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anyone had baby on nutramigen?
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it appears chloe who is 6 wks almost may have intolerance to cow's milk protein and has just been released from hosp, following a 3rd stay in her short life, with this milk.
can i ask anyone who has or does use this for their experience with it so far? any tips/advice?
so did not expect this and until now have been using ready made formula so having to get used to this, the smell of instant mash (is it just me or does it smell of that?!) and making up the feeds.
thanks
lara xx
can i ask anyone who has or does use this for their experience with it so far? any tips/advice?
so did not expect this and until now have been using ready made formula so having to get used to this, the smell of instant mash (is it just me or does it smell of that?!) and making up the feeds.
thanks
lara xx
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We have had no probelms with it and luckily her weight gain has been good.
When we first put her on it, it was like a miracle cure.
Yes it does stink and is really nasty when you try to use it in cooking later on for weaning (we gave in and used soya milk for cooking).
I have always made my feeds up in advance for the day as I found this easiest. Not sure what it says on your tin but mine actually said was ok to do this and hv said although they do not advise it is fine.
She has pooed well on it but i agree it is quite often green.
Hope it works for your lo.
can i just ask when you say about the poos - they are now green and come out like a wet cow pat (sorry tmi but best way to describe it) and smelling of egg - they are seriously gross and fill the nappy completely - it's all or nothing - is this normal from your experience??!!
It does seem to have worked tho. weight gain is still good, last week gained a lb, this week 13oz. she's now in proportion exactly with her head circ, length and weight so all good.
i am making up feeding in advance as she is just too impatient to wait for a fresh feed - thank god she isn't fussed about temp! just wish the tins were bigger cos it's just going to get worse when she takes more!
thanks again!
Lara xx
The tin sizes are a real pain and the doctor prescribs me 8 at a time but they don't last for long.
glad cow pats sound normal tho! I'll mention it to hv today when she comes round to try to sort out the sleep issues we have now!
thanks again!
lara xx
I'm so pleased that little Chloe is getting on well with her new milk.
My HV referred me to a dietician about Ruby's lactose intolerance. I got a call yesterday saying they can't see her till August! I'm Furious!!!!!!
I tried her back on the Aptamil yesterday just to make sure it wasn't a funny few weeks she was having and sure enough, the screamig fits came back and awful diarreah.
So i'm going to have to keep her on the SMA LF. Its so annoying though as its so expensive and I could have it on prescription. Any ideas on how I would get it on prescription without any help from the dieticians? If I spoke to a doctor would they be able to help? xx
Thank you xx
i'm sorry to hear that - not what you need at all! i would start by speaking to you hv as they may have some way of helping to get something sorted sooner, if not try your docs - no harm in asking and the worst they can say is no and you're no worse off!
my gp gave me the prescription even before they had the info from the hospital so not sure if that helps at all - they took my word for it!
spoke to hv this morning - cow pats are normal!!
lara xx
my lo symptoms started when i was breast feeding and introducing bottles of formula he had green bile poo constantly up to 10 nappys a day was very sickly and i mean 50 bibs a day sick tummy cramps and bad exzemahe was slightly better when he was breast fed but still reacted slightly the same x
I went down to the clinic and told my HV what the dietician said and that i'm really not happy that they can't see her till August. HV was a complete waste of time and just said it always has to go through the dieticians. Typical!!
So I managed to get an appointment with a Dr for this afternoon and explained everything and that I have tried putting her back onto normal formula and the symptoms came back after the first bottle. Then finally..... she put the SMA LF on prescription!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so pleased and still can't believe it! I'm normally so pathetic when it comes to any problems with me but now its my baby I finally grew some balls! They said to keep the appointment for August though as they will be able to advise what to do about weaning etc if she is still lactose intolerant! xxx
SMA do a milk called SMA Wysoy. There is alot of info on there website, but basically its soya formula milk. This is also on prescription but you can also but it in Boots.
Try this link hun...
http://www.smanutrition.co.uk/products/specialfeeds/wysoy.aspx
It's amazing how you change when it comes to your lo, I am lucky that my hv was helpful and I have seen the dietician twice now (Maddie is 9 months).
I find it a worry that so many people are working out their children are lactose intollerant without the help of the gp or hv, we only found out by trawling the internet.
Hope the dieticians appt goes well.
xx
i'm chasing chloe's consultant appointment as a follow up to the hospital stuff - was meant to be reviewed 4 weeks after - well we are about to start week 3 and no sign of a date!!
take care hun
lara xx
Has anyone else had problems getting their lo to adjust to the nutramigen and if so what did you do?