omg!! do you think this is going to work??

i posted about 2-3 weeks ago about my newborn being such a nightmare..i thought she was colic and dr said it was too early but anything was possible..i tried everything the dr said and now its been the same...A NIGHTMARE..i called dr. again and he said ok we will try and switch formula to a soy base..do you think this is my answer?? alexandra is so gassy and she wakes herself up in pain..its such a horrible 4 weeks of her life..its getting me so down..i thought newborns eat sleep poop and cry a little..my newborn has cried cried cried.. has this happened to anyone and has switching formula helped? thanks for reading

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I hope it works

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Rachel , prncssrachel, had lot of issues with poor Ava and tried different formulas...maybe she can help...

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Posted by mommy2bellabean

Rachel , prncssrachel, had lot of issues with poor Ava and tried different formulas...maybe she can help...

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I just FM-ed you alex7-2

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My DD is 7.5 weeks old and she is having colic bouts. The dr just recommended soy formula for her. I started it 2 days ago - no change yet but the dr said it could take up to a week to improve. DD is very gassy, fussy and spits up a lot - this is why he wants us to try the soy. Also, I needed soy as achild - they say it could be genetic.

I hope it helps - for both of our sakes!!

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Ok, but what I don't get about recommending soy for a baby who's gassy is the fact that soy formulas can make a baby's gas worse from what I've read. So odd.

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worse??? Rach! where did you read that? the bottle of formula says especially for gassy fussy babies...

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Soy formula did wonders for Patrick. It made him a happier baby!!

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We had to switch a few times. We went from Enfamil Lipil to Prosobee (which made things worse for us) to Gentlease, which was our magic formula.

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My DS was very difficult early on also. He was very gassy and was in a tremendous amount of pain all the time. He needed to be held to ease the pain or else he would scream. I was breastfeeding, so I have no suggestions on formula, but wanted to add that his stomach problems straightened themself out and he is now very happy. I know this isn't the case for a lot of babies, but for DS, he just needed his stomach to mature.

Good Luck!!