Reflux, colic or CMPA? Help 😭

My LO is 5 weeks old, I’m really lost at what to do, he’s so unsettled and always seems to be in pain! I’ve added a photo of all the symptoms he has, but I can’t work out what’s wrong?😭 I’ve tried infacol (made him worse), I’m about to change his milk from aptamil to Hipp to see if that helps in any way! We feed him upright, burp him during feeds, keep him upright for 20 mins after a feed, but nothing seems to be helping! He’s only been like this for 2 weeks, he had an infection when first born so has been on antibiotics twice (I’ve heard that can lead to CMPA?) I have a feeling it’s reflux or silent reflux but looking for some advice and others experience 😭

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My little one had very similar things and is now on neocate formula (for CMPA) with carobel (for reflux)l in it and it has helped an amazing amount!! It does sound very similar to what my little one was going through so could be both x

How was your labour? It's interesting just how much this can impact babies. I'd also look at an oral assessment by a trained professional to rule out any oral ties/dysfunction. Would highly recommend seeing a paediatric osteopath and/or chiropractor top as these can have amazing results x

Sounds like CMPA and reflux to me. Have the same with our little boy that’s 7 weeks. My advice is, trust your gut, badger the GP and change/try 1 thing at a time as their bellies are so sensitive you’ll end up not knowing what works x

Have you had baby checked for tongue tie?

I was just going to post a near identical post tonight. I'm at a lose too. It's the pain that is the worst part to deal with. As soon as the bottle is finished he cries and screams in pain, arching back, occasionally spews up, choking as if something is in his throat, hoarse. I've gave gripe water and dentinox but both of those gave my 7 week old bad nappies the whole night after so I don't want to put him through those again while trying to help the pain from suspected reflux. The GP gave omeprazole today but said it may take 3 days to work. Also have a tongue tie appointment on Thursday. How would you know if it is the food that is causing it?

Going through similar thing atm and getting super low. It’s been few weeks and the HV and GP have been no help at all. We just started Colief but she’s been screaming when on her back in her Moses basket. Cannot put her down day nor night and she chokes/gags a lot during feeds and randomly too. Absolutely shattered and exhausted. We even changed formula from Aptamil to Kendamil but saw no difference. She’s at her worst between 2-8am. Considering cosleeping to get some rest but too scared to.

My little one is the same from about 6pm, then it’s on/off all night. Last night he was up at 2 for a feed and then didn’t settle until 5am! I’m exhausted and have tried Infacol and Gripe Water. It’s always worse in the evenings and overnight. Someone suggested BioGaia which is a probitic so I’ll try that next.

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