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What is wrong with my baby!
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Milly (now 4 weeks) has always been a sicky baby and she's tricky to settle after a feed. When she was a week old she got a cold, which made her VERY sicky (having to vommit up all the gunk and mucus that got swallowed) but she's over that now, and things have got a lot worse.
She is still difficult to settle after a breastfeed, but after formula she goes mental, she can easilly scream for an hour - it's much worse if we lie her down flat (like at night - when I want her to get back into her cot!)
She has bad eczema on her face, which gets worse after a feed (again - worse after formula)
Her eyes are quite gunky, and seem to stream a lot (again, worse after a feed).
she can vommit like the girl in the exorcist. Sometimes she just spits out a mouthful of milk, other times it's full-on projectile (there is vommit on the walls in her nursery!) it can varry from looking just like milk to being thick gunky stuff (which looks a lot like cottage cheese!) which smells bad.
Anyway - I have managed to get a Dr's appointment for later on today - but I have been googling (always a bad idea) and there is some quite scary stuff on there. SO I thought a good dose of common sense (from you lovely ladies) might be in order!
Hugs.
A very tired and sleep deprived mummy.
xxx
She is still difficult to settle after a breastfeed, but after formula she goes mental, she can easilly scream for an hour - it's much worse if we lie her down flat (like at night - when I want her to get back into her cot!)
She has bad eczema on her face, which gets worse after a feed (again - worse after formula)
Her eyes are quite gunky, and seem to stream a lot (again, worse after a feed).
she can vommit like the girl in the exorcist. Sometimes she just spits out a mouthful of milk, other times it's full-on projectile (there is vommit on the walls in her nursery!) it can varry from looking just like milk to being thick gunky stuff (which looks a lot like cottage cheese!) which smells bad.
Anyway - I have managed to get a Dr's appointment for later on today - but I have been googling (always a bad idea) and there is some quite scary stuff on there. SO I thought a good dose of common sense (from you lovely ladies) might be in order!
Hugs.
A very tired and sleep deprived mummy.
xxx
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I am afraid I can't offer any useful advice - except speak to the DR today.
A whole lot of little things can make it all seem so massive and upsetting.
I'm sure if you and the doctor can go through each individual problem, before you know it she will be all sorted.
Google is sooo naughty - it totally scares you I know.
Big hugs - you are doing great xxx
I think the cottage cheese sick is a sign that her digestive system is developing, I also noticed this at about a similar time its not good as you dont expect it to smell that bad, DD usually waited until she was in her chair and then vomited all over herself and the chair - lots of baths were got through.
Finally do you think she could still be mucusy after her cold? We thought that DD had finally shaken hers after 3 weeks but again this morning she was full of snot - could also explain the vomiting.
Is she still having plenty of we nappies? If not then she may be getting dehydrated from all the vomiting - but your gp will be able to help you with that a bit more this afternoon.
Sending you lots of hugs xx
Xxx
I did think colic - but I have tried colic drops / anti-colic bottles and the different positions, and they did NOTHING at all.
A milk allergy was one of the things that Google suggested, but as she is mainly breastfed (although it's worse after formula) I (or google) didn't think that was likely?
The internet said that for a milk allergy, the only cure is hypo-allergenic milk, so would that mean I have to stop breastfeeding?
Sorry for all the questions. It's such a minefield.
Nx
It could be a number of things, probably best for a doctor to diagnose, try not to worry about it. It might be that you need to change her formula? or does she suffer from bad trapped wind? or it could be reflux...
My baby boy (now 24 weeks) used to projectile vomit after every feed up until he was about 12 weeks old. His problem was trapped wind as he was bottle fed. We have been using Infacol ever since and it worked a treat. I do feel for you because i found it really stressful. Especially given that it used to take me so long to get 3 ozs in him and then he just used to puke it up.
Try not to worry yourself and good luck at the doctors xx
Here's a link to a website with info on both milk allergy and lactose intolerance:
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/startingsolids/cowsmilkintoleranceexpert/
xxx
It is all so confusing isn't it? The GP was lovely - he spent ages playing with Milly, and said that she's obviously thriving and doing really well developmentally so he's not concerned from that point of view, but we do need to get to the bottom of things quickly, since she seems in pain and it's affecting her sleep.
He said it could be colic or reflux, but it seems that there is definately something in the formula that isn't agreeing with her. He said we should try a couple of different brands - but just for a couple of feeds (if there is an improvment, we'll see it quickly) and if things are no better in a couple of days we should go back, and talk about what to try next.
He also said to try mixing infacol in the milk, rather than giving it in a dropper first - has anyone else tried that?
Have a look at the message board/forum on www.littlerefluxers.co.uk
I only know all this from the numerous probs my LO had - altho he was non responsive. I think the clue about the excema should've made your GP suspicious about a CMPI. Personally I've found Dr's will call probs with small babies as 'colic' - AKA a 5 letter word for 'I don't know'.
hope that helps, good luck!
Good luck and hope she settles soon x