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February 16, 2011 at 8:23 am #67820

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Hi Ladies!

Anyone have experience with this? Our 4 month old daughter is doing terribly on neocate. We are nearing her second week and she is still not sleeping and is SUPER bloated. She’s also hyper and irritable in a very strange way! I’m not sure who to turn to, doctor wise, to see if this is suitable. It sounds CRAZY to feed this to an infant – but she is not thriving on anything commercial that we’ve given her. What would you do? Does this seem unfit?

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/2010/09/video-hypoallergenic-baby-formula/

It still has whey and lactose in it – however I guess it’s the casein that most react to.

February 16, 2011 at 1:13 pm #67825

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ok this is what I might do:

I would keep w/ the neocate and try prevacid in another form.

She may be reacting to something in the solutabs like aspertame or any of the other ingredients like flavorings, etc.

I would see about bufferbabies or even just plain ‘ole prevacid capsules- you give the beads on an empty stomach, administer the beads w/ a tsp of applesauce and then follow w/ a ‘meal’ 30 minutes later.

February 16, 2011 at 1:24 pm #67827

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Laura,

Yeah, I was wondering that too. Although she was on prevacid before all of this neocate stuff…but maybe it’s the combo or something.

I was googling buffer babies the other day and just may give that a try for Callie.

For sure – empty stomach 30 min before a full bottle (ha – her ‘full bottles are only 3-4 ounces, still! Lots of feeds in a 24 hour period:)).

February 22, 2011 at 10:57 am #67890

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Hey Laura,

Callie’s GI appointment is in two days. I’m so tempted to take her off prevacid and just give her zantac for a couple of days just to see if her moaning stops between now and then. Should I? Or wait and ask? Your thought of trying in another form is a good one. All along I’ve though, “Nah, she wouldn’t react to such a small amount of lactose/aspartame”…but…she is so sensitive to everything it seems!

Her tummy is so sour. It is just such a mystery right now and I’m trying to be a detective in figuring out what is causing her belly to be upset.

I tried mylanta and it hasn’t helped:(

Thoughts!?

February 22, 2011 at 7:11 pm #67901

hellbennt
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I wouldn’t stop the prevacid. but I might go buy some capsules & see if the moaning stops…

I really have a feeling about the aspertame- especially since others have posted over the years that their babies had odd ‘behaviors’ from the solutabs…

March 2, 2011 at 7:51 am #67958

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Hey Laura,

Well – she has been on the capsules for two days now and no change. It’s gotta be the neocate.

I’ve been crying for 5 months and I’m so sick of this! I don’t know what to do. I’m calling the GI this morning. We have a breast milk bank – very stringent – and they have dairy/soy free milk available. The only way we could do it is if insurance would cover. A long shot – but I just don’t know how to help Callie anymore. With her neutropenia and various other medical issues – we might have a chance. This poor baby needs something real in her system IMHO.
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