CMPA

My baby who we thought had reflux has now been given Aptamil Pepti 1 as doctor thinks he has cows milk allergy.
Has anyone else’s baby been put onto this milk? How long until the vomiting stops after the switch to new milk?

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What we're the symptoms? She spits up of course (like any other baby) but I'm just wondering if there's anything else to look out for

With my first all of her symptoms went instantly EXCEPT for the throwing up. We then had to add Carobel to her milk to thicken it up.

My now 5 week old is already on pepti 1 and Carobel as she was also showing all the signs of cmpa

Pepti 1 is a really thin formula which is why it doesn’t really stop the throwing up, so by thicken it up it usually helps baby keep it down x

My baby is EBF and we’re one week into my exclusion diet for suspected CMPA also , she is still spitting up too and it’s frustrating because I just want to take it all of her 😪

so constantly being sick, coughing/choking, crying in pain, rash on face and neck, always gets really deep hiccups too and can hear his tummy gurgling x

ahh thank you, I think we probably need add carobel then as he is sick so much and like you said it’s very watery so constantly having to change his clothes (and mine)! I’m praying that this will work 🙏🏼 poor little thing x

it’s awful isn’t it, it makes us mums feel helpless when we are trying our hardest and nothing seems to work 😭 x

do I need a doctor to prescribe the Carobel or can I just buy it over the weekend? X

My little girl has just been put on pepti 1, she was originally on kendamil. Its only been about 4 days and she's still spitting up a lot of milk I think it's because it's quite watery. Her poos are a lot better and she's a bit more settled. I've read it takes about 2 weeks to see proper results x

poor angel, hope she's better now x

Does the carobel help with the throwing up? And also what bottles are you using. We have tommee tippee but she drinks 4oz bottles so fast, I think it might be part of the problem with the spitting up. Are there better bottles with a slower flow?

ask your doctor to prescribe it, it comes with a little purple scoop - with my 5 week old we’re using less than 1/4 a scoop of carobel, but with my first we were using 3 full scoops per 6 oz bottle, so you just need to try it with your little one and see how much they need to help them, it’s a lot of hassle but don’t be put off if it doesn’t help straight away, baby might just need more or less thickener adding 😊 xx

you can buy it from a pharmacy it will be about £6 or £7 or get it on Amazon, but your doctors will also prescribe it when they’re open next week xx

hey, hows it going with the pepti 1 and carobel?

My baby is 6 weeks and had the exact same symptoms she was on normal aptamil for first 3 weeks and she was always in pain screaming for hours every day
Doc prescribed pepti 1, shes been on it for nearly 3 weeks now, there was progress, she did seem less settled although her reflux has become worse, shes even constantly spitting up clear liquid

For the past 3 days the constant screaming in pain has been back

Just wondering how your LO is getting on with the milk? Still showing the symptoms you mentioned above?

I've had exactly this! The screaming in pain and cannot be put down, at first Pepti one seemed to have eased the other symptoms and my son was getting on fine and now this!! Hoping to call the GP today and see what they suggest, my gut is telling me to switch milk (i read a lot of articles on Mumsnet) because I can't go on with him crying every time he's awake the poor sod

from my experience if baby is still screaming in pain you do need to switch formula. We tried neocate syneo before, maybe one you can trial. Ask for a new formula, don’t suggest it as doctors aren’t always very helpful unless you tell them what you want (our doctors anyway)

We new we had the right formula as she didn’t cry in pain during the first bottle change, and everyday all the other symptoms eased. But we new instantly that the milk helped.

She’s 20 months now, and was on prescription formula until recently x

thanks lovely, yes I've spoken to them today and we are trialing going back to cows milk, if the symptoms present again we will go on neocate.

All fun and games these first few months 🤣🙈

So I spoke to the doctor again today to ask for thickener and they instead prescribed sma allergy milk as he’s still got the same problems and being sick more than ever! Gosh I really hope this works, this will be 4th different formula he has been on 😩 x

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