SO CONFUSED

[Anonymous]

I havent been here in awhile as things seemed to be somewhat normal or at least our version of normal. Grayson is 7.5 months old 25lbs and about 31 inches long.He is only on 15mg of prevacid a day with Zantac at night and lots of cherry mylanta in between. I have been asking my ped to increase the prevacid but he has been reluctant and things kinda evened out for awhile until about a month ago when teeting REALLY kicked in. He now has one tooth completly up in the front and another right beside it that broke the surface this weekend.We started some solids and seemed to do well with carrotts(peas were a bust) so I added rice and that seemed ok so off to pears we went( he loves them) but now I am not so sure that his system is tolerating things very well.He has sporadic rash/bumps… increased gas and has had a few screaming spells that are reminecent(sp) of the days before Neocate and he has actually thrown up several times and he never did this before as he is a silent refluxer. I am so confused as most of the symptoms mirror teething so how do I know if it is the teeting or if it is an actual reaction to something he is eating???? OH lord this is so confusing.

[Anonymous]

These kids should come with manuals– don’t you think???

To me, the rash is no sign of teething. He’s still on Neocate- right? How long are you trialing each food? Maybe trial each one for longer and see what happens? I’d almost go back to square one since you’re not all that far yet. Just do one food for a couple weeks straight. Are you using rice that’s free of soy and dairy? Could it be the rice itself?

Just trying to think outloud for you

[Anonymous]

Carter is MSPI also, and even though we used a milk/soy free rice cereal, we found that it was causing problems for him, so had to switch to a milk/soy free oatmeal. It really made a difference for Carter – – perhaps it will help out poor little Grayson too.

Good luck and keep us posted. I am always eager to hear if anyone else finds relief by switching – – and whether later rice continues to be a problem as it has been for Carter (rice flour is in a lot of finger foods!)

[Anonymous]

Since I last posted I called the ped gi and we made the decision to go back to square 1 and just have formual for 2 weeks and see how he does. It may be just a coincidence but I swear he slept better last night and yesterday was only day 1 without any solids.As for the rice it is organic milk free/soy free but my gut tells me that is is the problem not the carrotts or the pears but we will start over and see how he does. Question though…can an allergist help us determine what he is allergic to and what he is not or is he to young ? Just wondering not that I really want to add another Dr to our list but I just feel so bad for him.. he wants to eat so bad but I dont want to do anything to hurt him. Yeah your right.. I need a manual

[Anonymous]

We also had problems with rice, oatmeal has been much better for sebastian. I have read that allegry tests are not very reliable for babies under a year, but I have not had any experience with them myself.

Good luck I hope Grayson starts feeling and eating better.

[Anonymous]

Hi. I think that’s a good idea to start from square one again. But, I wanted to add a little something in case it’s what’s happening with your little guy.

With Myles, his reflux was BAD, BAD, BAD from about 10 weeks of age until about 6 months. At six months he seemed to be turning the corner, eating better, throwing up less, happier, etc. But then after about a week or 10 days of doing well, BAM…things got bad again. And so things were bad for about two weeks, and then another turn around and things were good for about two weeks. I thought, WOW…he’s getting better, maybe it’s over now. But a week to 10 days later, another set back. This went on, good for (approx.) two weeks, bad for (approx.) two weeks, from six months of age until FINALLY at 9.5 months he’s been pretty much symptom free for almost one month. So, maybe some babies outgrow reflux in stages, and maybe that’s what’s happening with Grayson.

With Myles once he made what I think is his last turn around his appetite increased and he could tolerate more foods and larger quantities. Before I had to be very careful what and how much I fed him.

I hope Grayson turns the corner soon and can eat all kinds of yummy foods.

[Anonymous]

I just wanted to post that my nephew had allergy tests done when he was maybe 8 months (?) old. They determined that he is allergic to milk, cheese and eggs. Since the testing my SIL has had no problem feeding him, avoiding those things, so I guess the tests must have been pretty accuate (he had rapid reactions – wheezing, coughing, etc. – so they would know instantly if he ate something bad). HTH!

Karen

[Anonymous]

Just some info we got on allergy testing:

The ped and the allergist said that allergy testing under age one is notoriously unreliable and unpredictable. They also agreed that the BEST way to determine if a food is a problem is to eliminate the food for a period of time, if the baby improves take note, and then when you reintroduce the food if the baby falls apart again this is a very accurate way to know what foods “bother” your baby.

A baby doesn’t need to be formally “allergic” to have problems with any number of foods. Protein intolerances can cause problems that look and act like allergies– yet they aren’t formal food allergies. Try this web-site…(it’s been down today, but is a wonderful reference, so try looking at it later today or tomorrow, I’m hoping it’s not down for good!)

http://www.disa.com/au

Also, don’t worry about your child being off solids for too long, or not starting them early enough because you are beign careful not to give a food that will aggravate him…we went back to straight bfeeding from 8-10 mos of age just to have more control of the variables for fussiness and my son eats extremely well now.

Also, any food can cause a problem for any child, just because it isn’t commonly a problem doesn’t mean that your child isn’t exhibiting a reaction to a food. However, some of the common ones seem to be dairy, soy, wheat, peanuts, eggs, fish….you probably know this already but I just thought i’d include it.

Here are some articles about allergies and fuss foods:

http://www.askdrsears.com/search.asp

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