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This is long.... but I am looking for opinions and advice....
My daughter was having some sleep, fussy, gassy issues during her first month of life so my doctor suggested switching formula (unfortuantely breastfeeding didn't work out...) We switched from Similac Advance to Nutramigen. We had her on 1/2 and 1/2 for a few weeks then went to 100% Nutramigen. After a week of being on it, she began displaying signs of reflux- spitting, turning her head from the bottle, crying out while eating. I am not sure if this was just the age that babies develop Reflux- she was 2 months old at the time. My doctor had us try Mylanta, Zantac (which did not do a thing) and fianlly Prevacid- the 15mg dose helped her for about 10 days. She has also had a diaper rash since about a week after the formula switch.... we can't get rid of it... it's getting a bit better then she has a BM it gets worse. Today it's so bad that I had to give her Motrin for the pain. She keeps crying when she pees or poos. Anyways, we are going to a GI specialist Monday. My ped says Nutramigen is the best thing for her to be on. I am starting to wonder if that formula is what is causing her eating problems and her diaper rash.... any thoughts? I feel so helpless... I just want her to feel better. :o(
My daughter was having some sleep, fussy, gassy issues during her first month of life so my doctor suggested switching formula (unfortuantely breastfeeding didn't work out...) We switched from Similac Advance to Nutramigen. We had her on 1/2 and 1/2 for a few weeks then went to 100% Nutramigen. After a week of being on it, she began displaying signs of reflux- spitting, turning her head from the bottle, crying out while eating. I am not sure if this was just the age that babies develop Reflux- she was 2 months old at the time. My doctor had us try Mylanta, Zantac (which did not do a thing) and fianlly Prevacid- the 15mg dose helped her for about 10 days. She has also had a diaper rash since about a week after the formula switch.... we can't get rid of it... it's getting a bit better then she has a BM it gets worse. Today it's so bad that I had to give her Motrin for the pain. She keeps crying when she pees or poos. Anyways, we are going to a GI specialist Monday. My ped says Nutramigen is the best thing for her to be on. I am starting to wonder if that formula is what is causing her eating problems and her diaper rash.... any thoughts? I feel so helpless... I just want her to feel better. :o(
In the meantime, have you tried cornstarch or vasaline on the bottom? My dd has only had one diaper rash so I don' know a whole lot about it but when she did get it, it was with diarhea (spelling) really bad and we just smothered her in vasaline to protect her skin as a barrier and it really worked. My mother also swears by the cornstarch, which worked to dry her skin out. Not sure about doing it as a combo, though. Sounds messy!
Good luck!
Same thing happened to my daughter and we put her on similac sensitive....lactose free formula....she was like a different baby after the first bottle
As for the formula try using Emfamil or maybe even something that is soy based. My daughter was always throwing up on similac and i switched to that all her problems got better. Im not sure if you know this, but Ive worked in a doctors office and they have relationships with pharmaceutical companies to prescribe their products. This maybe happening with your ped. Believe me, it happens more often then not.
I hope your little one feels better soon!