My dd vomitted and had the runs all the time I breast fed.She was diagnosed as intolerent by the paed and with reflux by the gp. Now looking back I`m not convinced of the reflux diagnosis nevertheless I do have experience of using various formulas. apparently HA formulas are always used as a first line before any lactose free, goat or soy versions as the lactose is partially broken down which is supposed to be most appropriate for intolerence as opposed to the latter for allergy. I used the plain HA-AR formula as opposed to gold which wasn`t available at the time. I wondered if the gold variety might be quite rich if the problems hadn`t occurred with the organic brand.
Due to constipation, I changed the routine to just HA in the daytime and HAAR at night.My theory being that dd was more likely to throw up whilst laying down if it was reflux. At 7 months after weaning onto solid and one or two prolonged episodes of gut problems i started dd on gold follow on normal formula and fingers crossed it`s working so far. She has always been an erratic feeder ie) whole bottle one time half next and sometimes a quarter if really distracted and excitable. I try not to worry about this and so long as she is otherwise healthy it`s okay.
As far as reflux is concerned, the paeds in my area tend not to like to diagnose reflux and in turn do not treat it.Some gps however will treat with meds sometimes zantac sometimes PPI drugs like losec.My dd hated the meds and they were an absolute nightmare to give her. They appeared to work in the short term but the formula feed really seemed to make a huge difference and I eventually told the gp I was stopping the meds.
I felt really bad for ceasing breastfeeding but now I look back and think that I did what I had to do to keep my dd healthy.