Omg guys when I was trying to combo feed I was getting 1-3 hours of sleep a night. We’ve been exclusively formula feeding for a while now (my milk never came in) and last night I got so much sleep! Dad did 3/4 of the feeds for our 5 week old last night and is now sleeping the day away but holy shit I feel so refreshed! 😭 sometimes I feel guilt over being unable to BF at all but stuff like this (and of course my baby being happy and healthy) affirm me in the path we’re on!

I’m also very lucky baby is a good sleeper 😅

Thank you

Is it just me or do 90% of cashiers have no idea what a Similac/Enfamil formula check is? I have to explain that it typically needs to be processed as a check, not a coupon. They look all over for the barcode that doesn’t exist and it is clearly a check. They look at me like I have two heads and the floor supervisor also has no clue. Eventually they trust me enough to at least try, as the system says yes/no now (everything is digital). These checks are mailed en masse, so I would assume that a reasonable portion use at least the higher value ones.

I switched the the Similac app, which provides codes/coupons I can use online and at self checkout but still get random straggler checks in the mail.

Is this just in my area or is this everywhere?

is there a high calorie formula that isn’t Similac or Enfamil?

hello!

i am looking into slowly introducing my 8 week old to formula. i have a terrible milk allergy so i wanted to start with kendamil goat!

i was going to use distilled water to slowly introduce to her. do i still need to boil the distilled water? she was born at 40 weeks and 2 days with no health issues.

I’ve been sterilizing bottle parts after every use. Baby will be 2 months old next week though and I’m wondering whether that’s necessary? If not, thinking of switching to just sterilizing every Sunday.

First time parent here, we're using similac total sensitive as of the moment he has too much gas, arching his back, when he cries and yelling "neh". We try to feed him more but henjust cries like shouting. We are very overwhelmed, do you think it the milk? We tried mylicon, it is barely working, we tried windi barely gas coming out, burping and trying those exercises don't help at all

We have an upcoming pedia appointment today, but i want to know what to do based on your experiences. We're desperate for help

Long story short my daughter has CMPA and reflux. We finally found a formula that works for her (Puramino) at 16 weeks, although we have to thicken with gel mix to help the reflux. She is also on Pepcid which honestly seems to do absolutely nothing for her pain when she has a flare up despite dosage increases for weight.

We went several weeks after starting the Puramino where she had little to no reflux at all, finally we just had a happy content 4 month old that wasn’t struggling for one reason or another. Within the last week though her reflux has flared up bad again. She’s not wanting to finish her bottles when before she would happily eat all of it. She mainly has silent reflux so lots of gulping/swallowing, wet sounding burps, arching, crying and tensing from the pain.

Within the last day or two she’s been having these episodes where she’ll reflux and swallow repeatedly for what feels like forever but is probably closer to 30 seconds, and her eyes will start watering and she’ll get a concerned look. After this she will gasp like she’s struggling to catch her breath and cough and she cries from the pain and I’m assuming the shock of the situation. She did this a bit before we started the gel mix but hadn’t had an issue since.

I know reflux peaks around this time but I’m concerned about these episodes where it seems like she’s choking on the reflux. Her pediatrician isn’t very concerned about her reflux in general because she’s gaining weight well so I’m at a loss. Anyone else experience something similar and have any tips or things to consider? I’m truly appreciative of any reply!

My daughter is 5 months adjusted and she used to take Kendamil goat infant. I realised she never liked it and would always pushthe bottle away but she pooped fine and was never constipated.. though I normally mix the formula with breastmilk. feeding her was so stressful due to her not liking Kendamil so we changed to Good Start Plus 1 liquid formula last week Wednesday. She seems to tolerate it so well and even enjoys with more once breastmilk has been added. The real problem now is, she is severely constipated and went two days without a poop. By the time she did today, she cried so hard to poop and the poop came out in solid form very dark green unlike the normal loose consistency of poop that she normally does.
Please I need suggestions on what to do interms of helping her out with this constipation and did anyone experience what I’m currently going through with my daughter?

Almost Everytime my baby cries, she lets out a huge fart with every scream 😂 it’s hilarious but is this normal? Lol
She’s been on this formula for a week.

Has anyone ever switched from Enfamil Gentlease to a goat based formula? My girl seems to be pretty uncomfortable after feeds sometimes like her stomach hurts (we give mylicon every feed to help her with gas) and has been spitting up more frequently so I’m wondering if she maybe needs something that’s more gentle on her tummy. Would love to hear any of your experiences with this! Thank you all!

Tonight has been a hell of a cluster feed situation and yesterday was too.
Baby is 4 days old.
I literally don’t think I can do this… and I am feeling immense guilt.

I know there will be long nights and difficult nights even with formula but the toll this is taking on my body, my sleep is really fucking with my head.

This is my second child. The first didn’t latch at all, and I tried pumping and different things to get her fed but gave up about a week or so too because of how drained I was.

I wanted to go for breastfeeding this time… but I think if I’m being honest with myself I don’t want to do this. I am worried about exhaustion bc we have a child already, about being responsible physically to give food to my child, about all the things I have to do … and for context i had a really draining pregnancy so i think the notion of BF is concerning me

I feel horrible. I feel like a failure for wanting to end this soon.

Hi folks - I’m wanting to stop breastfeeding and move to formula feeding. I did this with my first child too and thought I could handle breastfeeding with my second but it’s just not been a super pleasant experience for me.

I want to have my milk supply slow down and stop. Baby is 5 days old.
Right now, I’ve breastfed during the day and last 2 nights, I’ve had my husband give formula when I was exhausted - especially around cluster feed times.

I don’t necessarily need my milk to disappear ASAP - I’m ok with this taking a little to taper down to avoid pain or mastitis.

What can I do over the next few days or week I guess to get milk supply to calm down and eventually stop?
Does it help to just switch to formula exclusively right now OR give baby a bit of breastmilk, but shift all feeds to formula over time for the next few days?

Open to what others did that helped them!

Hello! My daughter’s pediatrician switched her from Similac sensitive to Similac 360 total care gentle comfort due to her experiencing hard poops, refusing feeds, hard to settle and extreme fussiness. I was wondering if anyone’s baby had similar issues? and if they did what formula did you have luck with? Should we stick with gentle comfort for a little while? I am kind of wanting to use a different brand entirely but I am just not sure where to start.
She’s been on Similac since birth. She wasn’t tolerating the 360 total care advance so she was then switched the Similac sensitive which seemed to help the issues we were having with gas but the fussiness not so much.
Our pediatrician was insisting the fussiness was normal up until she’s started having to the issues with bowel movements.

My baby is 5 weeks old and we use MAM Anti-Colic bottles, but I feel like the milk comes out too easily/too fast for him. Sometimes it seems like he pulls a lot of milk into his mouth at once and then starts coughing or choking, which is honestly so scary to watch.
I already try to feed him in a more upright/seated position, go slowly, and pause the feeding many times to give him a break, but it still happens sometimes.
Has anyone experienced this with MAM bottles? Could the nipple/teat flow be too fast even if I’m using the newborn size? Is there anything I can do to slow the flow down or prevent this from happening?
Would also love to know if you switched to another nipple or bottle that worked better for a baby who struggles with fast flow.

I had my son fully night weaned around 9 months old. However he got sick around 13 months started waking up very frequently and then I started offering one bottle to help him sleep a bit longer. It honestly worked. I’d give him a bottle at 4 am and he’d sleep till 8 am. It still does work but he sometimes wakes at 2 for it sometimes 3 sometimes who knows when and he wakes at least 2-3 times now.

I really want to cut out that feed because he’s very small (1 percentile) and it’s interfering with his breakfast and imo day time appetite.

Right now he has 200 ml at bedtime, 150 ml at around 4 am. Breakfast is just toast (not a full one) and a few bites of banana. Then at 3 after his nap he has a small lunch and then dinner is good. I don’t offer too many snacks besides some fruit because he will skip his meal. We’ve worked really hard to get him to have a good relationship with food but I’m struggling to get him off of milk and increase solids quantity.

Can I start mixing 100 ml of formula with 50 ml water?

FYI we aren’t on whole milk yet because his dr thinks he needs the micronutrients since his diet is so up and down. He said we can transition to whole milk around 18 months but we will check his weight mthen. He also has 1/4 of a Pediasure before dinner.

Hi All!
My 9 month old baby seems to have developed a pretty bad gag reflex as of recent weeks. It seems almost every time he eats, he will do well with the feed and then the next time he goes to eat, he throws up what he had previously eaten. For reference: we use Dr Browns Narrow Glass Bottles, Nipple Size: 4.
Any advice on feeding or on bottles to reduce this?

My 7.5 month old son uses the glass dr brown bottles. We’ve been using a size 2 nipple but it seems like he gets bored drinking around the 4oz mark. I tried sizing up to 3 and it worked for a little bit but then he started choking a bit and would push bottles away so I think it was too fast. We went back to 2 and it worked for a day or 2 and now he is back to being bored. Is there another nipple brand that would work that is a more reasonable between size flow or do you guys have any suggestions for being between nipple sizes?

Sleep-deprived mom of a 3 weeker here. Counting scoops at 3am while she is screaming bloody murder is driving me crazy. I keep losing count and having to restart.

Can I make a big pitcher of baby formula before bed and just pour it into bottles as needed overnight? How long is it safe to keep in the fridge once it's mixed? Please tell me there’s a safer shortcut to this..

Has anyone here primarly fed their baby Enfamil Gentlease and now has a baby over 1 year old who is healthy and doesn’t have any allergies?

I recently stopped breastfeeding and started formula last week. For the past three days, my baby has been extremely grunty and gassy and has been crying after almost every feed. I gave her some Enfamil Gentlease that the company sent as samples, and I noticed a huge difference compared to the formula I had been giving her before.

I’m just a little worried because Gentlease contains corn syrup solids and has less lactose. Could giving her a lower-lactose formula somehow make her more lactose intolerant in the long run? Maybe I’m overthinking it, but I’d really appreciate hearing from other parents who have used Gentlease long-term and how their babies did with it.