Alright, I am posting for a friend of mine and his gf. They have a 5 month old son who screams constantly. No matter what they do, he just screams until he passes out. His mother made these two posts:
We've tried gripe water, he's not really a binky man, rocking, patting, playing with him, car rides, everything. Every time we raise concern, we get told it's colic. He throws up all the time, cries all the time. We've tried every formula all the way down the line to Neutramagen for a possible milk protein allergy to little avail. We've been on some sort of reflux medicine for the last 2 months to little avail. We're just both at our complete wits end. We're tired of praying for nap time and wishing him to be older and over it. I want to enjoy my baby but it's soooo hard.
He poos about every other day and here lately it's been really runny but normally it's hard. He vomits a lot. At least 3 sometimes 4 times a bottle (this is an improvment actually) and a good bit each time. You'll hear it splash the floor behind you. Oh and he almost always throws up if he plays on his tummy even for a moment.
Yes, he's formula fed. (I didn't know that until now. I don't even know if they tried bf'ing, but I think it's a bit late to judge them now.)
I've offered to watch their son for them so they can take a break since it seems like they are both reaching their breaking point. That's all I can think to do other than find another doctor and/or demand an allergy test. I also suggested they ask about an upper GI since that's what helped us to discover the problem with my own son when he couldn't keep anything down.
Can any of you think of anything that might help these parents and their baby until they can find a doctor who will take them seriously? It's the excessive vomiting that really has me worried.
We've tried gripe water, he's not really a binky man, rocking, patting, playing with him, car rides, everything. Every time we raise concern, we get told it's colic. He throws up all the time, cries all the time. We've tried every formula all the way down the line to Neutramagen for a possible milk protein allergy to little avail. We've been on some sort of reflux medicine for the last 2 months to little avail. We're just both at our complete wits end. We're tired of praying for nap time and wishing him to be older and over it. I want to enjoy my baby but it's soooo hard.
He poos about every other day and here lately it's been really runny but normally it's hard. He vomits a lot. At least 3 sometimes 4 times a bottle (this is an improvment actually) and a good bit each time. You'll hear it splash the floor behind you. Oh and he almost always throws up if he plays on his tummy even for a moment.
Yes, he's formula fed. (I didn't know that until now. I don't even know if they tried bf'ing, but I think it's a bit late to judge them now.)
I've offered to watch their son for them so they can take a break since it seems like they are both reaching their breaking point. That's all I can think to do other than find another doctor and/or demand an allergy test. I also suggested they ask about an upper GI since that's what helped us to discover the problem with my own son when he couldn't keep anything down.
Can any of you think of anything that might help these parents and their baby until they can find a doctor who will take them seriously? It's the excessive vomiting that really has me worried.
