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Hi all,
Need some help. I'm just in a quandry. Some of you might remember I have
a Foster Daughter who I went dairy/gluten free about 2 years ago.
She kept losing weight and losing weight ... I could not make a home made
'formula' that worked for her and got her all she needed nutritionally.
So we went to a Ped GI (a whole nother story!) who put her eventually on
Pregestimil which is a pre digested milk. It's the best but she still
reacts to it a bit. But staying healthy on it. Just congested a lot plays
with the mucus in the back of her throat after every bottle.
Anyway ... this stuff is $22 a can (darn near a can a day!) ... so I've
been anxious to get an alternative for her.
Way back when she first came to us she projectile vomited soy so we did not
try that again. Well about 6 weeks or so ago I started very quietly adding
soy to her bottle. Had it up to 1 to 1 when her ears started. Has not had
an ear infection that required antibiotics for almost a year and a half.
At the end of the second round of antibiotics it hit me it was probably the
soy.
Then we had to do a third round. *sigh*
She's OFF soy ... back on the high dollar Progestimil.
I need a formula that is not milk and not soy. Does anyone know of one? I
have exhausted all my sources but thought I'd check here. Again I tried to
make my own but she's got some kind of malabsorbtion problem. I HAVE to
supplement what little she will eat by mouth for calories and nutrients.
She's currently getting over 2,000 calories a day and is just at 30 lbs at
4 years. It's all I can do to keep her weight up at that.
I'd like to try goats milk but cannot until the adoption is final. :)
Any suggestions?
HELP!
Love,
Amy
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