Possible milk allergy as meds don't work!

[Lucy1989]

Hi my LO is 10 weeks old, and I've been struggling for a solution with her painful feeding since she was 2 weeks old, she has been on infacol, gaviscon, raniditine with 3 dosage changes, now on omeprazole 10mg tab once a day for 3 weeks and this is not making a scrap of difference, gp prescribed nutramigen Friday she was like a diff baby over the weekend she ate a good amount and didnt appear to be in pain wen feeding, but by Monday we were back to square one and today she can barely take a few sucks before she starts fussing and she just isnt interested she has taken about 18 oz today and she prob wont take anymore tonight her weight gain is not good gained 1lb in 4 weeks so HV concerned, she has red blotched on her eye lids and has dry skin in her eyebrows and she is in alot of pain when pooing she starts crying and wheezing, I really don't know what else we can do or try as she is settled most of the time, sleeps ok at night it's just the feeds and yes I have tried bottles, teat sizes, milk thickners (carobel) I think I just need to except the fact that she will just have to grow out of it as I really can't see a light at the end of the tunnel

 

[Beccaboop]

We have just changed los milk today as health visitor thinks he has a milk allegery. His symptoms are eczema everywhere that will go away if we use steroid cream but as soon as we stop (can only use it for a week) it comes back, always wheezing, sometimes hoarse cry, fidgety when feeding, itchy eyes (that he rubs all the time!!) poor weight gain even tho he eats 7oz 5 times a day he has only gained 1oz in 3 weeks (no weight gain at all this week!) and green poo quite often but not all the time!

Go back to the doctors and health visitors! I spoke to so many people before someone took me seriously! It was this one lovely health visitor who saw him when i got him weighed and his cry was really hoarse like he had a sore thoat and his eczema was really bad too and he only gained half an oz that week!
She sent me to the doctors and today when i got him weighed again i told her that the doctor had just referred us to a paediatrician she rang her and got s a prescription for nutrimigen (we are starting him on it tomorrow)! Yay!

Just keep trying!! Eventually someone will listen. Try recording her when shes feeding and writing down how much she has every fed as evidence!

 

[emz000]

I had the exact same problem, back and forward to doctors and hospital for what they thought was silent reflux, I kept arguing I thought it was the milk. She was so unsettled, cried almost all day, awful nappies, awful rashes. In the end after being on all the meds you listed I went against the doctors advice and put her onto SMA lactose free. First feed was better, every day improving. Now almost 2 weeks on she is a different baby. Normal nappies, satisfied and happy after a feed, I even get the odd smile DURING a feed which would've never happened before! Have since went to my gp and informed them of the change and am now getting the formula on prescription. Don't give up pestering the doctor until you are both happy!