Bottles & Sippies: Alimentum
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Does ALIMENTUM (Ready to Feed) Help ECZEMA?
Asked by K.A. from Seattle
on January 12, 2010
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My daughter has eczema, I breast feed and I know that the eczema is related to food allergies. I have been on a restricted diet able to eat only rice and meat with wh...
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- yOUR DAUGHTER will get plenty of vitamins from your milk regardless of your diet. They have a way of drawing what they need from you regardless of your intake. Taking ...
- I'm not familiar with alimentum. I also don't think that, if your daughter has food allergies that switching to a formula is necessarily going to help. She may be al...
- I've never used it, but my son was allergic to tons & I had ot do your diet. Ultimately, after about he was about a year old his allergies went away alittle at a time ...
Anyone Switch Their Baby to Alimentum and Have a Worse Day Before a Better Day?
Asked by A.R. from New York
on December 5, 2010
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Has anyone had a similar experience? I assumed that since Alimentum is predigested, it would not have the adjustment issues other switching of formulas would have. B...
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- My daughter was on Alimentum due to milk protein allergy. It was a life saver! But, it can take up to 2 weeks for the milk/formula to get out of their system. With ...
- I had to switch my son because in the state of NC the WIC there doesn't give Similac Advanced so the only other thing that worked for him was the Alimentium and it was...
- My daughter (now 1 year old) started Alimentum when she was 3 months old due to severe reflux and digestion issues. We had to add cereal to the formula for the reflux...
Need Help on Weaning 17 Month Old off His Bottle!!!
Asked by G.H. from Boston
on April 1, 2008
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I have a 17 month old son named gabriel and also a 3 1/2 month old named Caleb. They are both wonderful little boys and only 13 months apart! My oldest son Gabe was ...
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- Hi G.. When I transitioned my son off the bottle I gave him less and less each night. So for instance if he got 6 oz before bed monday night, I gave him 5 the next and...
- You are already doing the right thing... so very slowly when taking away the bottles. Try to give him just a little milk in a bottle and a full sippy cup at the sam...
- Hi G.: I JUST went through this with my daughter. First off, my oldest was off the bottle at 12mo, he hated it, yet he loved the paci. My daughter, who is 21mo no...
14 Mth Old Still on Bottle and Drinking Formula
Asked by N.S. from Los Angeles
on April 2, 2007
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My 14 mth old daughter is still drinking from her bottle and won't go without formula. My daughter is a very picky eater. So she won't fill up with food and I eventua...
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- What I did to wean my oldest was to slowly dilute the formula. Like I would put 7/8 formula and 1/8 milk. Then after about 4 days 6/8 formula and 2/8 milk until she ws...
- My oldest daughter who is 5 yrs old now was on the bottle till she was 18 months old.. and her teeth isnt messed up.. Have u tried the regular milk? like vitamin D? ...
- Hello, Have you tried mixing both the milks? Little by little just add more of the regular milk. Also, with one of my daughters that loved her bottle I just got fed u...
Trying to Transition to Sippy Cup
Asked by R.A. from Chicago
on February 16, 2009
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My son is 15 months and is not a good eater. He is only 18lbs and is not on the chart for weight. He has many severe allergies and cannot eat dairy, soy, wheat, oats ...
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- R. - I know ensuring babies switch to a sippy cup at 12 months is standard medical advice nowadays, but I'm not sure why (is it for the placment of the teeth?). I wou...
- both my girls were not even 18 lbs by that age. They didn't hit 18 lbs till they were 18 mos. So I totally understand your anxiety about not getting enough calories....
- Just a suggestion, but my son who is 12 months loves the NUBY sippy cups. They are a softer nipple. I have tried the hard sippy cups and he does not like them. The NUB...
Night Time Bottle
Asked by L.S. from Eugene
on June 13, 2008
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My son is bottle fed alimentum because if his reflux/colic in the first months. He's 6 months today.
My problem is that he takes a bottle every 3-4 hours.
His Sche...
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- Have you tried increasing the amount he takes at his other feedings? Try giving him 9 oz each other feeding to see if he can feel more full through the night.
- Hi Lynelle, there is no need for a "cold turkey" methods here. Just start diluting the 1 am bottle with water until it is just water. He will figure out that there is ...
- He is still young and may want to feed at night still. I would let him eat if he wants. My 6 mos old still wakes up at 2am to feed. Good luck!
How to Get Rid of GAS in an Infant
Asked by S.S. from Los Angeles
on June 14, 2008
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Does anyone have an ideas how to get rid of GAS? My daughter is only 1 month old, and has gas so bad, that she cries after she eats. I've tried rubbing her stomach, my...
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- We did all the same stuff as Christi H below including the Gripe Water and bicycle motion. It did relieve the gas. There is a chiropractor in town who specializes in...
- There is a product called Happi Tummi that I found for my daughter and it works amazingly well. http://www.happitummi.com/ Its a wrap for her tummy that has an herba...
- Hi, S.. When my kids were babies and got gas, the pharmacist gave me elixer of catnip and fennel. It relieved them right away. Admittedly that was a few years ago, b...
Baby Is Extremely Fussy, Very Restless and Refuses to Sleep Without Bottle .
Asked by M.L. from Louisville
on March 30, 2009
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My 10 week old granddaughter is an extremely restless and fussy baby. She is constantly kicking and moving and crying or fussing. I am not exaggerating , there is hard...
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- Hi M.. I'm so sorry you guys are having such a tough time, I went through a similar situation with my daughter who will be two this week. You mentioned reflux, has s...
- Have you talked to the pediatrician about it? I wonder if the reflux meds are not working. My son is 12 weeks and also has reflux we tried him on Zantac which did not ...
- Hi M. God bless you both. I would be at the end of my rope also! Could it possibly be that maybe she is hungry? Have you tried giving her some real food yet? T...
Getting 13 Month Old to like Whole Milk and off Bottles
Asked by K.G. from Chicago
on February 3, 2008
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Hi! I am wondering if anyone else had trouble getting their baby to like milk? I have been trying what my ped told me to do - place a sippy of milk and a sippy of wa...
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- Try other variations. Goat milk is closest to breast milk and is always well tolerated by babies' tummies. Soy, rice, almond, etc...are good options for protein but ...
- I used to add some vanilla nestle quick to our sons cup of milk, it gives it a little taste. Also Walmart has these amazing sippy cups that have a bendable silicon top...
- They say that Milk before bed is bad for their teeth. After dinner we just give water. My 3 year old still takes a cup of water to bed. She sets it next to her bed.
Transitioning to Milk
Asked by D.B. from Pittsfield
on July 7, 2008
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I feel like it has been heaven the last two months. We started my baby on ALimentum formula and she stopped spitting up, finally she's no longer uncomfortable after a ...
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- I don't know why milk is so important. There are lots of ways to get the same nutrients. As I heard once on TV, "the purpose of cow's milk is to turn a 100 pound cal...
- Hi D.. If your dr. said its okay to start going to milk than go ahead and try it. Just watch for any mood changes, gas, or other problems. I was never a huge milk dr...
- We had the same problem and I am waiting a little longer to give her milk. I tried with 3/4 formula 1/4 milk then 1/2 and 1/2 but it just doesn't agree with her stomac...
