This way you will use up the breast milk and he will get used to the formula taste. Once you are on formula and he is accepting it, do not reintroduce breast milk bottles. Try mixing the infant rice cereal with breast milk. He may accept it that way, and then add a small amounts of formula, as above. Thank you for your question.
I wouldn't buy too much yet. Most babies tolerate formula very well and it's not a big deal but some don't and require some experimentation. Similac Advance and Enfamil newborn/infant are your basic "pepsi-coke" of infant formula they are the big names and are pretty well tolerated by most babies. Again though I would buy too much (no more than a week's worth) because you want to make sure baby will do well with it.
Your child had 5-6 months feeding of breast milk which is very good and gained the full effects of it. Infant formula has the same nutrients for brain development as breast milk. The question why he stopped drinking the breast milk in the first place is an important one to ask. Did you wean him off, or you stopped producing breast milk, or he on his own stopped drinking it? These are questions needing to be answered before you decide to try to refeed him breast milk.
Most breast-feed infants do not like infant formula and need it mixed with breast milk to accept it. If the bottle of infant formula tastes like breast milk she will accept the bottle more. Try mixing ¾ breast milk and ¼ infant formula at first. If she does accept it, then after a week or so, try doing a bottle mix of ½ breast milk, and ½ formula. If you wish, you can gradually go to a bottle mix of ¼ breast milk and ¾ formulas, then totally to all formula depending on how she accepts it.
If she is trying to feed herself with food then let her try. Suggest soft finger foods to help her feed herself, and try giving her the infant formula in a 'sippy cup' and see if she will drink more. Is the sippy cup does not increase the amount of infant formula daily, then recommend increasing the food she eats, 3 meals daily with snacks between meals.
Whens a good time to buy formula? I don't plan on breast feeding and not sure if I should buy some before the baby comes or after I have her?
I am so afraid he is not getting the proper nutrition or the amount of formula he needs for his developmental growth. He is good in weight and height - not udnerweight, growing very well, etc. But this is worrisom. Are there not standards on how many required ounces of formula an infant should have per day? thank you!
Little did we know she had a allergy to milk and all the gas and not pooping was being caused by that.
i am still confused about which brand of formula is good to start with my coming baby?? What is your preference ladies??
With formula it might be a hit or miss for a little since some babies tolerate it very well right off the bat and others require some trial and error. All these companies also make formula for supplementing which is designed to be super close to breast milk to make it easier on moms who need to supplement. You could try those as well.
She is 5 months old and seems to do very well with infant formula as you stated. Her weight is on the 90th percentile and her height is on the 50th percentile for her age. Suggest just feeding her only infant formula (increase the formula amount if you can) and no baby food for a few more months. The above feeding method follows how some breast feed infants are feed only breast milk until about 9 months old then are introduced regular finger foods.
Some babies are just colicky and it's something they have to outgrow. When trying a new formula you should give it about a week. Also the age that babies will cry the most is 6-10 weeks old so it may just be something that he needs to work through. If you think it's upset stomach/gas you could try giving him gripe water. It can work wonders.
To supplement the breast milk with infant formula, suggest mixing them. Try mixing ¾ breast milk and ¼ infant formulas at first. If he does accept it, then after a week or so, try doing a bottle mix of ½ breast milk, and ½ formulas. If you wish, you can gradually go to a bottle mix of ¼ breast milk and ¾ formulas, then totally to all formula depending on how he accepts it. When you want to wean him off the breast milk you can follow the above also.
You can buy infant water with or without water.
he does not want to eat neither formula milk or vedge soup or breast milk. and he is very active. after he wake up he start climbing in bed, he wants to walk and is very curious. he eats 3 times/day breast milk 1 time/day formula and 1 time/day vedge soup(or fruits blended). thank you for your answer.
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