Has anyone thought their baby had CMPA but turns out they didn’t??

I have always through my baby has had CMPA but now I’m not really sure…

He has silent reflux which is alot more manageable now than it used to be (we aren’t taking anything for this either), he often gets mucous in his poo (but now I’m thinking is this because he’s been really badly teething and also when he’s not been feeling well?) and he has eczema which seemed to have flared up more recently since the dr prescribed this starter pack creams for me to try which don’t seem to be helping but I think they’ve made it worse.

Is it possible that it could not be CMPA?
I’ve been going back and forth with the doctors for months for a prescription milk and finally yesterday he got put on aptamil pepti 1, but last night he was crying in so much pain farting and did an awful diarrhoea poo, he was just full of wind I felt awful seeing him like that and he’s also only taking 2oz every 3/4 hours which really worries me.. he was previously on hipp organic and he was alot more content on this milk and usually drank 3-4oz every 2/3 hours, I know they say to give it a chance but my gut is telling me differently

I guess what I’m asking is, is it possible for my baby to have silent reflux, eczema and the odd occasion of mucous in his poo but not have CMPA? My gut is telling me to just put him back on hipp organic tbh or to try a goats milk

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Hey! I’m wondering the same about my daughter. Now 7 months old. We’ve used goats milk and she’s been absolutely fine now and I’m reintroducing milk into both our diet slowly. Slowly mainly because regardless neither of us have had it for months!

Hi, we went through the exact same and trialling for 6 weeks it was a waste and horrible. My baby suffered, and i, only to find out that goats milk was the solution.
You know your baby best said a dietician at hospital you are with them day night we just see them for a few mins you know what is right and wrong. That's all i needed, and i changed without telling any gp or doctor, and it's been the best so far. Good luck x

We’ve been in a similar-ish position. My son had suspected CMPA around a month old - green mucousy poops, silent reflux, really gassy but otherwise no skin conditions. We saw a number of HVs and GPs and all gave different opinions as to whether it’s CMPA. He’s ebf so I went dairy free for 2 months but it didn’t make much difference so I went back to including dairy in my diet. He seemed ok the following months with random bouts of green mucousy poop and bad gas which would last a few days at a time. We’ve just started solids and I’m planning to introduce dairy slowly. We still don’t know for sure if he has CMPA and will only know once we introduce dairy to him

I’ve just had to stop giving him the pepti 1 because he was screaming in agony all last night and today and I’m not watching him go through that when he wasn’t like that on the hipp organic milk😩 I think I might just start weaning him soon and go through the different allergies then and sus it out that way, I wish they could just go something to check exactly what babies are allergic to😢 I have been really contemplating trying a goats milk but I really don’t want to mess around with his belly too much, all together he’s had 14.5 oz of the aptamil pepti so I’m hoping it will just flush through his system quickly and he won’t have to be in too much pain! I gave him a bottle with his hipp organic one not long after the other ad he was hungry but wouldn’t take to the other and he demolished 3oz of that one which is more than he’s been taking of the other x

I’ve just had to stop giving him the pepti 1 because he was screaming in agony all last night and today and I’m not watching him go through that when he wasn’t like that on the hipp organic milk😩 I think I might just start weaning him soon and go through the different allergies then and sus it out that way, I wish they could just go something to check exactly what babies are allergic to😢 it’s so hard to tell isn’t it! I feel like an awful mum not knowing what is right or wrong for him but my guy is just telling me that this milk the dr gave me is definitely not right for him and I really don’t want to go through trailing so many different milks when he wasn’t starting to settle on the hipp one, it’s just his eczema started to flare up when they prescribed me a starter pack of creams which don’t seem to work

Pepti 1 still has cows milk it’s just really broken down you will need an amino acid formula x

I’m sorry you’re going through this. I understand how stressful it can be not knowing but as others have said, you know your baby best. I would personally go with my gut and what feels right for me and baby. Every baby is so different and not everything the doctor prescribes will be right for them. I can’t comment on the eczema but I hope it all goes well with the milk and that little bubba feels better soon! xx

Im the exact same, i dont think in my gut its cmpa but ive been doing diary free for one week, and we tried nutramigen last night and he cried in pain all last night - hes never done that on milk formula. we’ve seen no improvement yet. I think i might try goats milk as the perscribed formulas are awful!

@Brooke my baby is thriving finally on goats milk, so its worth a shot x

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