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Are you using a Amino acid-based formula to up his calories? Kids can have intolerance and allergies to all sorts of formulas so you need the least likely to cause a reaction. Babies metabolize medication very quickly so you will often see better results by splitting the daily PPI dose in 2 and giving every 12 hours or giving a PPI and another type of acid blocker like Zantac.
If he is in pain then you definitely need to address this with the GI because if a baby starts recognizing eating equals pain you could be in for massive feeding issues. That is most definitely not a road you want to go down if you can avoid it because it can take years of therapy before a child improves and sometimes not even then. If the GI isn't taking the pain seriously then you need to make him take it seriously. Have they done a swallow study to make sure he is swallowing efficiently? I would wait until you get the upper endoscopy biopsy results and if nothing shows up to explain his issues then you can discuss with GI if you need to branch out and have an endocrinologist evaluation. ETA: Just read 2nd post, you may want to try a probiotic to help give his immune system and digestive system a bit of a boost. It won't solve his problems but every little bit helps. AdvertisementLast edited by mekat; 01-06-2013 at 02:27 PM. |
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He was in the 25-50th% for birth weight, then has slowly dropped percentiles every month until now he is in the 3rd. Quote:
They have not done a swallow study, but swallowing hasn't seemed to be an issue. Thankfully, because we are seeing a specialist at an awesome children's hospital, we can be referred within the hospital to other specialists very easily. That's how we ended up with this GI dr, we started by being seen by dermatology when he was hospitalized and were then referred for issues he was starting to have. He was on a probiotic for a couple months after his hospital stay.
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What about an SNS so you could supplement while nursing.
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Quantity isn't the problem. I'm having to make the quantity he's getting have more calories now. I make formula using breastmilk instead of water essentially. I have an SNS, it just won't really help in this case because he will only consume so many ounces/feeding and I make plenty.
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My youngest was FTT and we finally got him on the chart with Elecare thickened with Simply Thick. He is still tiny but he eats & drinks plenty.
He had reactions to Soy, milk based, Alimentum, Nutramigen ~ any formula we gave him. We has a sweat test done (to rule out CF), Upper GI, swallow study, allergy tests both skin & blood. We never found out what the GI issues were but he has Dysphagia and was inhaling his formula. That's why we have to thicken it. OP, I hope you can help your sweet baby. ![]() Jodie ~ mama to Big K, Medium K & Lil' k |
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ETA: I just read that you make the formula using breastmilk. What about making the formula in the sns with one and a half scoops per 2 oz of water? I did that when my dd was failure to thrive (doctor's orderes) and put that in the SNS and nursed at the same time.
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I find this interesting considering my dd is 8months 15lbs 1 oz and weighed just over 5 at birth. She hasn't gained this whole month but because she hasn't lost and she is so active dr didn't even seem fazed.
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It sounds like more is going on so I hope he eats more soon
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Depends on the reason baby isn't taking enough by mouth if it is an artificial nipple aversion this is a great idea but if it is because of volume intolerance this is a horrible idea. It could go either way depending on the exact cause of him not consuming enough. If it is a volume intolerance then they need to do an emptying study to find out what is going on in his digestive track. Gracious there are so many wild cards in GI management. |
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