Abigail has Thrush and possible food allergies

I meant to say this last night, and even a few days ago after I took her to the doctor on Tuesday. Whoops! The nurse practioner stated she was concerned for the amount of formula she was taking in now, and how suddenly it went down. That's when we found out she has a little bit of thrush, which I guess, is a type of yeast infection. I have to give her some nystatin stuff via an eye dropper four times a day, and it has to be AFTER a bottle. I guess so it doesn't get washed away. Well, she's not too keen on the medicine, but the nurse I spoke to over the phone told me it's okay if she spits it out or swallows it .. as long as it coats the infected area. That's a relief I suppose. You can tell it's irritating her, and she makes a clicking sound in the back of her throat as if she's trying to scratch it. It's rather cute, I must say.

The Nurse practioner also mentioned that she could have food allergies, and ut her on Similac Alimentum. It ha no soy nd no cows milk in it, so if she DOES have food allergies, this will clearly fix the problem. However, there's a kicker. This Alimentum formula does not have a generic, and is the most expensive out there on the market. a small 16oz tin is $27.99! What a kicker! However, I spoke to a nurse yesterday to ask about generics or a cheaper version, and she told me that they would give us two more sample tins of it, and when we were done with them, to try her on Similac Sensitive, and see if she tolerates that. If not, then we're back to Alimentum. If she does well on Sensitive, we can try and wean her back to the regular Advance early shield we had her on. There's a chance that she's just not eating much due to the thrush, and there's no need to swap formulas .. we're two two different treatments at once, which at the time, I was okay with. As long as she was feeling better and eating he normal amount. But now that we are putting her on different formulas, I'm not liking it much. I have samples of the formulas we're putitng her on, which is nice, that we don't have to pay for them, but still. I'm going to be finishing this one can of Alimentum and put her back on the Advance formula, and wait for the thrush to go away. I think once the thrush is taken care of, we'll find out for sure if she has any possible food allergies. She's tolerated the Advance until now, so I don't think that's the problem. I could be wrong though, as I'm not a medical professinal. We'll just have to wait and see.