Rashes, again!

Baby R's rashes came back this evening. I am now quite certain it is because of the S-26 formula milk. 

I am not saying that S-26 causes rashes in all babies. If I am not wrong it is one of the more expensive brands of formula milk in the market and I am sure many mummies swear by it. In fact I have an ex-colleague who recommends this brand saying that her daughter refuses every other brand. 

Why am I so certain it is the formula milk that causes her rashes? Monday evening at 7pm she had a bottle of formula milk for the first time of the day. I usually feed her breastmilk but I heard from some mummies formula milk is more filling and can let her sleep through the night. It is time to introduce her formula milk anyway as I am slowly weaning breastfeeding off. At 8pm her rashes surfaced. However the doctor we visited told us it was unlikely that the formula milk was the cause as rashes is common in babies and the cause could be anything, eg dust. He also reassured me to continue feeding her the formula milk. 

Yesterday I followed the same routine and fed her formula milk only just before her bedtime, at 7.30pm, against my instinct. This time round I was at my mum's place. And exactly one hour later at 8.30pm, her rashes surfaced all over the body and twice the amount as of the first night. She cried badly and this time round, it was my mum whose heart ached for her. Haha. Somehow, somehow, I was prepared and actually expecting a rebound. Don't ask why, maybe it was an instinct. 

The rashes, unlike the first night's, seemed uncomfortable and itchy as she tried to scratch her face and hands. As she could not scratch well, she ended up hitting herself most of the time with much frustration. We had to force-feed her another dosage of medicine deapite her resisting screams, therefore choking herself twice. Coaxing her to sleep is needless to say, more difficult than usual. 

Luckily she recovered fully by this morning, just like yesterday. Both rashes occured within an hour of feeding although at different places. I cannot think of any other possible cause. It ia unlikely that it is caused by Nestle Cerelac brown rice cereal we give her twice a day as she has been taking it for a week. I will have to stop feeding her S-26 and monitor her condition tonight. As this is the only brand of sample recieved so far, I can only feed her breastmilk until i recieve the others. 

Let's hope I can supply sufficient milk. Rashes. Be. Gone!