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Breastfeeding and Formula
Read all 13 responses: "Hello, I am a first time mom. My son just turned 10 weeks yesterday. I have been strictly breastfeeding him for the past 10 weeks ...
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- Hello E. and congrats and your new bundle of joy. I breastfeed my little boy (now 3) for the first two months then I pumped for a month after that and fead him with th...
- Hi, E. I definitely can relate to the spitting up part of your story. I attempted to breastfeed/pump for my kids, to no avail. The longest I went was 3 wks of pumpi...
- At his age, it's perfectly normal for him to wake up every 2 or 3 hours. Giving him formula isn't going to make him sleep more. If he's throwing up after nursing, it c...
Supplementing with Formula
Read all 6 responses: "My daughter has been on solely breast milk (although in the past few months she has begun baby/table food and water) since April.
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- You may want to contact a lactation consultant at your hospital for one more opinion. Although I didn't breastfeed very long, my newborn daughter struggled to adjust ...
- I would consider using Carnation Goodstart. It is sweeter and a similar consistency to breastmilk. When my daughter was a similar age, I supplemented her daycare bott...
- You stick with one brand. There is a slight difference between them but they may bother them when switching.
Question About Formula
Read all 38 responses: "Right now I am feeding my daughter Enfamil Lipil. As you all know, it is very expensive. The big can is $23.99.
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- J., After trying to breastfeed my daughter for 2 months we finally switched full time to Similac, per the hospitals recommendation. Well, when she was about 7 or ...
- my daughter is a year old and i have had her on similac good start and publix...we stuck with publix because it is so much cheaper...my daughter loved it...we also use...
- Walmart has a formula... Parents Choice...My son was on it the whole time and his is happy and healthy.
Daughter Hates the Taste of Soy Formula, What Can I Do?
Read all 20 responses: "My daughter is going on 11 months old and a few weeks ago I started to wean her. She is breastfed, but has taken bottles since she ...
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- U can buy powdered goats milk, it is not formula but i mixed it with soy formula for my son & he liked it
- Did you try target brand Soy formula? people say it's sweeter or the parents choice at walmart? OR try just regular soy milk(Silk Brand) mixed with soy formula? My son...
- Since she is 11 months old, if this were my baby, I would try soy milk and see if she likes it or has any bad reactions to it. If soy milk doesn't work, you can move ...
Organic Formula Issue
Read all 5 responses: "I have been working real hard to make sure my 8 mos. olds diet is as good as it can be. I make all her food (all organic veggies and ...
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- I would call your ped on that, but have you thought about the milk part of that? It may be that she is having a reaction to milk and not the soy. Just a thought.
- Unfortunately, soy is a trademark of 99.9% of organic formulas. Also unfortunately, because "organic" has next to no regulation in this country, it really doesn't m...
- That sounds like a pediatrician question to me. I would make a call to him/her. The most important thing is getting the best nutrition that she can digest. If it's ...
Can I Mix Soy & Milk Based Formula?
Read all 20 responses: "We thought that my daughter was lactose intolerant when she was about a month old (it turned out to be reflux), so we put her on soy ...
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- Definitely !!! You are a smart lady. Start out with mostly soy and a little milk - by the way, she is nine months old and you don't need formula anymore. Then graduall...
- My daughter was lactose intolerant too. She is 18 months old and has grown out of it. I mixed formula without any problems. Just keep an eye on her to make sure that...
- My daughter was on Soy Formula because she didn't do well on regular formula due to the Cow's milk. I was really worried about switching her to whole milk at a year fo...
How to remedy formula allergy on infant?
Read all 14 responses: "My six month old daughter developed face rashes and eczema after I stopped breastfeeding. My doctor said I should switch to a ...
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- All my children were colic and I gave them Alimentim or Nutramagin. I always used the ready to feed. Whenever I tried the powder they would get sick. The powder doe...
- C., My heart goes out to you, my sons all went through the same thing, what we found was it was the tap water, so try using spring water and see if that helps. Also I...
- Maybe it's something in your water, like the clorine. You could try using the baby water and see if it makes a difference. You should be able to find that either near ...
Enfamil Lipil A.R. Formula
Read all 16 responses: "Has anyone tried Enfamil Lipil AR formula? My baby spits up all the time and I don't think she has reflux because she's been on ...
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- Hi, C.! TRY the AR!!! We went through 7 different formulas with our little boy, including the Nutramigen and other expensive ones, and the AR was the ONLY one that ...
- Hi... well I am nursing, but at the same time I wanted to try and ween him to formula. I tried Enfamil lipil first and that's when my baby started spitting up alot. ...
- My son (who is 2 now) was spitting up too. So we changed to Enfamil AR and it worked wonders immediately! We have even used the Parent's Choice brand of AR and it wa...
Formula to Milk
Read all 8 responses: "Recently we made the transition to whole milk and I forgot to ask the doctor, but do I still give her the same amount of milk as I ...
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- I've had varying advice about this. I've read 16-22 oz a day for 1 year olds; then a doc at my son's 15 month check up said less because the 20 oz he was drinking was ...
- I'm sure it is a similar amount. But by the time a baby is on milk, I just stop keeping track. I just offer them mostly milk & a little bit of water each day & let t...
- My pediatrician said that 2-3 sippies a day of milk is great and water at this point is fine for any other time.
Going from Nursing to Formula at Six Months
Read all 19 responses: "Hi Ladies, I have had to come to a decision that has been really hard but I need to start taking medicine.
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- Hi M. - personally I think it is a great decision for you to also be considering your health needs while taking care of your baby. So many times people think they hav...
- HI! Great job on the nursing! I stopped breast feeding around 7 months for my son, we just switched to Enfamil (and I looked at labels to make sure it had all the stuf...
- My second son went to just formula from nursing at 10 months. He did alright with Enfamil at first. Then Similac he did okay with at first...he went mostly through o...
