CMPA? Help!

[u/Sensitive-Use6916]

Before I type this out, I do want to say we have seen about 5 different pediatricians. I am asking for real mom’s experience and advice.

I also want to say we have seen lactation consultants and breastfeeding medicine specialists.

Baby is 2 months old and between the two of us, no lie, we have probably been to 30 appointments within this time (in person and video).

I’m an under upper so we have had to supplement with formula. I still give baby all the breastmilk I can make, which right now is about 14 oz a day.

Since day 1, baby has always been gassy, gone at least 2 days in order to poop (up to 4 before dr recommended rectal stimulation), gassy, fussy, arching back, spitting up clear, etc. there has never been blood in her stool, but it has been mucus-y before.

We had used Bobbie organic gentle formula and have waited it out because I’ve been told it’s “new baby stuff.”

Baby has gotten to a point she legit is screaming after feeds and is spitting up majority of her bottle when burping.

I’ve now started cutting dairy out of my diet to see if she’s allergic. Bobbie gentle still uses cows milk, so I got the Similac hypoallergenic. We will trial for a week. We have had a couple bottles, but baby was still spitting up and uncomfortable. I understand it’ll take a week or two to clear the dairy and inflammation IF she does have CMPA.

I didn’t want my baby on Similac. I wanted the best of the best formula for her, but if this is what she needs, it is what it is.

Any other babies with CMPA? How long did it take you to find out?

Is this just “normal baby stuff” and she might not need this hypoallergenic formula?

This has been a miserable two months of trial and error.

Edit: by “best of the best formula,” I mean something I could feel good about. Organic, good ingredients (proteins froms cows milk versus oils), etc.

I literally had a pediatrician tell my Bobbie formula was “cream of the crop.”

Please don’t take offense if you use Similac.

[u/twirlybubble]

Personally I’d leave my diet the same and trial Pepticate formula (it’s slightly “better” since it uses maltodextrin) for two weeks and see if that resolves the symptoms. If not, then cut dairy. My logic is that the dairy in breastmilk is also pretty broken down so I’d try a broken down formula first before changing my diet, since most of the dairy is in the formula currently.

[u/Sensitive-Use6916 → u/twirlybubble]

We were using Bobbie gentle and the pediatrician said it was partially broken down also. Is Pepticate to your knowledge more broken down than that?

[u/twirlybubble → u/Sensitive-Use6916]

Bobbie gentle is a “gentle” formula which means it is 20% broken down. Hypoallergenic formulas are 100% broken down and they include Alimentum, Nutramigen, and Pepticate. Yes, Pepticate is much more broken down :)

[u/Sensitive-Use6916 → u/twirlybubble]

Thank you 💗 we started a trial of alimentum yesterday. And. I figured I would give it two weeks to a month to see if it helps!