Problems with feeding...DH has a theory...

[donna_issabella]

You are right Mashi, it has the MCT Oil (Medium Chain Triglicerides) which is for fat malabsorption, as the fats are absorbed with greater ease and it helps babies with low weight gain. It is used though as a direct comparison/substitute in the UK by some paediatricians, if they feel nutramigen is not doing the trick. Some will trial that prior to going to neocate.

Interesting how on their own website, they go to and from nutramigen and pregestimil.

http://www.enfamil.co.uk/products/pregestimil.php

So essentially pregestimil seems to be nutramigen with the MCT added. I do know though some babies seem to tolerate it better than nutramigen. Weird.

Here is the Canadian version.

http://enfamil.ca/en/products/babies/pregestimil.html?gclid=CJmhjIGFkaMCFdVb2god-ni7sQ

[L76]

Blimey you ladies are sooooo knowledgeable! What would we do without you!

Mashi - I already took a photo of DS's poo yesterday! It was so solid!
And last time I went to the doctors I took a video of what he does when we lay him down for a nap!
Think I will definitely take another one of what he does when feeding.

He has been doing many more wet burps lately too. Sounds like bits of milk coming up when he burps - this is always after the initial easy to get up burp IYKWIM.

Didn't realise the milk proteins could hang around for so long. I think my last bf was last Friday night or perhaps Thursday night - so nearly a week. The feeding standing / arching thing began about a week ago. We've always had trouble with him when feeding in a sense that if you take him off to burp him mid feed, he won't take it again. So whilst for wind purposes it would be good to burp him mid feed, b/c of his weight issue, I've not been doing this.

Sounds awful, but at least if his weight is still an issue, they may look to do something more.

[Mashi]

Sounds awful, but at least if his weight is still an issue, they may look to do something more.

I hear ya!  Before DS was diagnosed with MSPI and we were having sooooooooo many problems (I think I just used to cry from eyes open to eyes closed every day, ironically that's because that's all DS did too  ) DH and I used to talk about how "great" it would be if DS would just lose loads of weight and then my GP would listen to us.  How horrible is that?  So I know where you are coming from.   

On the Neocate website it gives calculations on how many scoops to use per ounces of water depending on how many calories your LO needs - basically when a baby has lost so much weight from MPI they need to get it back up so they do more than a 1:1 ration, usually a paed would work it out for you how many calories your LO would need and then you work out how much extra to add to a bottle...not saying that you should do this or anything, just saying that if/when they decide he has lost weight there are things they do to try to pack in the calories and bring it back up iykwim.

[*Liz*]

Does the feed fighting correlate with stopping the ranitidine and domperidone?

[L76]

Hmmm, you know Liz, I am not sure now. Things are getting blurred on what we have and havent been doing IYKWIM?

We stopped the meds at the same time we changed to nutramigen so we could see what made a difference. But thinking about it, the fighting is probably only the last week at most. I know he was doing it at the weekend - so yes, about a week.

[donna_issabella]

So if it is reflux ontop of MPI, then that might be why he is fighting more and arching and restless with feeding and laying in bed. Something to consider at least.