I've finally had the time to get on this thread, but was hoping against all hope that this wasn't what I was dealing with
E is a 14 week old angel/textbook and has been almost exclusively bf since birth. I've gone through what seems to be a million bfing problems, but when the feeding got back on track the weight gain was still low. Then E started to lose weight. E started month 2 at the 90th percentile for her weight and at the end of month 3 was at the 7th. We've been to a paediatrician who made me feel like I was starving her, and I've practically lived at the bf clinic where my LC said from day one MSPI. I should have listened to her from the start.
The second time E lost weight dh and I were quite worried and we decided to top her off with formula. It was milk based, and the second 3 ounces had her in the emergency room with a scarlet rash and eczema all over her chest. There was a little blood in her poo a couple days later, and then the eczema finally dissappeared. So at that point we knew major MPI or allergy but not 100% sure yet but I'm leaning towards allergy due to the weight loss. The docs and paed said to try soy while the LC wasn't keen on it. I think I should have listened to her again. My angel baby is quite grumpy on the soy
this is the only time she screams. I was giving her one 6oz bottle per day to see if that helped with the weight gain. Right after the feed she's great, but within 4 hours very fussy, gassy, and has a mucousy brown bm. Then she's fine.
Now in the last 12 hrs she's either developed a cold because she's incredibly mucousy from the nose and quite congested. I've heard that this can be a sign of allergy, but since going completely dairy free for 3 weeks (hidden dairy too) the only culprit could be the bottle she had yesterday. Or here's to hoping she has a cold.
We had a really great week where she gained a whole pound after the dairy was out of my system, but this past week it was only 2oz. The little turkey has also decided she liked the forceful letdown we were dealing with so I'm gradually bumping my supply up so she feeds better. The popping off and on is starting to hurt but she's getting enough I think, so I think the bfing is going ok. Oh - I also don't let down for a pump so it's really hard to get enough bm to top her off with that if she has a bad feed.
So now I'm on weekly weight checks, and dh goes back to work tomorrow. He's going to see if he can get another 6 mos off but the military stipulates that your 9 month entitlement has to be taken all at once. I'm also feeling like I'm neglecting my twins a bit, although I was told that's normal for when you bring a new lo home.
Sorry for the long saga but that's what it's been. We're back at the doc early next month for the 4 month jabs so going to get a script for Alimentum just to give me a break if I need it. I'm happy to continue bfing on the dairy free but soy free scares me. Hopefully it's just the soy formula I need to avoid, and I can go from there.