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you can do it! I would go for the full TED at this point, you don’t have anything to ‘lose’ since you’ve cut out quite a bit!
the ‘biggies’ take longer to clear out of your system and you’re already doing those- milk & soy
so do the TED
and see if you can get to a ‘baseline’ as erin describes & then you’ll know for SURE what is affecting your baby…
right now there are too many variables- you’re still eating wheat, apples, corn, etc etc…you can do it mama!!
YES! I did TED and found out that my son couldn’t handle if I had citrus!
he was fine w/ everything but not fine w/ some ‘ODD’ things:
citrus, tomatoes and tomato products, tuna fish and eggplant!that’s ‘why’ I think the TED is good- it helps you figure things out. my son was NOT food/protein-intolerant (except for the above list), so I can’t help much w/ the rest of it, except to say “I’ve been there” and then to call upon the experts like Erin, LOL!
you can do this & there’s no need to even switch to formula to pump & dump (dump your liquid gold? ack!)- you’re almost there-
hellbennt2010-06-19 21:22:24ok, first of all don’t see the ped GI again until you’ve done two weeks of the elimination diet!!!
as for the formula: EVERYTHING seems to take two weeks, so if you were to go that route, you’d have to give it two weeks (of diarrhea, etc, whatever)
have you read this yet?
Misconceptions as to how Neocate & Elecare work:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6013
read it and maybe it’ll help you w/ how you present yourself to everyone else? I would read and re-read what erin has written!
you can do this, mama!
you’re not the first one to go down this road!you’ve read erin’s ‘sticky’:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948&PID=105126#105126here’s ‘more erin’:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=13175&PID=106395#106395second post from this link will tell you how reflux & food allergies and intolerances are related:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2697&PN=2Total Elimination Basics:
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=43from here (worth reading, lol):
https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4505“[if] you would like to continue using the compounded PPI that you
are currently using, here are some recommendations for how you should ask that
your pharmacist make the compound so that it will remain stable for longer.- Make sure that your pharmacist does
not put any kind of flavoring agent in the compound.
- Make sure that the concentration is
between 2 mg/mL and 4 mg/mL. This means that for every milliliter of
suspension, you are giving between 2 and 4 milligrams of drug.
- Ask that your pharmacist make the
compound with 16.8% sodium bicarbonate if the total volume of each
dose is less than 7 mL. If the total volume of each dose is greater than 7
mL, ask that your pharmacist make the compound with at least 8.4% sodium
bicarbonate. We also do not recommend that you give less than 3.5 mL of a
PPI suspension at any concentration. This is because doses smaller
than 3.5 mL do not provide enough buffer to adequately protect the drug
from being destroyed by the acid that is present in the stomach.
It is important that the pharmacy does not add flavoring to the
compound as it will almost certainly cause it to lose its stability
much more quickly. It tastes pretty aweful this way, I know, but it’s
better than the alternative.”TELL (don’t ask) your pharmacist how you need it compounded and to please HUMOUR YOU
. If s/he cannot w/o hearing from the dr first, then FAX THE DOCTOR and THANK DR & then TELL the doctor to TELL PHARMACIST how to compound the med. provide pharmacist’s name and fax number.
THANK DR again. short & sweet. facts not emotions.
follow up. - Make sure that your pharmacist does
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