My daughter is three months old today. I am going to try to get her to a Dr. on Monday but in the meantime I was sincerely hoping someone could shed some light on what is going on with her. I am perplexed this time, you see, I have had two other children, my eldest child is 12 but I had the privilege of breast feeding them and I do not remember (maybe blocked out?) these types of feeding problems. Unfortunately, this one is missing out on the b/f experience entirely because I am on a handful of meds that I cannot afford to discontinue
The problem is that my daughter acts like she is hungry all the time and each time she eats she acts as though she is starving to death. Often even removing the bottle for burptime is met with high pitch and desperate sounding protests that break my heart with their sincerity! Currently she is taking in about 32-40 ounces daily, but she is spitting up alot. She refuses her pacifier now where I used to be able to interest her as a distraction to keep her from gorging herself. I have to be honest that I am a little scared for her...since I have had one child with a rare disorder I cannot help but feel some anxiety thinking there might be an underlying condition of some kind.
I am with another partner, nowand the chances of this child having the same conditions as my son are slim to none, BTW.
ON THE OTHER HAND....I can see where my previous experience might cloud my judgement some. She may well just need a different formula or something added to it? Please guys, I am not asking for a diagnosis, I am going to take her to the doc again.. But I need to know if any of you have had these issues and what you did about it. I Greatly appreciate your time and sconcern.
T.
Thanks to all who responded. The doctor seemed to think that she would benefit from some zantac. I tried this for a few days and had no luck, I made a desperate decision to thicken the feeds with oatmeal flour, 1 TBS per 5 oz. My next trip to the closest Newflower , however I am determined to try the goatsmilk, this is what my mother was raised on. Hope all your children have a fun and safe Hallowe'en.
When my daughter did this at about the same age, we put rice cereal in her formula. It helped a lot and she selpt better at night too. I know the Drs say don't until they're 6 mo old, but as a mother you have to rely on your instincts with your child. Good Luck. Hope nothing else is wrong with that precious baby.
maybe she was a reflux problem my little girl has that at that age and the dr. toldme to add 1 tbsp of rice cereal to the formula and helps her a lot and we don't have to change formula
If she is spitting up a lot she may have acid reflux. My 2.5 month old has severe reflux and before being medicated was always hungry cause she was not keeping enough down to keep her satisfied. We now have her on zantac as well as a special formula that contains rice starch. the rice starch makes the formula thicker when it hits the stomach and makes it easier for them to keep down. We use Similac Sensitive RS but there are other choices as well with the same basic idea depending on your brand of choice (the other one I am aware of is Enfamil AR Lipil). Just something to ask your ped about.
yes, as pp said, it could be your baby has reflux.
ours each had reflux & showed different symptoms (one not eating, the other trying to soothe the discomfort w/ more). we started on zantac, but had no real success until we progressed to zegerid. just in case you do get a diagnosis of reflux, i highly recommend checking out the marci-kids.com and the infantreflux.org sites for info on proper dosing for your child and *then* take her to the doc - printouts in hand. one of the peds we had (after we moved) needed the info from those sites because at first he refused to prescribe in a different manner than what he had before with other reflux medications; he knew nothing about zegerid. (and yes, zegerid was *awesome stuff* and totally worth the effort!)
p.s. the doctor may tell you to add rice cereal to thicken the feeds. *please* see this page for info ("what about thickened feeds?" & decide for yourself whether it's something to try for your baby:
http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/reflux.html#thickene...
also, if you can afford it, it can be quite helpful to just assume your baby has mspi and give her nutramigen. give it a couple of weeks if you can & see if it makes a difference to switch back. it did with our firstborn & put us in a position to be able to figure out almost all his intolerances/allergies before he was even 10 months old (which i was told no test can do as effectively, or even before 12 months, btw.)
hth & best wishes for you guys! :]
My daughter was the same way, and she had reflux. Sometimes eating helps them feel better when their esophagus is burning. She would eat and eat and eat, and then she would spit up a whole lot. Check with your pediatrician. Good luck!
try putting cereal in her baby formula.
I would say she probably has GERD or acid reflux. My son had it and now my daughter has it also. My son, who is 3, has been on meds since he was 3 weeks old (Zantac at first and now Prevacid). We also put him on Similac Sensitive for his formula and it helped. My daughter is now on that, but we are using the Parent's Choice brand for it, and it's awesome, too.
BUT the main thing that made a difference to us is the bottles that we used. We found Dr. Brown's bottles and we will NEVER use another type of bottle. They are AWESOME!!! Look them up -- you can get them at Wal-mart now or Target or Babies-r-us. They were miracle workers for us. They still spit up, but nothing like they did before. It was so bad that we would use a beach towel instead of a burp rag!!! Not kidding! Good luck!
Most infant formulas contain copious amounts of corn syrup. Corn syrup inhibits the brain's formation of leptin which is the hormone responsible for letting us know we are full. Formula fed babies generally get chunkier before they get longer due to this response. Try changing her to goat's milk. It's the closest to human breast milk you can get, just lacks the carbohydrates that she needs, so you'll need to add it (brown rice syrup only). You also will need to add an infant vitamin drops like Polyvisol for extra folic acid and B12. You can get the powdered goat's milk at Whole Foods, Newflower Market, Vitamin Shoppe and Tom Thumb has the fresh (more expensive)in the dairy isle. If you get the fresh, be sure to get the full fat version. Dr. Sears, one of the leading pedi's, recommends this. Here is the link to the goat's milk formula:
http://askdrsears.com/html/3/t032401.asp
In case the link doesn't work, I've copied the information below:
MEYENBERG POWDERED GOAT MILK
BEGINNING FORMULA
(12 oz container) Powdered Goat Milk 6 Scoops (84 g)
Water 36 oz.
Brown Rice Syrup 6 ½ Tbsp.
Calories (per oz.)20
As baby matures during its first year, gradually increase ratio of powder to water until whole milk level is reached (see below). Discontinue adding rice syrup (carbohydrates).
To reconstitute to Whole Milk
Powdered Goat Milk
8 scoops (112 g)
Water 32 oz.
Calories (per oz.)19
HOPE THIS HELPS!!
Don't be surprised if your pedi knows absolutely NOTHING about this. Remember M.D.'s typically have absolutely NO training in nutrition.
It sounds like gerd (reflux) to me. Both my boys had it and especially my older one would eat 10oz at a time as a 3 month old if you let him. I would go to your pedi on Monday and ask about getting reflux meds. Zantac is very commonly used but it is very weight sensitive and must be adjusted constantly as they gain weight. Prevacid is more of a pain to give but it is not as sensitive to weight and in both my boys worked MUSH better.
It is good that you plan to take her to the doctor to get this checked. It may very well be nothing, except that she's a hungry baby! And remember, 3 mos. is right around the time of a major growth spurt which usually means extra feedings because of hunger.
My now 10 year old daughter was RAVENOUS at that age. She never seemed satisfied. I breastfed her about every 1 1/2 hours but she always seemed to be starving! But in the end, it was just the way she was. She started leveling off once we introduced solids. But to this day she is a good eater.
