Hypoallergenic: Gerber
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Have a Question About a Baby with a Milk Allergy
Asked by M.S. from Norfolk
on November 12, 2007
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My baby has been diagnosed as having a milk allergy so I've switched to feeding him soy based formula. His stools were bloody and I was just wondering when I should s...
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- Both of my children were soy babies. My Bella is 8 months old and Zach is 6yr old. Neither one of them ever had bloody stools. Did the doctor say that was normal or in...
- I don't know anything about the formula but for the diaper rash use Vaseline.
- My son had the same problem and I ended up switching to Alimentum because he couldn't handle the soy either. If you don't see an improvement in a week or so, I would ...
Toddler Formula?
Asked by A.P. from Portland
on September 16, 2010
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My daughter is 14 months old, I keep seeing commercials and adds for toddler formula, wondering if anyone has tried it and if I should give it to my daughter. Im a fir...
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- My 13 month old drinks the toddler formula now. I tried to switch her to milk and she just didnt tollerate it well at all. She broke out in a rash, was vomiting and ha...
- Everything I've heard about it is that it is basically an attempt by the formula manufacturers to get more money from parents and capture a slightly older group of cus...
- Around a year old, my daughter change to whole milk. I tried adding the toddler formula, but she refused it flat. Thankfully, I wasn't out any money. I had received a ...
Formula W/cereal?
Asked by D.R. from Phoenix
on August 11, 2008
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I'm just starting my 5 1/2 month old on solids, beginning with rice cereal. I was really wanting to only use breast milk to mix in with the cereal but I'm just findin...
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- Any formula is fine, as long as they don't have allergies and need a soy formula. It's really not that hard...mix the cereal and feed it to them. Very easy. Not unders...
- D., I commend you for breast feeding, it can be a hard and yet such rewarding experience for you and your baby. As far as the best milk to use as a suppliment, I wou...
- I began using formula for both my daughters cereal to also help them get used to the formula taste for when I needed them to take a bottle (I couldn't pump anything). ...
New to Formula
Asked by J.K. from Birmingham
on December 8, 2006
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I am a SAHM of 3. My youngest is 7 months old. I have breastfed them all, and very proud of that fact. However here is the problem. I was just told I am to have surger...
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- I don't need to know why, but are you sure that the docotors didn't say that you couldn't breastfeed before and after the surgery. If that's the case you can just pum...
- Hello When you have surgery you can pump and throw it away. Start using the bottle right way Avent is great to use for breast fed babies. I use the Similac form of fo...
- I stopped producing milk at 7 mos with my son so I was kind of in the same boat. We use Good Start w/DHA & ARA (those ingredients that are so important in breastmilk. ...
Milk Protein Allergy?
Asked by K.V. from Philadelphia
on March 29, 2008
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Yesterday I fed my 3 1/2 month old a bottle of formula for the first time. After 2 oz., the area around his mouth became blotchy and his cry sounded hoarse. I immedi...
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- My son, now 2 1/2, also has an allergy to milk protein. He too had trouble with formula but he was not diagnosed until 14 months with his food allergies. We were told ...
- My son has this allergy, along with allergies to tree nuts (peanuts, cashews, walnuts, etc), eggs, and others. I continued to breastfeed him until just two weeks ago (...
- We too have a son with a milk allergy. He started getting a reaction around his mouth when I added formula to his cereal at about 5 months. He would get red where it...
Is It an Allergy Rash, Hypersensitivity or What???
Asked by A.G. from San Francisco
on May 30, 2008
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Hello ladies: I have a 61/2 mos old boy and I'm very concern. He has developed a terrible rash, on his little butt that at this point I'm not sure what it could be. It...
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- We had something similar and ended up switching diapers and diaper creams. We had always used Pampers and A&D Gold with our first daughter and had no problems. Our sec...
- A., I am not sure what to tell you about your little one's rash. However, one of my daycare providers used to use a bed sore cream on severe diaper rashes that wou...
- Hi there. I am an acupuncturist and herbalist and I specialize in the treatment of children. Rashes like this are very common & unfortunately western medicine's only ...
Cereal in Bottle??? 1St Foods Gerber?
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on November 3, 2006
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My baby just turned 5 months old and 2 weeks ago I started giving him cereal on a spoon. I only give him a few spoonfuls mainly for the purpose of development rather ...
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- Oatmeal will work from a bottle just fine. Just be certain you are getting plain oatmeal not one with fruit in it. You can open the nipple larger by clipping the ope...
- We put a little cereal in our baby's bottle at about 5 months and she liked it. We used Avent bottles and they make a special nipple for "thicker feeds". It works rea...
- I am a 29 yr. old stay at home mom with two very wonderful, lively, creative girls, 7 yrs. and 16 months old and a son on the way, who strongly disagrees with the cer...
Milk Allergy
Asked by L.B. from Little Rock
on April 15, 2009
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My son could not handle his formula when he was born. So they put him on Nutramagin. When he got on that he was wonderful. When he turned 12 months we tried putting hi...
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- My 7th son has the milk protein allergy. Search mamasource for more discussions. He is 12mos. He does tolerate Soy Milk. I feed him pasta a lot. Rice and Beans he ...
- Hi!-This is very similiar to what we went thru with my son(He's now 3). Since nursing didn't go well we tried formula only to find he was allergic and also used Nutram...
- Here's what I wrote to another mom a few weeks ago who had the same problem: Oh, you've got a lot to look forward to! As a near-vegan, I have found that what oth...
Advice on Mixing Water with Formula
Asked by S.K. from Dallas
on August 15, 2009
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My daughter has a severe milk allergy and has been on amino acid formula since she was 6 weeks old. I've been using Gerber Pure water to mix with it since I'm not sur...
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- As someone else mentioned, the BPA is only a problem with the container is heated. She said dishwasher, but don't forget it is a problem in the microwave too. If ...
- Hi! I have a son and he has a sensitive stomach, since he is 4 weeks old he is in special formula, I did not like Gerber water, I used (and still using, my son is 4 a...
- Hi S., Bottled, boiled or straight from the tap? These are just a few of the choices new moms are faced with when it comes to preparing infant formula. Which is saf...
My Son Refuses Formula
Asked by K. from Dallas
on March 11, 2006
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My 6 month old son is refusing to take formula,even when mixed with breastmilk. Any suggestions? We have tried Horizon organic formula and Good start with DHA. He ha...
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- ask your doctor about kefir. It is a "buttermilk" type probiotic drink that both of my children were on when adopted from Russia. It can be found at health food stor...
- We've used Baby's Only organic formula since my son was born (he's adopted). It says "Toddler Formula" on the can, but the company says it's good for infants as well-...
- My son had to switch to Enfamil Nutramigen from regular Enfamil and didn't like Soy either. His pediatrician suspected he had milk protein allergy which caused his tu...
