please. Any tips to get her to take it? I'm in a back bedroom, baby is screaming bloody murder.

Can you try pumping and mixing the alimentum with breast milk?  Alimentum is awful --I am sorry.  

Ok, I'm back! I read your post again and my heart aches for you and your little girl! :(

I am sorry to say... but I don't think formula is going to fix the problem. The reason that a formula like Alimentum is prescribed is that the proteins in are extensively broken down in it and therefore easier for her to digest. But you should be able to make your milk easier for her to digest that that stinky horrid formula. My sons drank the Enfamil brans called Nutramigen and my family said it smelled like dead fish and I bet it tastes like it too. :( Some people didn't even want to hold my baby because when he barfed, which was often, it stank so bad. :(

I am in the midst of doing some research about vaccines and the effects of them on children with digestive problems but at this point can't really tell you whether they could'be caused this flare up. Hopefully someday I'll know more about it. I do think it might've caused it but I don't fully know why. One reason I can think of is that the shots may have stressed the body and stress adds acidity to our body. Also I'm sure that traveling was stressful too so that could've added more acidity too. Is it possible that she is getting teeth? My children started getting them at 4 1/2 months old. Teething causes the saliva to become very acidic. This is to break down and make the cells in the gums die so the tooth can come through.

My acid-reflux-free baby has had 4 bouts of reflux. Twice while getting teeth and once when we went out of state to be with my family over Christmas and just recently when we went on a week vacation that ending up going to my dad's funeral and being gone 3 weeks. :(

Now, if you have already read my blog, sorry to repeat. But here is a little info that I learned after having my oldest child suffer for years...Digestive Enzymes are made in the pancreas and then go into the stomach to aid in breaking down food. What causes the pancreas to not make enough enzymes? The biggest cause is either diet or inherited. All foods have digestive enzymes in them but when they are cooked or processed then the enzymes are killed. Many people that cut out foods that are high in protein and/or change their diets to mostly fresh foods will notice a significant improvement in their digestive problems. Proteins are one of the hardest thing for the digestive system to break down.

When there isn't enough enzymes in the stomach to break down the food then the stomach will make excess acid to try to break it down. This excess acid can cause problems like acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome. It also kills probiotics (good live bacteria that lines, coats, and protects the entire digestive tract). When probiotics are depleted or low then the esophagus and intestines can become raw and even bleed. Probiotics also get killed when taking antibiotics.

So, if you would take a probiotic/enzyme supplement it should make your milk have the proteins extensively broken down in it just like in the formula, only better. You can also give the supplement directly to the baby to help her get better faster.

I can not guarantee that these pills will help your child. But within a very short time of my children starting to take these pills they began to improve. They helped them tremendously and after they had been taking them for several months they were able to eat the foods that always made them sick and they didn't bother them. :)

Feel free to ask questions if you have them. I hope that SOON your little one is feeling better.

Read the blog and after last night, I do think I need to prepare myself that I may need to breastfeed.

I do think I need to wait at least another day, unless she worsens. In the meantime WHAT PROBIOTIC DO YOU RECOMMEND? We're near a whole foods and I'll get it ASAP and get it into my system. Also how long will it take for said probiotic to get into my system??

Many many thanks. I'll keep checking back but would live to go ASAP.


Thank you thank you thank you.

it's so hard to find time to read through everything!