Hello lovely ladies!
As some of you know from my rash pictures of my son we are pretty sure he's got a milk allergy. My GP is an old stuffy codger who admitted he knows nothing about this and has put in a referral to a paed GI. It will likely take 2 weeks minimum. Inthe meantime he's given us soy formula.
On the soy DS's tummy rumbling and "bottom wind" has pretty much disappeared, and he no longer screams hysterically with every feed. In fact, feeding is a whole different game!
However, his face rash is getting worse, if possible, and we are noticing some really painful looking raw patches on his neck. His cheeks are now so red and sandpaperey that we feel the skin is going to start to crack any minute. I am obviously worried that he's allergic to soy as well, and that his reactions are going to get increasingly worse.
Although insaneley expensive (13 pounds for 400g) I am pretty sure I can get Nutramigen on my own. My local pharmacist knows the situation and I don't *think* that Nutramigen requires a prescription. (Weston's Online pharmacy will send it to me, anyway).
Would it be horribly wrong of me to stop the soy after just these few days and put him on Nutrmigen on my own? Before I see the paed? In my mind, if by the time we get to the paed DS is clear and better, it should prove that he does have an allergy and we need Nutramigen. Obviously what I am worried about is that if he does clear up, the paed will say he can't make a diagnosis based simply on my photographs, or that we need to stop the Nutramigen and put hmi backomn milk or soy and come back in a couple of weeks. Or, that we will end up having to pay for the Nutramigen on our own for the next 9 months. We can buy a few tins of it to get us through until the appointment, but I can't be spending 40 quid a week on formula.
What do any of you think? Any thoughts?