Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2015 9:20:06 GMT -5
Since DS1 is only 2, you'd think this stuff would be still pretty fresh in my mind, but he was also MPI, needing to be on elemental formula, so thats all i have to compare to. I'm confused here, so maybe you guys can help me distinguish what might be normal baby fussiness vs. fussiness due to formula.
DS2 was on Similac Advance when we started supplementing..then we switched to EFF. He got super gassy on that, so we switched to Similac total comfort. After being on that for a good week, he began getting increasingly fussier, spitting up, crying, arching his back, pulling his legs in, and bearing down to pass gas. He seemed pretty uncomfortable. So the pedi suggested we try Enfamil Gentlease, each baby reacts differently to different brands. We're also doing 1ml of maalox 3x a day for the reflux, which seems to help a little.
We've been using the Gentlease for about 3 days now and although he seems a little more comfortable, the difference is negligible. He still seems uncomfortable at times, struggling to pass gas and fussing before he poops, some poops have had some green mucus in them, but others are just the normal looking, FF baby poop. We've also been doing gas drops and gripe water as needed.
Hes only just over 2 weeks old, but he seems to have a lot of waking time. Like he'll eat, and mostly be ok as long as I'm holding him, but he won't fall right asleep. He'll just be awake for a good hour (with some fussing/pushing/bearing down and turning bright red) before finally falling asleep. Once he is asleep i can put him down, but he seems to wake up intermittently and squirm/fuss/cry and then fall back asleep.
Like i said, i feel like DS1 was a whole different ball game bc he was MPI (and had mucus/blood in the stool so it was obvious that there was an issue).and once we got him on an elemental Formula, he did great. so its hard for me to determine here what i should act on as far as fussiness goes, and what i should ride out and chalk up to normal 2 week old baby fussiness/gas. Does that makes sense?
So...give me your formula experiences. Should i be bothering the pedi again or should i ride this out? TIA
DS2 was on Similac Advance when we started supplementing..then we switched to EFF. He got super gassy on that, so we switched to Similac total comfort. After being on that for a good week, he began getting increasingly fussier, spitting up, crying, arching his back, pulling his legs in, and bearing down to pass gas. He seemed pretty uncomfortable. So the pedi suggested we try Enfamil Gentlease, each baby reacts differently to different brands. We're also doing 1ml of maalox 3x a day for the reflux, which seems to help a little.
We've been using the Gentlease for about 3 days now and although he seems a little more comfortable, the difference is negligible. He still seems uncomfortable at times, struggling to pass gas and fussing before he poops, some poops have had some green mucus in them, but others are just the normal looking, FF baby poop. We've also been doing gas drops and gripe water as needed.
Hes only just over 2 weeks old, but he seems to have a lot of waking time. Like he'll eat, and mostly be ok as long as I'm holding him, but he won't fall right asleep. He'll just be awake for a good hour (with some fussing/pushing/bearing down and turning bright red) before finally falling asleep. Once he is asleep i can put him down, but he seems to wake up intermittently and squirm/fuss/cry and then fall back asleep.
Like i said, i feel like DS1 was a whole different ball game bc he was MPI (and had mucus/blood in the stool so it was obvious that there was an issue).and once we got him on an elemental Formula, he did great. so its hard for me to determine here what i should act on as far as fussiness goes, and what i should ride out and chalk up to normal 2 week old baby fussiness/gas. Does that makes sense?
So...give me your formula experiences. Should i be bothering the pedi again or should i ride this out? TIA
