Hi Bovi - ((hugs)) to you. Melanie (Spectra) gave you some really great info to check out. Regarding the chamomille tea - you should probably be able to. I actually had some last week as I realized we give DD gripe water and that has chamomille in it. You should try it, I bet it will be fine. About your other foods - not a lot of fat in there - any chance of introducing avocado? Or coconut milk (that was recommended on this thread, I haven't tried it yet, but plan too). Or something with a little more fat to get calories into you? Also - try to make sure you are drinking lots and lots of water.
About the mucousy stools. My DD has these ALL the time. It was tied closely w/the MPI in the beginning so it always makes me a little nervous, however she also gets them when she has a little cold (which she seems to have every other week). She had a really mucousy diaper the other day and my heart sank thinking it was the beginning of a reaction to the Neocate - however, all poops since have been fine and her nose has also cleared up, so I think it's as Emma Lou said - all the snot was going into her stomach and coming out in her diaper! I had being giving her saline drops but not suctioning it out because she hates it and I only do it when really bad - so she must have been swallowing everything. I'm such a poop watching addict now, lol!
That's a drag about your ped - a little hello to your little man would be nice - but hopefully he can help you out. Oh, and I agree w/Melanie - be very careful about everything you eat (like the olive oil margarine) it most likely has trace (hidden) dairy or soy. We used an olive spray in the early days and found out it has soy in it - didn't even dawn on me.
Hang in there and with your food I hope you are eating pretty much every couple of hours? I found I really have to do that even if I'm not very hungry just to get the calories in....
More ((((hugs)))) for you, I SOOOO understand how frustrating this can be.
Please let us know how the ped appointment go.
On another note - I'm calling the Neocate a success! Woohoo!! This is day 7 and DD seems great - aside from the one mucousy poop she's doing great. What a relief. So do you think that means that she would be ok if I added corn to my diet since it's corn based? Also, I noticed it has soy as an ingredient - is that non applicable though since it's broken down to such a small level?
