ds2 is 6 weeks old and has rflux. (ds1 had severe reflux and milk allergy and soya intollerance) i didnt breast feed and he was put on cow and gate comfort. he had bad tummy and wind etc and same signs as ds1 so gp put him on nutramigen and he was a bit better. saw paed at 3 weeks old who put him on neocate as she thinks he has dairy/soya intollerance. She said stay on for 1 week and then try ranitadine. He was bit better on neocate and the ranitadine helped the screaming from reflux abit. he has been on neocate 3 weeks and ranitadine 2 weeks but he is now getting worse each day, he has severe wind that only comes out in farts and just seems to get stuck and he just cant get it out. he ends up in agony. we use infacol and gripe water which helps for a short while.
he is still hiccuping alot and you still cant lay him down after feed and sleeps propped up so i know the reflux problem is there.
the other problem that he has is that since he was born hes been VERY loud breathing and snuffly/snorting and was told just newborn mucus. this carried on and day before xmas eve he couldnt breath and got odd cough like a cat spitting up a furball. next day saw gp who said he had catarrh and keep doing what we were (steaming etc) any way last sat he couldnt breath again and saw out of hours gp who said chest/lungs all clear and that the problem was in the throat upwards and suggested poss floppy laryinx and that as we were due to see gp following monday i needed to discuss it with her. Anyway saw a registra who was awful and said he just had a cold which made himstop breathing. he didnt examine him. i complained and hopefully seeing the prob paed friday. he snores very badly and wakes up all the time. He has never fed very well csince born and alot of milk comes out of mouth when feeding. he struggles to breath when feeding too. he has never increased the 3oz i make up each feed but is putting on weight fine.
We have also bought a humidifier and cant think of anything else we can do/try to help. Any suggestions of what to do or what could be wrong id be very greatful
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any GPS/experts in intolerances/REFLUX and throat/breathing/larynx that can help my poor newborn?
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mad4mybaby · 06/01/2009 17:13
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