colic.

Just out of curiousity...my doc changed our daughter's formula to the enfamil nutragemin(sp?) the soy formula wed....he said she has the colic and that by changing the formula might be easier for her to digest....he than told me that if this did not work in a week (he said it would take a couple of days for the old formula to get out of her system) he would prescribe her some drops...do you know what these drops are?..both sides of our family think they are paraguart(sp?)....the same ped. doc that we use did our prenatal class and said that since it was made from opium they no longer prescribe that to infants(this was a few months back in class I heard this ...I was still pregnant)..so I was curious if anybody else had drops prescribed and what they were..cause this formula is not working...we are taking her back to the doc monday...and just curious...I really dont understand why we couldn't have just went straight to them..she is obviously in pain when these fits hit....it just breaks are heart....makes me want to cry with her

Well I called the peds office today..since my normal peds doc is not there today..the nurse said it was unlikely the doc on duty today would rec. anything other than what our doc rec...due to never seeing her before. They advised me to call back tom. and ask my doc what to do next..that he may could call something in over the phone so I want have to bring her in. I agree I think it does have a bit to do with acid reflux..we just got finished reading an article on it in one of our parenting mags this month. She has been gagging in her sleep, she is constantly smacking, she is spitting up alot, she does not like to lay flat on her back..and she has the hiccups alot. He did say that the gagging sounded like a bit of reflux..but, it was left at that. As for taking her to a back doc. I am not sure if our insur. covers that. Right now I have her sleeping...the constant movement of her swing is doing wonders! She has already had two crying fits today....I guess I will know more tom. But, was just curious on what treatments are avail....I have been giving her mylicon..which use to work great! A matter of fact I wrote for coupons and such..but, here lately it doesn't even seem to help at all...I just feel sorry for her..we have been giving her lots of attention and trying everything we can...she does manage to calm down for a bit here and there and she is just Lilly..but then she is right back to hurting.

Thank you for the links I will def. check them out...I contacted the doc again yesterday and explained that the new formula is not working. He switched her back to her old formula(all this switching has made her tummy a wreck) They called her in some drops, as promised. They are called Hyoscyamine sulfate oral solution...I am typing this off the box. They do seem to be helping..somewhat. The nurse advised us that not to give them to her every four hours as suggested on the box..just when she hurts...I read the info that comes with it from the pharmacy and it said it was for stomach spasms...and it might make her sleepy. We gave her one dose late last night after she cried non stop for over thirty minutes...her usual colic fit(which can last WAY longer). At first she was a bit more fussy for a little while...then we put her in the swing after rocking her and she was fine...she went to sleep, then we put her in bed...when we went to bed a little after twelve....she slept til 6:30 this morning only crying once for her binky. While I am glad she finally got some relief and much needed rest...as well as hubby and I to...I still feel bad for her...all the things I heard about a mother's love before I even was pregnant is so true.