Hi,
Some lovely ladies in the Breastfeeding Forum recommended I roll this direction. The history is here: http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1251449
It's now 9 pgs, so the short version is:
DD1 and DD2 had no allergies and BF-ed exclusively for years. DD3 was a very calm and docile baby/nurser for 4 weeks, then started rapid decline.
Foremilk/Hindmilk/oversupply/overactiveletdown issue, block fed and took care of it.
Was better for a matter of days, then by 6 weeks we declined into the abyss. The Dr had us tracking cry hours and from 6 weeks forward she cried 10-16hrs/day. Gut pain, stiffness, spitting, congestion. Even when she was not crying, she was miserable. A couple things worth noting: 1) Bowels were always normal and Dr fecal test showed no blood. 2) by night she was burnt out, and while sometimes fidgety at night, never sceamed...just crashed. 3) No rashes of any kind.
It got worse and worse. Finally, around 10-ish weeks, we agreed to do 48 hours on elemental formula. Within 36 hours she was new baby. Not crying, not hurting, smiling....total turnaround. We went back to nursing and I started an emilination diet, under to eye of our ped, the LLL ladies, and the LC's at the hospital. I was eating just turkey, millet, brown rice, sweet ptotatos and squash. They all said she should get progressively better. A week later, zero improvement. None. We went to see a specialist in Nebraska that is a pediatrician and lactation consultant that specializes in allergies. She said just hold the course. We stayed on it....we did one 48hr of spurt of elemental formula during those 3 wks to give her a break. I did that diet, with no seasoning, condiments, nothing....made sure nothing was in my vitamins, covered all our bases. Also had DD3 on probiotics and Prevacid. During those 3 weeks I had one "cave" and ate 2 bites of a protein bar. That is the only "contamination" during that 3 week period. At the end of those 3 weeks I went to back to full on breastmilk, after a 3rd 48 hr on formula to calm her down. Within 36hrs of breastmilk she was screaming, throwing up everything she ate, with phlem, was congested, and back to 10+ horus a day of crying. ZERO improvement, if not a quicker and more severe onset of symptoms.
She is now back on formula. I am continuing to pump and am eating freely to get my weight back up. The Dr recommended staying on the formula for a couple/few weeks to heal her gut, as did several ladies on these boards. I am trying to decide where to go from there.
I have 2 other kids and am struggling to pump so often, as the weeks of sceaming has caused a real decline in my 2yr old. Even at 2100 calories of those foods, I still lost a bunch of weight.
Any ideas, feedback, would be great. I am going to keep DD3 on formula for 3-4 wks and pump as much as I can. My real question is what to do, dietwise, moving forward. It is very hard for me to think of putting DD3 through that pain of trial and error again. As well as the rest of the family.
Open to any and all ideas, as I think I have maybe one more crack at it in me. I just cant let go of bf-ing, as my others nursed for 4 and 2.5 yrs respectively.
Thanks, J
Some lovely ladies in the Breastfeeding Forum recommended I roll this direction. The history is here: http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1251449
It's now 9 pgs, so the short version is:
DD1 and DD2 had no allergies and BF-ed exclusively for years. DD3 was a very calm and docile baby/nurser for 4 weeks, then started rapid decline.
Foremilk/Hindmilk/oversupply/overactiveletdown issue, block fed and took care of it.
Was better for a matter of days, then by 6 weeks we declined into the abyss. The Dr had us tracking cry hours and from 6 weeks forward she cried 10-16hrs/day. Gut pain, stiffness, spitting, congestion. Even when she was not crying, she was miserable. A couple things worth noting: 1) Bowels were always normal and Dr fecal test showed no blood. 2) by night she was burnt out, and while sometimes fidgety at night, never sceamed...just crashed. 3) No rashes of any kind.
It got worse and worse. Finally, around 10-ish weeks, we agreed to do 48 hours on elemental formula. Within 36 hours she was new baby. Not crying, not hurting, smiling....total turnaround. We went back to nursing and I started an emilination diet, under to eye of our ped, the LLL ladies, and the LC's at the hospital. I was eating just turkey, millet, brown rice, sweet ptotatos and squash. They all said she should get progressively better. A week later, zero improvement. None. We went to see a specialist in Nebraska that is a pediatrician and lactation consultant that specializes in allergies. She said just hold the course. We stayed on it....we did one 48hr of spurt of elemental formula during those 3 wks to give her a break. I did that diet, with no seasoning, condiments, nothing....made sure nothing was in my vitamins, covered all our bases. Also had DD3 on probiotics and Prevacid. During those 3 weeks I had one "cave" and ate 2 bites of a protein bar. That is the only "contamination" during that 3 week period. At the end of those 3 weeks I went to back to full on breastmilk, after a 3rd 48 hr on formula to calm her down. Within 36hrs of breastmilk she was screaming, throwing up everything she ate, with phlem, was congested, and back to 10+ horus a day of crying. ZERO improvement, if not a quicker and more severe onset of symptoms.
She is now back on formula. I am continuing to pump and am eating freely to get my weight back up. The Dr recommended staying on the formula for a couple/few weeks to heal her gut, as did several ladies on these boards. I am trying to decide where to go from there.
I have 2 other kids and am struggling to pump so often, as the weeks of sceaming has caused a real decline in my 2yr old. Even at 2100 calories of those foods, I still lost a bunch of weight.
Any ideas, feedback, would be great. I am going to keep DD3 on formula for 3-4 wks and pump as much as I can. My real question is what to do, dietwise, moving forward. It is very hard for me to think of putting DD3 through that pain of trial and error again. As well as the rest of the family.
Open to any and all ideas, as I think I have maybe one more crack at it in me. I just cant let go of bf-ing, as my others nursed for 4 and 2.5 yrs respectively.
Thanks, J