Reflux/ Silent Reflux
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@Amber wow!!! My formula fed son has this symptoms too especially the poo. We are currently on the aptamil hungry baby. This is my second baby but it's sincerely different. He also throws up his feed every other day. I won't know what to do or if I should change formula. To what formula??? Do I go to the Gp? I am sincerely so worried
@oge there is dairy free formula available. You may be able to get it from the shops, or it may need to be prescribed. I am unsure. I would certainly ring the GP tomorrow as he may need ti be on extra vitamins with him but getting the calcium from the cows milk. Do you have an out of hours health visitor you could ring today to ask if you can switch to the dairy free formula today and where you can get it from x
@Amber should be on his red book let me check.
@oge they may refer to it as lactose free formula. It’s the same thing and basically means dairy free. Lactose is the sugar in the milk that some babies can’t break down and therefore have these reactions. However it could be more of a dairy allergy rather than a lactose intolerance, so if i were you, I would go for a dairy free one. Then you’ve covered both, if that makes sense? Let me know how you get on! X
My son was in hospital on Mondays diagnosed with reflux and prescribed Gaviscon. Very little change in him. On Thursday I swapped him onto slow flow tests on his bottles (I was told not to use them as baby has to work too hard) and he has been a different baby this weekend! 😅 we as mothers know our babies best and just need to trust our instincts sometimes!
I went to the gp thinking my lo had this. Felt very much like she brushed it off. I barely have dairy if at all but it could be other things with breastfeed especially soy apparently
@Amy the GP didn’t even mention to me that it could be a thing! Very quick to just medicate. I also think that I don’t eat a lot of dairy. But you’ve got to think how sensitive and little our babies stomachs are. Make a food diary and then do process of elimination, don’t cut too many foods out at once, or else you’ll never know! You could maybe even just start by cutting dairy out straight away if you think you can manage it, could take up to 2 weeks to see results. Dairy is the most common intolerance in babies, so I would start there. Good luck x
@Nancy please what bottle is that?
@Amber will definitely do. Looking up now to see if I can see any formula that says dairy free
@oge I think you have to get it prescribed that’s what we did, it was very quick
@Phoebe the diary free formula you mean hun?
@oge yeah x
What symptoms was she having prior to you cutting diary from your diet hun?