8 week old baby screaming and choking questing

[hahahavefun]

I have my 8 week old grandaughter living with me and we're having episodes of where she starts screaming and won't stop then starts choking , seems to have trouble bringing up whatever it is a couple of times its been phlegmy stuff and ine one occassion she stopped breathing .
She has been in hospital for this and after blood test , chest xrays and head scan nothing shows up .
We've had another 2 episodes of this in the last 2 days and we had ambulance out yesterday to check her and all vitals we're good . He reckons its normal 😕 and babies can stop breathing for a few seconds .

I still feel very uncomfortable with this and its quite upsetting and very nerve racking when bubby does this .
She is not and has never been a spewy baby .

Has anyone ever gone through this before ?

I myself have had 3 kids and never experienced anything like it .

[hahahavefun]

Mum and dad also live with me and between the 3 of us we are also watching her even when she is asleep .

While in hospital she was in the pediatrics ward .

[davidc4430]

i think you need an apontment with a GP to get a referral to a speacialist.

this forum isnt IMO the place for medical advice, particularly involving an 8 week old baby.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Sounds incredibly frightnening and upsetting, poor little mite.

[hahahavefun]

Davidc4430
I wasn't asking for medical advice we have had this , my opening post shows she has been in hospital and had tests done .
I was asking if anyone else had been through this . I also stated paramedic reckons its very common in babies .

[springyzone]

Righto, I have been through something similar.

My daughter was born with oesophageal atresia, which basically is an incomplete gullet. She spent her first few months in hospital having surgery but she did temporarily come home at 6 weeks after the first surgery.

We had this exact same scenario-choke, turn blue-ambulance a couple of times.

Let me say one thing here-be assertive, take no notice of what the medical staff may try to fob you off with. I too was told it is normal for babies to choke a little bit.

On my daughter's second ambulance trip into the old Queen Vic in 48 hours, she was under observation and they were going to send her home the next morning when i decided to feed her.

Now this is all over 30 years ago and they wanted me to go feed in a little private feeding room. I refused and fed her at the cot, which was next to the nurses' station. Even though it was visiting hours.

A student doctor came to interview me about my daughter and was there.

My daughter started to choke & before I knew it, about 30 medical staff were there to resuscitate.

Next day, a professor asked me if I realised how serious this stopping breathing was.

I replied yes, that's why i had called an ambulance, twice!!

I'm sorry to have been so detailed here but one thing I learnt is medical staff are like Thomas the apostle-they won't believe till they see it for themselves.

I could tell you other tales but suffice to say-if you are scared, if you think there is a problem, then there most definitely is.

You are the experts, you're the onesw who see the baby all the time.

Be assertive. I wasn't.

My daughter had developed extreme reflux and ended up having to have another op for that.

* You can hire apnoea mats. I had one. These are small mats that fit in a cot or bassinet, they connect to electricity rather like an electric blanket and they set off an alwarm if the child stops breathing.

They are normally set on about 15 seconds, which means they won't start up the alarm till after 15 seconds of not breathing.

You talk to the doctor and ask for one. The hospitals have them, they sent me home with one on hire.

Good luck, I know how scary it is. Stand your ground, there is a problem. It is not normal but they won't believe it till they see it or you make it very clear.

Next time, start counting so you know how many seconds an episode lasts.

Also, ask that they check for CF.

PS Just to add, my daughter survived and now has 2 children of her own, so there is light at the end of the tunnel but do get help asap.

[hahahavefun]

Thankyou for that info muchly appreciated.

My gut feeling tells me there is something going on that they havent checked .
Being a weekend we cant get in to our GP but will be going this week , i want a specialist referal and whatever tests to be done be done .

Not good on the nerves for all when it does happen .

[hahahavefun]

Update
Have been back to our Doctor and he told us to try infant gaviscon first to see if that works and also gave us a referral to a specialist.
Since having the gaviscon what a different bubby we have .😊