Baby With Possible Tongue Tie Or Something Else? Plus Moms Who Have Babies With Milk Allergies?
Posted by: Alan in Milk Allergies, tags: Babies, Baby, Else, Have, Moms, Plus, Possible, Something, Tongue, With
My daughter is a month old i breastfeed for the first two weeks and i couldn’t do it anymore she sucked blood blisters on my nipples and cracked them. I tried pumping, lactation consultants, everything plus my milk seems to make her miserable i switched her to formula and started putting cereal in her bottles per doctor to make it thicker in her stomach because she spits up a lot she is always fussy, gassy, does this sound like a milk allergy to you? My question is when i feed her bottles she can suck on them for almost an hour and not get anywhere sometimes and other times have no problems? i sqeeze the nipple and milk comes out i even sucked on it myself and it comes out i thought cereal was clogging it and i even thought the nipples were bad then it was all of them. Does this sound like tongue tie and does it sound like milk allergy would soy help?
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February 16th, 2010 at 8:25 am
this is what tongue-tie looks like http://newborns.stanford.edu/PhotoGaller…
That must be really frustrating for you : (
Soy might help reduce gas and fussiness, but at this point, if anything MIGHT help her out, would you be willing to try it? Ask your doctor for a recommendation for a soy formula, or ask him about getting a prescription for breast milk (hopefully your insurance would cover it). I hope your little love does better soon!
February 16th, 2010 at 2:29 pm
I don’t know about the tongue tie but my daughter has a milk allergy so her doctor put her on Similac Alimentum. It helped a lot with the spitting up, the gas, and she had extreme colic. They all went away. The formula is really expensive though.
February 16th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
Have a look at her tongue. There is a peice of skin that connects the tongue underneath to the floor of the mouth (called the lingual frenulum). Does it attach right at the very tip of the tongue, or does her tongue have a bifid (heart shaped) appearance when she pokes it out? If yes,, then it very well could be a tongue tie… I’d be getting a professional opinion on that.
As for the allergy issues, it’s hard to say really. My daughter cannot have dairy but she was breastfed just fine. I did have to stop all dairy myself as it made her fussy…. You could talk to her pediatrician about different formulas to trial
February 17th, 2010 at 12:54 am
My son had a milk allergy and did much better on soy-based formula. He is now almost 8 and still drinks only soy milk because he experiences severe constipation (7-10 days no bowel movement) if he has regular milk. Other dairy products do not affect him, just regular cow’s milk (something to keep in mind when your daughter is older). Have you talked to your daughter’s pediatrician about your concerns? He/she will be most knowledgeable. It’s not unusual for a child to not empty the bottle always when he/she sucks — is she crying afterwards though (like she’s really trying to get the food) or is she fine even though she hasn’t gotten the formula?