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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP with the long second post (and the bad deliver company, and the reflux suggestion), my child outgrew all his intolerances, but not before he stopped needing infant formula.  We started reintroducing foods that he had reacted to when he started eating by mouth, around 15 months, but never changed his formula, so as the proportion of "real" food went up and and formula went down he gradually increased the quantities of the foods he had previously reacted too.

By 2 he was off all formula and didn't react to anything.  I should note that my kid's reactions were definitely "intolerance" and not "allergy" though and caused severe reflux and constipation, and secondary respiratory problems.  [/quote]

Different poster with a question for you. My DS is 17 weeks and has reflux and constipation. Did both improve with the change in diet and formula? I have reduced nuts and dairy with some noticable improvement. DS is currently on Good Start per ped GI (tried Nutramigen and he refused the bottle) for one bottle per day. I have noticed an increase in spit up since moving to Good Start and don't know what to try next. I am an EPer and want to get off the pump, but only if I can find a formula that DS can tolerate. Also, what did you give your DC for constipation? We have used glycerine suppositories and MoM. Thanks![/quote]

My child is a teenager now, so meds have definitely changed.  My son was on a reflux med that has since been recalled (Propulsid) and zantac, meds like Prilosec were just coming out as he was weaning off so we never tried them.  He had a horrible reaction to Reglan.  Nutramigen definitely helped, but nothing fixed the problem until we went with the feeding tube.  However that's really a last ditch solution for kids who either completely refuse to eat, or, like mine, have major respiratory problems from the reflux.

I also want to agree with the silent reflux poster.  I think my kid has thrown up maybe 5 times in his life.  He was never a spitter.  Of course the fact that he was swallowing it down probably contributed to the aspiration and breathing issues.

As far as the constipation, we did glycerine suppositories when he was miserable, and then went to daily MoM. I was really worried he'd get addicted, but he was off the MoM by 3 and has had over 10 years without issue so I'm pretty sure we avoided that.[/quote]

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