Alexa is now two weeks old; she had been a little fussy at night and likes to stay up a lot at night or wake up every hour to eat. Then, all of a sudden, she was screaming incessantly in pain.
It was immediately obvious to Tim and to me that she is not tolerating her the milk protein in her formula, even though we started her out on lactose free. We called the dr at 3:00 a.m. and switched her to the expensive formula, Nutramigen, that JoElle was also on. Her dr calls it "liquid gold" b/c one small can costs $26 ( a large can of other formula costs $21-23).
Sunday night was not any better, Alexa screamed all night and I had to hold her the entire time. I got about 2 hours of sleep, not all at once.
The Dr. informed us on Monday at Alexa's 2 week visit that it can take up to two weeks for her to get back to normal because the lining of her stomach was stripped away and it will need time to reform. It's going to be a long two weeks, Tim goes back to work on Tuesday.
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