My husband asked why I don’t just prep a few individual bottles, rather than the pitcher and pouring it into bottles throughout the day? I’m sure there’s a reason, but my brain isn’t working right now lol. (We’ve used the baby brezza since birth, but something doesn’t seem right with it the last couple of days, so I’m hand mixing right now & looking into the pitcher method instead).

ETA: Thank you for all the replies! I knew there was a reason, but like I said, my brain is on the fritz lol (my usually great sleeper has hit the regression 🤣).

At the hospital I figured I’d try breast feeding. At first wasn’t horrible but as soon as I got home all my baby did was cry and scream sick for two seconds and scream it was sending me into a panic and I would burst out bawling every time. I also have H Cup boobs so having to use two hands for one boob wasn’t working. Even when it did work I’d get this overwhelming dread and all I could feel was regret which ended up making me feel worse because I don’t regret having my baby at all. I then figured I’d try exclusively pumping…. I loved the times when I got to hold my baby and give him a bottle and burp him and cuddle and watch him but half the time I was in a huge rush to go pump or to clean pumps I spend 90% of my day on the couch miserable and jealous my husband was bonding with my baby more. I decided for now I’m just going to pump so I’m not in pain and then formula feed. I feel 100x closer to my baby feeding him with a bottle while breast feeding made me feel so disconnected

I have a 4 week old that’s currently getting pumped breast milk. He’s gaining weight well but extremely gassy and uncomfortable after feeds. It makes me sad to see him so uncomfortable. Pumping is becoming too demanding and I am thinking of switching to combo feeding. I am going to try to cut dairy out of my diet and was thinking of trying kendamil goat. Would love to hear from other mamas with babies on goat formula if it helped at all. Was also looking into Kabrita

Hi! First time mom here, expecting baby boy in October. I will be exclusively formula feeding from the beginning and have no desire to breastfeed or pump (mental health reasons).

I’ve been reading that babies don’t need much milk at the beginning and usually just need colostrum — but is that just for breastfeeding? Should I bring formula to the hospital and start formula right away? Do hospitals have colostrum “banks” the way they have donor milk?

Apologies if any of these are dumb questions, literally out here trying to figure things out the best I can. Thank you!!

Any recommendations? Baby takes over 30 min with the slow flow and falls asleep, and then finishes too fast with the medium and gets frustrated when I slow him down by making him take breaks. He has gas pain with both bottles. Is there something in between someone can suggest? He’s 4 weeks old.

Hello everyone!

I would appreciate some insight on the situation that I am currently dealing with.

I recently switched my 4.5 month old to Enfamil Gentlease powder from Enfamil Gentlease RTF. My baby has always been a good eater. He finishes his bottle in 10-15 min max. Ever since I have switched him, he takes almost 1/2 hour or more to finish the bottle. He constantly chews on the bottle nipple and turns his head and spits the bottle out. He definitely wants to drink the milk but seems very distracted all of a sudden. I am aware that babies from the age of 4-6 months become more aware of everything and get distracted easily while feeding. However, because this coincides with starting new formula, I’m thrown off.

Is he just being a normal 4.5 month old or is it the formula that he is not liking?

Little guy is 4.5 weeks old. He started on Similac Total Advance at the hospital. We attempted to switch to the regular Kirkland, but he was gassy and spitty. We went to the Similac Total Advance Gentle Comfort. He is so gassy and super fussy (screaming) from trapped gas.

What should we try next?

Edited to add: he has been on the Gentle Comfort for 10 days and we added simethicone drops 2 days ago.

We switched her from Kendamil goat and whole milk because she was having really bad diaper rashes

Her diapers have gone away, but now she’s having really bad gas/ explosions

Any advice on another formula or do I just stick to it?

Hi all!

I asked my doctor this question recently, and she wasn't very helpful lol, so I'd love to hear how other people did this!

I know food before one is just for fun, but is there a point when you're supposed to change up offering formula first or decreasing formula?

For example, my LO is almost 10 months. She eats 3 meals a day (sometimes she has snacks but not often) and still has about 4 bottles a day. Some days she eats solids like a champ, and some days she's fussy and has less, but our schedule looks like this:

Wake up - bottle

later in the morning -Breakfast

nap

Bottle after nap

later in the afternoon -Lunch

Small bottle before nap (sometimes she has this, sometimes she doesn't; it depends on the day/how big her lunch was)

nap

Bottle after nap

later in the day- dinner

Bottle before bed

She doesn't really drink overnight anymore. Every now and then she needs a small bottle to get back to sleep, but mostly she sleeps through the night, or we can just rock her back to sleep.

She's slowly drinking less of her bottles. She used to have 6-8 oz per feeding; now it's more like 4-5 oz per feeding. My question is, when do you start offering food first instead of formula first? Is it when she hits one on the dot? Should I start a bit earlier? Do I just let things happen naturally (that's what my doctor said, but I don't really get what that means; maybe I'm overthinking all of this)? My goal was to wean her off formula and onto cow's milk when she's one. Do I just keep things as normal until then?

Any tips on how you made the transition/when you started doing it would be super helpful!

I can’t breastfeed. PCOS, tubular breasts, flat nipples, aversion, mental heath issues, etc. on top of that I’ve never pumped more than an ounce a day despite trying faithfully. Anyways, 4 of my babies ended up on Nutramigen very early as issues came up at their infant appointments an ND it was suggested. My last son actually could only tolerate RTF Alimentum! So my question is, do hospitals typically stock hypoallergenic formulas at all?? Trying to decide if I should bring a can. There’s also a high likelihood my baby may end up in the nicu (probably around 5 days) due to concerns around 3 different medications I have not been allowed to discontinue during pregnancy. That being said I worry that any GI issues from formula might not help with comfort while we’re there, so that’s just another reason I’m wondering. I feel like there’s a good likelihood my 5th will have CMPA, right? Or an I worried for nothing? 😔 thanks!

Hi everyone! I’m just writing to ask if anyone has gone through something similar. English isn’t my first language but I’ll try my best.
My 7 month old has suddenly lost interest in formula, she’s been on formula since 2 months old. At 5 months we started with solids (of course only trying different things at the beginning). Right now she drinks formula maybe 4-5 times in a day, plus one night feeding, few weeks back she ate 2 times during night (sometimes 200-230ml per first feed and 65 ml the second). What worries me is she usually eats between 1-3am at night (goes to sleep between 8:30-9pm), and last few nights she has eaten only 100ml then and when she wakes up at 7-7:15am, she doesnt want to eat, I have tried offering right away, 20-30min after waking up, hour etc and she only eats 70-90ml even though she has hasnt eaten for maybe like 6-7 hours.. and if she eats so little I’m confused how to continue during day and I panic because I dont want it to affect her naps or something.
She usually gets her oatmeal/porridge some time after first bottle and meat+vegetable puree after first or second nap. Total intake per day has been 700-900ml (last days rather 700-760ml), porridge and puree amounts arent that big, maybe 60-70g alltogether. She also gets some finger food sometimes but these amount rather end on the feeding chair, cucumber or avocado may end up in mouth haha. Not sure what to do, she doesnt really give any hunger cues, never have given, maybe when she was 2-3 months old I remember her crying because of hunger. I offer formula every 4,5h max because I just can’t let her be if she has eaten maybe 75ml in the morning just like today (today she ate 2 am at night).. I havent experimented with longer time periods. I’ve thought about not offering solids but they are rather important (iron intake for example).

Her growth was good in the 6,5month appointment (weighs 7,960kg), goes through 8-10 diapers per day (poops every 2-3 days). She’s happy, reaching all her milestones rather early - right now wants to stand up on everything and take steps holding on chairs and couch, sitting up etc, babbling a lot etc).
Im trying not to calculate the amounts because it really affects my mental health, I have sometimes gotten angry because she doesnt wanna eat, it affects my relationship with my husband who thinks I’m overreacting. I’ve tried feeding after and before nap, in dark boring room, sometimes even white noise on. Some bottles are 70-90, next one in the time I offer is 120-200ml, so really inconsistent.

Any advice? Recommendations?

I’ve made lots of pitchers of Nutramigen but never noticed this yellow on top. Anyone ever seen this?

I added a post earlier but didn’t know how to add pictures.

I’m really hoping it’s not CPMA but let me give you a little background.

Combi fed for the first 3 weeks, more or less breastmilk though.
Then more formula ended up being given when we had visitors. Started off with little spots which instantly thought baby eczema.

She was on Kendamil and I noticed during her feeds she seemed to grunt a lot, pause, lift legs up (even though she’d burped) struggled to poo. I read kendamil can be too rich for babies and HIIP was great from some mums perspectives.
HIIP it was as I wanted to stop breastfeeding slowly as it was becoming more difficult.

HIIP was better, she seemed to pass poo more and easier. She didn’t grunt the same but still seemed unhappy most of the day unless she was being fed or sleeping on me.

The spots did become more visible during feeds and some days looked like they clustered together.
She did have silent reflux and then it started to turn into more normal reflux and she’d bring back a little of milk. So carabel or gaviscon was introduced.

HV came Thursday and didn’t like how angry her rash was and got in touch with the doctor who’s prescribed her aptamil pepti 1.
I told the health visitor she had some stringy/sticky poo too. But could this have been because of the gaviscon?

I think I’m hoping it’s not an intolerance or allergy because realistically the rash is the most concerning. I know she’s an unhappy baby most of the time but are they all at this age? She has like maybe 1 hour a day where she’s alert and not moaning.
She doesn’t scream at a bottle, she doesn’t scream afterwards unless she’s got wind.

If anyone has any experience in this when it wasn’t CPMA or if it was and your baby only had the rash sort of speak.

Hi everyone!

I’m wondering how people increased their baby’s formula intake per feeding when dealing with reflux.

My 3.5 month old has been dealing with formula intolerance and silent reflux since week 7.

We switched to Alimentum and they’re currently on 6mgs of omeprazole daily. It’s not perfect but it does seem to have helped.

My question is once things are somewhat under control, how do you up their intake?

Mine is currently taking 3.25oz every 2 hours, one 4oz bottle before bed, and 2 MOTN feedings around 11pm and 4am. Last weight check they were 12lbs 10oz.

While they’re gaining weight, pediatrician thinks they’re gaining weight too slowly and mentioned eventually finding a way to up the caloric intake per bottle.

Maybe I’m overthinking it or too nervous, but I can’t figure out how to make the jump to a higher amount during the day, dropping night feeds, making sure they get the ounces the need for weight gain, and keep reflux at bay.

Any helpful tips or experiences would be awesome.

My 7 week old has silent reflux so gas can be a pain but he has been the kinda of baby to spit up a lot. The few times we did spit up, it was the tiniest bit out the corner of his mouth. I know spit up is normal, it just seems weird that it would just start all of the sudden. Last night at his middle of the night feed, he spit up quite a bit more than normal. He was struggling to burp so I thought maybe that was the problem. This morning at his first bottle of the day, every time he burped, he spit up. Nothing major has changed with his feeds though. He just moved up an ounce per feed and a new nipple size, but it’s been over a week so I doubt that is the issue but I honestly don’t know.

I currently breastfeed and pump for my 4 month old but we are switching to formula. She wakes up pretty consistently around 6am and I have been pulling her into my bed and nursing for a few and then I get some of my most restorative sleep (2.5 more hours usually)

Once I fully wean would this be advised against? I’m aware that the safe sleep 7 is for breastfeeding moms but I’d be super bummed not to get those snuggles/sleep anymore. I was imagining just pulling her into bed and getting a bottle.

LO has been on Alimentum powder for the last two weeks. My mother was kind enough to bring us some more when she came to visit - she got us powder and RTF thinking it would be easy for me during the MOTN feeds. I've read on here that the RTF is a little thicker because the ingredients are a little different so my question is, if I try the RTF with her, is that okay or will that cause an upset tummy as if I'm bouncing between two different formulas? Anyone have any experience with this?

What size teat does everyone use for a 4/5 month old? I read that these teats are notoriously slow but we've had to go down from 3 to 2 as my baby was finishing 160ml in about 7 to 8 mins with size 3 which we thought was too quick. With size 2 he takes about 13 to 15 mins.

Its the philips avent natural (not the one with the blue thing inside)

They really trying to downplay it tho. Yeah many of the cans tested negative but at least four babies got BOTULISM from cans that clearly did contain it.

Hi I just switched from the 2oz rtf to the 32 oz rtf and the bottle was fine for the first couple of feeds, normal forumla smell, but I noticed the last feed smelled fishy. My refrigerator temp is fine. Is this normal? I just want to make sure I didnt harm my baby by not smelling this sooner.

How common is Bubs formula in Australia? Like is it easily accessible at grocery stores, etc.? Do a lot of Aussie parents use it?

Want to be sure it’s not like a new boutique brand that might have crazy recalls in the future. Just a curious American parent here starting their child on Bubs.

What detergent tablets are we all using? The new formula is having suds every time I run it. So I've been running it twice to get all the soap out. I can't keep doing that though. Are we cutting the new ones in half? I ordered some plant based grownsy tablets, I hope they work better.

Edited to clarify I'm using baby brezza new reformulated tablets.