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Typing is tough when you are holding a screaming infant that needs to be constantly in motion. :)
Not to mention that I have one ear to the radio listening to all the flood info. I feel so bad that I can not be out there helping sandbag. All the info is very worrisome.
So Jonah was started on Alimentum on Tuesday which is a hypoallergenic formula. The milk proteins are totally broken down. But I do believe that it has full lactose. The formula that we have been on since he came home from the hospital is "gentlease". It has partially broken down milk proteins and also 1/5 the lactose that normal formula has.
He has been pretty fussy since we switched, except about a 2 hour time block yesterday morning in which he was really smiley and happy to play with his toys.
I called the pediatrician's office and they suggested trying to stick it out on this formula and that perhaps he is doing something like "detoxing" from the milk proteins. Evidently you have to stick with a formula for at least 2 weeks to see the difference. So, I went to target to stock up on this super spendy stuff (thank goodness for all the gift cards that we got for shower gifts). Also, I picked up 2 different kinds of bottles. They told me it most likely wouldn't make much of a difference, but hey, it's worth a shot right? And of course it could just be plain old colic. But, I feel like we owe it to Jonah to try what we can, so that we can say we explored all options before we call it just plain colic.
So thanks to all the thoughts and prayers...it has been tough, but this too shall pass.