I don't even know where to start, so sorry if this sounds confusing... We've been around and around trying to figure out why my now 8 mos old dd is losing weight and refusing food (again). We know she has milk/soy/egg intolerances. We thought she had reflux and treated her with Axid for 4 months and then took her off b/c the GI specialist said he didn't think she needed it (not a "spitter") and that her food refusal was due to food avoidances not reflux pain.
To make a really long saga short, I was pumping for her and then started her on RTF Alimentum for supplementing during the day. I thought things were going okay, but over the past few weeks she's started refusing bottles again and now solids as well. The only thing I'm having success getting her to eat is ebm. She won't drink Alimentum at all, but I'm down to only 2 pumps/day so I'm looking at having to relactate if things don't change. She's waking up a lot at night again and only taking about 2 ounces at those feeds as well. We went to the Dr today and I was expecting them to offer us another reflux med, but they don't think it's reflux either. The Dr was so concerned about her weight today (lost a few ounces in the past couple of weeks) that they got her into an allergist right away. So, that appointment is tomorrow (Tues) and I'm trying to be optimistic but it just seems like no one is able to give me answers. What's up with that? She was diagnosed with MSPI at 6 weeks. Surely she's not the first baby to refuse food or show these symptoms before? Our previous pediatrician thought reflux was her problem, but her new ones (we moved 2 months ago) don't think that's the issue.
Anyway, as you can probably tell I'm tired and worried. My 8 month old isn't eating much of anything and therefore losing weight and I don't know why. I've been reading page after page trying to find other people's experiences that sound similar to our own, so if anyone out there has any insight into where I might be going wrong I would LOVE some advice.