Has anyone's baby had any problems with dha/ara in the infant formula?Hi, I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with the dha/ara in infant formula. My child has been having digestive issues since about 2-3 weeks old. She was breastfed in the beginning, but my milk never came in fully despite my desperate efforts :( So, we started her on formula. She has been having gas, gas pains, screaming, etc with just about every feed. She is pretty much miserable after just about every feed. We have been to two different doctors multiple times. She was diagnosed with acid reflux - we have tried two different meds - we currently have her on prevacid, but haven't really noticed a huge help. We have tried her on just about every formula made I think - regular milk based, lacto-free, sensitive, gentle ease, soy, alimentum, and nutramigen - all with the same results (and we are giving her time on each formula). She will do good for a few days, then all the symptoms always return. Then the Dr. said she is having gastric spasms and gave us Levsin drops. They don't seem to help that much though and I don't really like the thought of having to medicate my child just to feed her. The Dr. said that she doesn't think the baby is allergic to milk or soy because the hypoallergenic formulas would have worked on her, and she doesn't think that it is any malabsorption problems because she is gaining weight good. The other Dr. we saw said that he thinks that it might be something (a particular ingredient) in the formula that she has problems with. Out of ALL the formulas we have tried, the common ingredient is that they ALL have dha/ara. I am wondering if anyone has any input on these ingredients - I know they are supposed to be good for development, but I have heard of infants unable to tolerate them. We have an appt to see a GI specialist but the first available appt wasn't until May 20th, so in the meantime I'm just trying to get opinons on whether or not I should try the non dha/ara formula? Please help!!!!!
The Dr. has told us to switch the formulas - we didn't start switching formulas until after all the digestive symptoms appeared.
Posted by siksikboom
They never bothered either of my children but the fact that you have tried numerous formulas over such a short period of time sticks out to me. Did the dr. tell you to do that? I have always been told that switching formula can cause digestive issues and if that's true your poor baby's stomach has just been bombarded. Just commiting to one formula and giving baby some time to get used to it could maybe help. Good luck.
Posted by My3Boys
I tried the Omega 3 and DHA/ARA formula with my second - wow, he did not tolerate them well at all. Went back to a basic formula and he was fine.
Posted by CaffeLatte
This woman seemed to have the same issue as you!
http://community.babycenter.com/talk/a2232895/dha_sensitivity
I do know DHA is derived from fish oil. So if your baby is somehow allergic to fish or fish oil, this could be causing the problem.
Posted by Brenda
You really need to talk to the doctor about the milk.Every child is not alike. My baby had to drink whole milk When she was 6 months old. Because baby milk wasn't doing her any good. Check with you doctor.
Posted by Nurse JC
Okay - I am going to post this and I know that I am going to get some thumbs down. Oh well
The DHA/ARA in the formula is still be evaluated. The FDA agreed to allow the formula companies to add this to their formula and put it on the market only if they continued to test it. There initial test of the DHA/ARA was a very small sample. These formula companies are suppose to be reporting abd. problems (diarrhea, gas, fussiness, ect) but parents are aware of the possibilities. So the parents aren't reporting it so the company isn't reporting it. There should be a label on the formula that says if your child has -------- please call -----.
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qa-inf20.html
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/qa-infq.html
http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/nutrition/a/dha_ara.htm
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