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November 24, 2007 at 9:59 pm #45737

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Hello everyone. I am new here, but have been reading your messages for a few weeks. My daughter has been diagnosed with mspi and acid reflux. Her GI put her on neocate 3 weeks ago and then 15mg or prevacid 1 week ago. We are still having constant night wakenings (usually every 1/2 hour). Sometimes I just let her sleep on me in the recliner.

I noticed around the time we started the neocate that my daughter is constantly rubbing and itching her face. Is this related in any way to the acid or the milk allergy? She does have some ezcema on her arms and tummy, but I don’t see any on her face.

Thanks for all of your help.

Jennifer

November 25, 2007 at 2:42 pm #45755

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Itching and excema are often symptoms of an allergy, but one would think the neocate would clear that up. I know of at least one mom on here whose little one couldn’t handle the neocate because of a corn syrup allergy. I can’t remember what they ended up doing, but I know that neocate does contain this. I would ask the pediatrician or GI, especially if it gets worse. Of course , it could just be dry skin!!

Also, my son sometimes will rub his face after he refluxes.. not sure if he can feel it shooting up into his sinuses and it bothers him, but maybe this is what is happening?

How old is your dd? Is she on any other foods that could be causing it?

Bensmama2007-11-25 14:43:03

November 25, 2007 at 3:21 pm #45757

Anonymous
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Thanks for your reply. My daughter is 5 1/2 months and only on formula. Her GI said no solids for a while due to a bad reaction to rice cereal (she had bowel movements that were completely filled with blood, no stool).

I thought that by now the milk proteins would be out of her body, if it is related to the mspi (It’s been 2 solid weeks of neocate).

I was just wondering if anyone had a little one with this symptom. My guesses were also dry skin, teething, mspi, or somehow related to the acid reflux. Its just that we are getting so little sleep as it is, and this is causing her to wake up even more as she is constantly itching/rubbing her face and knocking her pacifier out of her mouth.

Thanks so much.

Jennifer

November 25, 2007 at 3:21 pm #45758

hellbennt
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welcome!

this link might be helpful?

Allergic to corn- ie no neocate: https://www.infantreflux.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9319&PID=81148#81148

I hope it’s not the corn in the neocate…this reflux stuff can be so exasperating!

November 25, 2007 at 3:56 pm #45760

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Thanks for this link. I will be talking with the GI tomorrow and hopefully get her prevacid dose increased to the one recommended on marci-kids. I hope this isn’t a corn allergy. Also my babies poop is black and tarry like the other mother’s baby on this link. I also thought this was normal for neocate. So now I am off to research colitis.
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