changing fomulas

I never used the AR (my son has MSPI) but I was under the impression that it was to control spiting. If you son has silent reflux I am not sure it would really help. It might not hurt to try the nutramigen or alimentum for a couple weeks to see if it would help.

We knew Sebastian had MSPI because of sever vomiting and VERY mucusy stools when he was on breast milk. The ped. had us try soy and he got so gassy you could see that his stomach was distended. The only time he was not crying was when he was asleep and that would only last for about a half hour to an hour at a time. Day and night.

After a few weeks on ntramigen his bm’s got more normal and the vomiting stopped. The gas was much better then it was on the soy and he had several happy periods during the day. He was still very fussy and did not sleep well at all. He was difficult to feed (arching pulling away from the bottle) That is when the reflux was diagnosed. sense he did not spit up and he had such classic symptoms of MSPI the dr. did not even suspect reflux at first.

If it looks like the AR is helping and SHE dose not have symptoms of MSPI you should probably stick with it. The one thing I final came to terms with is that there is not miracle cure that is going to make them all better. A 75% improvement is pretty good.

for more info. on MSPI you can click on search on the top of the page and select all forms and type in MSPI. That will get you all posts about it. Also the Infantreflux.org site has some good links on it that you can read. Good Luck

my son has been on cereal since 4 weeks old, no problems with it other than rice constipated him so I switched to oatmeal. , I also switched him to lactose free formula since it is easier to digest.Aidansmom792006-5-3 18:28:19