I had my daughter 6 months ago and had her via c section. We tried latching for weeks, I didn’t sleep for 3 days straight with the stress of it all lead to a serious emotional breakdown in the hospital. With continued pressure from nurses and lactation consultants I decided to pump. My supply was about 50-70oz/day and again, emotional breakdowns, I was su**idal being stuck to a pump and had EMDR. My doctor gave me cabergoline which stopped my supply but not until after 2 weeks of severe engorment where I could not even hold my daughter.

I told my husband for the next baby we have to do formula form the start. He agreed. I then said because that whole milk experience was traumatic. And he said, hmm wow a lot of people say stuff is traumatic. I literally went through that with you. My jaw was on the floor.

He’s being an a**hole right???

After being on good start plus formula for 3-4 months, our 7 month old started getting hives. I didn’t think it was the formula at first until I saw a hive form on his face as he was drinking it.

He has had no reactions to dairy so I thought maybe it was the soy and immediately switched him to kendamil (not the organic kind), but then tried soy with him a few days since and no reaction from the soy either. Also the whole milk in kendamil makes me nervous for his stomach / digestion but I guess at least he isn’t getting hives🫠

I’m at a loss with what else could be causing the hives in the formula and I can’t get ahold of his allergist until she’s back from the holidays (he has a peanut allergy and eczema).

Has anyone else experienced this or have any other thoughts on what it could be?

CMPA, GERD, lactose intolerance - full pack. We are on Neocate for more than two months now, and we are really really really struggling to get baby to drink. We tried 50+ bottle/nipple combinations, tried formula thickener, tried thickening with rice cereal, nothing seems to work. We tried Rowena bottle aversion method, nothing. 8 month old and we are still at 8 bottles a day, we have to feed through the night every 3-4 hours to get her to the minimum, and we are fully exhausted. 8 months alarm clock every night. She wont take more than 100 to 130ml (if we are lucky). We tried spacing the feeds out a bit more, no results, she will take 100ml (sometimes less) even if you let her 4-5-6 hours. We are giving her multivitamin drops for babies every day (based on our pediatrician) with hopes that it will increase her appetite, nothing. She is also on Nexium for GERD. Solids is still just for fun, not taking much. Any advice from anyone who went through something like this or similar would be highly highly highly appreciated!

my baby has been formula fed since birth & now 11 months later, he is lactose intolerant. Is there a formula that you fed your lactose intolerant baby that you can recommend?

Hi all. I’m mom to a 6 month old baby girl - I was induced due to preeclampsia and never produced enough, so I formula feed. (There’s a lot more to it but it doesn’t matter)

Nothing went the way I wanted with my birth or anything - including breastfeeding. I was able to basically live glued to a pump and provide for my girly while she was in the nicu but once she came home it really made my depression worsen to keep pumping because I was losing more and more time with her. My MiL was well aware of my journey with this and how devastated I was to have to stop (if I hadn’t I honestly might not have been here today) and have a another thing go wrong.

Since my baby has been on formula and been perfectly fine and healthy and we are bonded so well!

Wellllll for Christmas I’m watching everyone get really personal gifts for Christmas from mil- I’m excited to get something for ME that I will love since I’ve kinda lost myself since having a baby… but what did I get?

A breast milk storage bag.

She wasn’t on board with me stopping and this just feels like another dig. It’s also not a brand carried in stores so she definitely went out of her way to order it.

This just hurt, and maybe it’s my hormones but it felt intentionally mean.

That’s all. Just had to get this off my chest.

My 11mo old is on Kendamil Goat currently. We are preparing to transition to milk when she turns one in 2 weeks. If your little one was also on a goat formula- what milk did you transition to? Her doctor said to avoid cows milk based on how the regular milk formula was for her. Just curious what everyone else decided on

Hi Everyone.

New Dad here, looking to switch from Enfamil neuro pro to Kendamil ready feed. Doesn't seem like any retailers sell this in canada but seeing a lot of people being able to get it here.

I'm concerned purchasing this online for what seems to be double the price of what Enfamil ready feed costs here and getting sold a knock off or expired etc..

Anyone know where I could buy this hopefully locally in Toronto or a retailer in Canada? If not, a reliable online source from out of the country?

I'm trying to get a small batch first to gradually switch my boy over to it and see if its right for him, before I start buying large batches.

Thanks in advance!

6 week old was on kendamil whole milk when she started getting severely constipated two weeks ago (pooping hard rocks). For a week it was only getting worse so we decided to switch to dr browns gentlepro, which we started on Sunday. Now her stool is back to normal, but her acid reflux is soo bad and she’s in so much pain while eating.

Any recommendations for this? 😭

I am in the process of adopting a newborn so we will obviously be formula feeding from birth.

I want to make it as easy & simple as possible and I’m wondering which gadgets / products are worth it. I’m fine with paying for things if they make it significantly easier.

Ex: I was going to get the baby brezza formula maker but then I read you have to clean it every 4 bottles, deep clean once a month, potential mold…no thanks. I am planning on getting the baby brezza bottle washer & sterilizer though.

Is a warm water dispenser worth it? Or would a bottle warmer be better? I’ve heard of the pitcher method which seems nice but I would prefer a glass pitcher which doesn’t seem to exist with the cool mixing lid thing.

Just looking for the laziest easiest way to do this lol thank you!

Looking to find out how you went with a speech pathologist for your little.

My 5 month old has had an NG tube inserted due to a feeding aversion from repeated vomitings after being sick (3 times with rhinovirus) and GERD issues (taking nexium). We are waiting to meet our team in the new year. We are also working with a dietician due to weight loss from bottle refusal and vomiting.

How did they help with feeding? What tools did you gain? Was it a positive experience? Is your child a good eater now?

Hi all, my beautiful baby boy (6mo) was EBF until a few weeks ago, when I needed to start supplementing with some formula. I had some RTF enfamil neuropro (yellow container, not purple GE) on hand, so I gave him some of that over a couple of days. He didn’t get very much - maybe 4 oz over the day mixed with BM, but a few days later we were in urgent care for constipation. He was so miserable and seemed to hate the taste of the enfamil, so I started using Kendamil goat.

He much prefers this, and takes it happily. He’s still combo feeding, and probably gets 6-8oz per day of formula. But, I’ve noticed he has extremely forceful gas. He’s such a happy, happy baby that I would try to push through, but I notice him really straining (with what I suspect is gas) every day. He’s got a good poop each day, but his night sleep is suffering, and I suspect it’s gas pain. He’s waking every hour or so, and when I move him around at all, he generally passes gas.

I’ve tried gas drops, but they don’t seem to do much. I love the ingredients of Kendamil goat, but I’m wondering if it could be causing his gas, even with the relatively small amount he’s getting each day? Anyone experience this? If so, can you recommend some alternatives?

We don’t have a cow milk allergy - I just started with goat milk because it was supposed to be easier to digest and I was concerned about moving him over from BM.

Hi all, I’m trying to transition my 4mo from EBF to hypoallergenic formula. We’ve been doing a SLOW transition for almost a month now (mixing in very little amount of formula into breast milk for just 1 feed a day). We’ve tried adding in alcohol free vanilla, tried serving cold to mask the smell, tried switching from alimentum & nutramigen to pepticate which is the “best tasting” one. Baby usually will take a few gulps first but as soon as she realizes it’s not pure breast milk, she fusses and rejects the bottle.

One month later, after still just one bottle a day at a 90/10 ratio, we’re desperate for some progress. Any tips??

Hi moms! I have got a doubt regarding the pricing of formula powders. Each big brand names seems to have two types of formula powders. One at a cheaper side and another that is almost twice the price. For example, Neste has Nan pro that is Rs. 800 and odd and Lactogen pro that is only Rs 400 and odd.. Same thing with Nutricia which has Aptamil gold and dexolac in opposite sides of a spectrum. All the formulas claim to have almost the same additives. Why is this so? Does higher price mean better quality? Does the small change in additives contribute to the price difference?

Hi all. I am planning to formula feed and have been looking into the pitcher method. Unfortunately where I live the Dr Browns pitcher (or any other branded one for that matter!) are not available. I found this generic unbranded one online, it’s BPA free and seems to look very similar. My questions are 1) am I correct in thinking this would be okay to try as an alternative? 2) would the lack of stopper be an issue for air bubbles or could I just be careful about not pumping air into it?

Hi everyone. I have a weird problem. I joined a postpartum support group when my babe was about 2 months (after her shots). The support group ended last week, and she’s 4 months now. But we have this group chat that’s supposed to be ongoing that is popping off nonstop, and the issue that I’m having is that their constant conversation about breastfeeding. All that same rhetoric about how magical breast milk is etc, and there’s no better way to say it, it’s triggering for me. It’s been a battle for me to work towards getting over the ingrained guilt and sadness around choosing not to breastfeed, (for reasons that make absolute sense to me and I’m sure to everyone here) and while I stand by my choice, hearing them constantly talk about it is hurting me. So I thought maybe I should say something—so I said “hey, if I don’t speak as much here it’s because reading through all the messages around feeding is really difficult for me. And I know that formula is safe and amazing and that there is so many exaggerated benefits of breastfeeding…” (I really just said this for my own benefit), “but even knowing all of that it’s really hard for me.” Not everyone in the group chat responded (there are 10 other people), but a few did and they were really nice. So the constant harping on about nursing (a word that really irks me) seemed to slow down, until now it’s picked back in full force. They are all really nice women, but it’s bothering me so much, to the point where I don’t want to even read the messages. I don’t want to alienate myself from perfectly nice people because of this, but at the same time, it’s really rough on me mentally. Curious what you would do, or if this is something that would bother you. If I do decide to leave this chat, I am pretty sure I’ll never go to any of their meetups again. Wondering if you would personally leave, what you would say as your parting message. Something unrelated or very direct? Thanks for any responses! 🫤

My 7mo has been exclusively breastfed, but is going to start daycare soon. Worried that mom’s milk supply won’t keep up with pumping and that we’ll have to supplement.

LO has a diagnosed dairy allergy, not CMPI.

Totally new to formula and all the blogs touting “best formula” are dairy based. It seems the only dairy free options (in the US at least) have corn syrup in them? Should we be concerned about that?

Are Similac Alimentum and Enfamil Nutramigen really the only options?

Does anyone have a recommendations. Thanks!

Anyone got a recent batch of Enfamil AR and notice it is thinner than normal?

My daughter is having worse than normal acid reflux and we noticed our recent batch of formula seemed thinner.

I thought I messed up the dosage but all our bottles we've done this batch are thin. We're using their spoon and following the 2 oz to 1 scoop ratio.

Particularly if you have a 6-7+ month old. And what size cans do you buy? We are just now transitioning to EFF and just trying to figure out what that's going to look like for us

Hi ya’ll, I’m wondering what your opinions are on this or if anyone has experienced it.

My LO has been on Enfamil Nutramigen since she was about 3 weeks old, she is now 6 months 2 weeks and she has been experiencing severe constipation within the last 3 weeks. She has been screaming and crying when trying to go and when I try to wipe her. She tries to go and it’s only enough to get on her and not even in the diaper, the most recent episode she has been going more but still having a lot of pain. She has had 3 episodes that last several days and her poops in between the episodes were getting thicker. She has started solids and originally I thought the constipation was from bananas, but she doesn’t eat much when we try and the last episode she has had nothing but formula for multiple days. It was getting to the point where I would just put her in the tub to calm her because she loves the tub. She gets so red faced and almost can’t breathe because she is crying so hard.

I am wondering if the Nutramigen just isn’t working for her anymore, Enfamil does say that this formula is supposed to help treat cows milk protein allergy in as soon as 6 months and I am curious if a regular formula like NeuroPro would help her. She was originally put on Nutramigen because she was constantly crying and wouldn’t sleep at night and seemed like she was having gas pains, she didn’t have any testing done or anything to determine if she had the allergy, but as soon as we switched she was a completely different baby.

My cousins baby was also on Nutramigen for several months and she is almost 6 months and she was experiencing the same constipation symptoms for over a month. She did end up switching to Similac 360 Total Care and it’s been almost 2 weeks and she hasn’t had any issues and has been pooping every other day.

What do you all think, is the Nutramigen causing the constipation now and should we try a different formula? Thank you!

For night feeds I’ve been adding preportioned tap water to bottles (handwashed) so it makes bottle prep super easy. I leave them out at room temp til they’re needed… but do they need to be sterilized first? Or put in the fridge til needed?

hi!

we switched to Nutramigen around 1.5 months old for reflux. we started famotidine at 2.5 months because the acidity was the issue, none of the formulas we used seemed to help the issue. now that we’ve gotten that under control, she’s still spitting up a ton, if not more with Nutramigen so we’re thickening per her doctors order.

my question is, she’s never had mucous stools, bloody stools, and did great on gentle ease before switching. we switched solely for reflux. should we switch back or continue with Nutramigen? we’re on WIC and they only cover Nutramigen because it’s for a specific reason. Other than that, they use similac and we’ve never used that before, so we’re unsure how she would react.

I’m currently moving from Small to Medium nipples for Lansinoh bottles and baby is spitting up all over the place. I never experienced this when sizing up the other brands of bottles we use (Avent and Nanobebe). Is Lansinoh known for a faster flow - maybe we need to stick with small for a little longer (he’s 4 months on the 6th of Jan)? Do I just pace feedings a bit slower/longer while he adjusts?

Hi all -

Switched to Nutramigen to manage milk protein allergy and we’re on Day 8. On day 3-6, I truly thought we had a winner. Better eating, seriously happy baby.

Now the last two days we’ve been dealing with gas and baby is fussier than ever. Poop looks much better, but we’re constantly doing bicycle kicks and I used the Frida windi for the first time successfully. He’s so unhappy.

Do we stick it out another week to see if it settles? We’re adding in gas drops but much of what I’ve read from folks is once you start on this path, you end up with an amino acid based formula and so I’m tempted to just get there sooner to provide relief for baby (and us, to be honest).

Did anyone go through an adjustment period with Nutramigen?

Hi all!

Per our son’s Dr’s orders, we have been supplementing with Similac 360 TC for a little over a week with what appeared to have no issues.

However today, my son has had three poopy diapers with small flecks of blood….🙃So I called his Dr and they said if he has no other symptoms (fussing, projectile spitting up, refusing to eat…which he isn’t!), we should monitor and see what happens. I don’t love the idea so my question….should we skip gentle formulas and go right to HA?

My preemie was born with sever reflux and was immediately started on Nutramigen. He never had issues drinking that, but due to bad diarreah and blood in stool he was recently switched to Elecare by the GI specialist. He absolutely hates the taste of it and will reject it by not suckling or spitting out whatever he eats. I mixed the Nutramigen with the Elecare and that kinda worked but he still spits up a lot with it. I can tell the difference in his digestion has greatly improved, so I'd love to keep him on this formula. I've read adding a drop or 2 of vanilla extract can help or maple syrup. I'd prefer to use the extract since I don't want to introduce that much sugar to his diet with the syrup. Anyone else go through this? Any help is greatly appreciated!!!