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Hi,

Our LO is 2 weeks today. I breastfed for the first 5 days but introduced formula for night time feeds from day 2, as LO was an extremely hungry baby and the breast just did not seem to be enough, and I was exhausted from the constant feeds and suffered from very sore nipples.

We decided to move onto full time formula and have been using SMA. We have been feeding him pretty much on demand, which works out at about 7/8 feeds in 24hrs, ranging in amounts although nearly almost the full recommended amount for most feeds.

LO had a pretty traumatic birth with a ventouse attempt which failed then an attempt with forceps which was horrific as they could only get one in, so this was aborted and we went back to ventous which was successful. The end result was LO had a swollen eye and a gash above the eye from the forceps. He was very unsettled for the first few days - to be expected. We have also taken him to see a cranial osteopath as recommended by our midwife, which seems to have helped settle him a little.

However, he still remains grouchy, even after a feed. Sometimes it will seem to knock him out and he will settle/sleep if on us but we cannot put him down in his moses basket unless he is completely out of it. He rarely has awake time where he seems settled and usually just crys for his feeds. The last two nights in particular he has had his feeds, been winded and then put down and although not necessarily crying, he is making noises such as 'aahh' and wriggles/lifts his legs and throws his arms around, as if uncomfortable.

When we mentioned this to our health visitor, she said that she is aware that lots of babies have been grouchy on SMA and we should perhaps consider changing to another formula. I have friends that use Aptamil and although their babies seem settled, they have had problems with wind on Aptamil and now seem to be on infacol before each feed.

Has anybody else heard of problems with SMA? What are the effects of chaning formula? I am concerned that if we change him, it will upset his tummy but at the same time, I wonder whether he is having problems with SMA anyway????

Your advice is much appreciate xx


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