her doctor doesn't think she needs elemental formula since she's gaining weight and not wheezing or breaking out into hives or eczema.
I know that Prevacid takes up to two weeks to get into her system properly and that switching formulas so much is really bad, but I really want her to be okay and not have to suffer adverse effects now or later from soy formula or any other formula. Any suggestions please?!
