When Marleigh was in Wesley, they tried to give her formula. I was convinced she had an allergic reaction to it. Dr. Dorn had told us the only way to tell for sure was to put her back on it again. Of course we said no. I'm pretty sure we were right.
Well, at Marleigh's 6 month check up, I asked Dr. Williams about soy. Since Marleigh had so many meds when we came home, she got to where she didn't eat very well nursing, so I have been pumping, then bottle feeding her. Here in the last few weeks, I haven't been able to keep up with our little chunky monkey, so I thought I better introduce some soy slowly before our deep freezer full of milk ran out. Dr. Williams said to try it or to try the really expensive hypoallergenic formula. I think we can offically say that Marleigh doesn't like soy formula either. While she is teething, I think the formula has been the reason for her not sleeping, fussiness, & tummy troubles. I was reading on the internet & it said that somewhere between 35-50% of babies that can't tolerate milk formula won't be able to handle soy, either. Thank goodness she was only getting small amounts for a few days. She was getting a total of 4oz of soy a day & 32oz of breastmilk. It would have been a nightmare if we would have went cold turkey on the breastmilk. I guess we'll get some of the hypoallergenic stuff & give it a try.
Hi sweet Sar - Just wanted to let you know we went thru the same mess with formula w/ Lillie. She had bloody stool...several trips to the ER and icky tests just to prove she had an intolerance to milk (& eventually corn). We tried soy, the Nutramigen (sp?)...still bloody stool...then the doctor had us order the "Liquid Gold" it was ridiculous ($250 a case) only to find out from a friend that Nutramigen is corn based. We tried the last gun b/4 we broke into the gold...Allimentum. It worked! She was fine...of course it was still expensive, but she was fine and was able to move to milk @ one year. No allergy/intolerance to either milk or corn. Just wanted to throw that out there. :)
ReplyDeleteLove reading your updates. What a precious family!!! Take care!! ((HUGS))!! Betsy
Hello Beautiful Lady!!! I had problems with my formula as well. I lost so much weight and the doc told my mom she was crazy. She ended up taking me to another doc and they said that I was allergic. Soy ended up actually working for me. Hang in there, before you know it you will be feeding her solid food!!!! Love all of you!!
ReplyDeleteHey there- what about Goat's milk? That is what my mom had to use with me.
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Taryn did ok on the Enfamil Lipil. But when we switched her to milk at 15 months, she had an allergic reaction. She was diagnosed with a milk and soy allergy. She can only have organic milk. Glad to hear that all is going well too. What an awesome thing that you are able to be home with Marleigh. Have a great rest of the summer.
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