I want to start off by saying that I have absolutely no expertise in this area, other than that my DS vommitted constantly from the time he was about 4 weeks until he was 6 months. There was absolutely no explanation for it. We literally could not pick him up without a spew cloth on our shoulders. Even when it was time for the next feed, he was still vomiting.
But, just from what you've said, it seems to me that your Paed is suggesting pretty drastic intervention. Especially for a baby that is in the 50th percentile and from what you're saying is still having some good weight gains.
If he wasn't showing any signs of pain or discomfort I would be saying let it go for a few more months, the vomiting may sort itself out. But he is in discomfort. If it was me in your shoes I would be looking at other less drastic forms of intervention. I know people who have remarkable improvements with reflux and colic by taking their bubs to an osteopath. And even simple things like the Brauers colic relief have been known to work wonders.
To me hospitalisation and a NGT seems totally unnecessary. I would be trying every possible natural form of intervention first. Unless of course he was loosing weight at a drastic pace or there were definitive reasons for real concern.
DS2 has had one week with an actual loss (of 40g) and generally has been gaining slowly (other than last week where he appeared to put on 400g!). Since last weigh's results showed a 400g improvement I am less worried about weight loss now! Maybe it was just taking a while for his new prescription formula to make a difference. Today he's been feeding 2 hourly and taking about 130ml! So perhaps we are on track for another big gain!
HotI Interesting to hear that you say your DD has dropped down the charts too. The GP said it was a concern if DS2 dropped below the 75% as it would mean he would have dropped through 3 percentile lines (through the 99%, 97% and 75%).
Double trouble - He is on a prescription formula called Neocate for a cows milk protein allergy. It is pretty much impossible to be allergic to this one and it is the easiest to digest. So we are already on the best formula for him. Thank you though. Is your DD formula fed? Are you worried about the infrequent poos or not?
MissE - yes! We go through heaps of bibs each day and multiple outfits for DS2! And he does that same - vomiting even hours after his last feed! We just got him a bumbo today as another way of keeping him upright. He seemed to like it - he has very good head control.
I think I will hold off on seeing the feeding team for a while - particularly given that he's gained so much last week. I also think that if we do go back to the paed we will take him to a different one!
Thanks for the suggestion of the oesto. We did take him to a chiro in the first few weeks of life. To be honest, I am a little sceptical that they work and also they are quite expensive - we only get 50% on our PHI.
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