Baby formula of choice...
I know you did not list it, but I prefer Nestle Goodstart. I breastfed both my kids, but at 8 months old, my youngest had to be put on formula due to a medication. I tried the Enfamil and similac and my son would projectile vomit! So I asked his doc what to do, and he said to use Goodstart sense it is the "Most like breast milk" and more gentle on the tummies. I put him on it that day and BAM! it worked, not spit up, and his gas was better too.
We tried everything. And I do mean EVERYTHING with Kaitlin. Probably twice. Name brands for every formulation. House brands for everything. Even different company house brands that were manufactured by different companies.
Turned out Kaitlin needed Nutramigen with so much rice cereal in it that a spoon would stand in it.
Same thing with Daniel -- until we found the Target house brand of the GentleEase. The name brand wouldn't work -- and luckily the same company that did Target's house brand did Sam's, WalMart, Walgreens, etc. But keep in mind that even different companies within the same "formula" might be different. (He had to have rice, too, just nowhere near the amount).
I didn't see -- are you planning on trying to nurse and supplementing? Or exclusively formula? (BTW, no judgements. I know how judgemental women get about this. I COULD NOT nurse Kaitlin and people made me feel like a failure as a mother for the inability to produce milk for my child. So when I decided not to even try for Daniel, I was made to feel like an absolute heel for it. Turns out he was a NICU baby and my nurse there was the most supportive of my choice not to try and scored me tons of bottles).
Sorry. Rambling day. In any case, be sure you tell the nurses that you want one of the bags -- they SHOULD have one for at least Similac and Enfamil -- I know my hospital did not have for Good Start (and it's got THE NICU in the area, so it's not a teensy hospital, so FWIW..) and then try to score as many of the Ready To Feed (RTF) bottles as you can get your grubby little paws on. I mean it. Those 2oz suckers are the best for the emergency "OMG we're out and about and I so totally wasn't planning on this taking 3 hours and the baby is starving!" sorta deal. And those suckers are expensive.
And get on the mailing lists for any company you are considering -- they'll send you "checks" -- aka coupons for the formula. It helps. Alot.
And talk to your pediatrician. Many get samples. See if they'll give you some. Or a bunch. That's how we didn't go bankrupt on Nutramigen cause we kept getting samples from the pedi.
Turned out Kaitlin needed Nutramigen with so much rice cereal in it that a spoon would stand in it.
Same thing with Daniel -- until we found the Target house brand of the GentleEase. The name brand wouldn't work -- and luckily the same company that did Target's house brand did Sam's, WalMart, Walgreens, etc. But keep in mind that even different companies within the same "formula" might be different. (He had to have rice, too, just nowhere near the amount).
I didn't see -- are you planning on trying to nurse and supplementing? Or exclusively formula? (BTW, no judgements. I know how judgemental women get about this. I COULD NOT nurse Kaitlin and people made me feel like a failure as a mother for the inability to produce milk for my child. So when I decided not to even try for Daniel, I was made to feel like an absolute heel for it. Turns out he was a NICU baby and my nurse there was the most supportive of my choice not to try and scored me tons of bottles).
Sorry. Rambling day. In any case, be sure you tell the nurses that you want one of the bags -- they SHOULD have one for at least Similac and Enfamil -- I know my hospital did not have for Good Start (and it's got THE NICU in the area, so it's not a teensy hospital, so FWIW..) and then try to score as many of the Ready To Feed (RTF) bottles as you can get your grubby little paws on. I mean it. Those 2oz suckers are the best for the emergency "OMG we're out and about and I so totally wasn't planning on this taking 3 hours and the baby is starving!" sorta deal. And those suckers are expensive.
And get on the mailing lists for any company you are considering -- they'll send you "checks" -- aka coupons for the formula. It helps. Alot.
And talk to your pediatrician. Many get samples. See if they'll give you some. Or a bunch. That's how we didn't go bankrupt on Nutramigen cause we kept getting samples from the pedi.
We used Nestle Good Start Natural Cultures for Bailey. I LOVED it and had Bella on it, but for some reason it became really hard to find around here. So - we went to similac advance in the blue can. Bella seems to do great on it and I can buy a larger can at Costco for the same price I paid for the Nestle Good Start at Target.
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Bailey Rachelle Renee 8/21/07, Baby #2 in heaven 4/12/08,
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Bailey Rachelle Renee 8/21/07, Baby #2 in heaven 4/12/08,
Isabella Ava Rose 6 18/09, Carter Kenneth 7/14/10
My sister said her dr. told her the same thing. I also went with Good Start for this reason. My 6 month old son is on this formula and is doing great!
The nice thing is because SO MANY people use Similar and Enfamil, it seems like a lot of people have the Good Start checks to give away. So, I am able to "score" the checks all of the time from people who don't use this formula! Their checks are $11, and $8! They have 20% bonus cans all of the time as well. So, you can get a 30oz can w/ a $11 check from Good Start for $11! Heck of a deal! I have gotten checks from people off of Craigslist in my town locally, and even here too!
Debbie
The nice thing is because SO MANY people use Similar and Enfamil, it seems like a lot of people have the Good Start checks to give away. So, I am able to "score" the checks all of the time from people who don't use this formula! Their checks are $11, and $8! They have 20% bonus cans all of the time as well. So, you can get a 30oz can w/ a $11 check from Good Start for $11! Heck of a deal! I have gotten checks from people off of Craigslist in my town locally, and even here too!
Debbie
We used Parents' Choice brand that was equivalent to Enfamil. Alex never had any problems with it. I'm planning on supplementing with Gabriel and hope that he can use that. If not, we'll have to search for something else. My friend had to use Good Start because her daughter had problems with so many others.
Momma to Alex 1/08/2007
All 3 of my kids have used Nestle Good Start! I love it, they love it and our pedi says it's the best of the market! A great formula in my opinion!
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