XP: formula mamas

MrsMcC.10409

XPing across multiple age groups for response variety.

Ladies who EFF - what are your thoughts on Target brand and Walmart brand formula? They are significantly less expensive, and one or two people have told me that they are just as good as similac or enfamil. What has your experience been? I am trying to get a realistic concept of budgeting. Thanks for your help!

TMNTgirl

I think it depends on the baby.

DS1 went from breast feeding until 6 month to similac sensitive. He had a sensitive tummy and didn't do well with generic.

DS2 was breast fed for a few months then to regular similac and then the

Kissty

LO had horrible gas pains at first on Enfamil.  We switched over to Similac Sensitive because we had a free sample.  Due to his sensitivity in that area I chose to just pay the higher price as I hate to see LO in such pain.  Don't fix what

ChristyML

I have only tried Walmart's brand (Parent's Choice) since we don't have a Target. 

We bought the Gentle kind of Parent's Choice. It was okay, but it smelled a lot worse than the Gerber Soothe to me. My husband thought it smelled better. I th

mamaHippo23

W did not do well with PC as a newborn. We tried it at 2 months and it made him very fussy so we stuck with the Similac. But the PC is such a better deal, so we tried again at 5.5 months and he was perfectly fine with it. Now we use it all the time with n

CCE126

We've had no problems with the target brand of similac sensitive.

lulubugsmama

We did a lot of brand switching the first 2 months. DD had reflux (not severe) so we were trying different kinds and brands to see what worked for her. We ended up using Similac Sensitive for a while then switched to Gerber Gentle, but now we are usi

TechieGirl1

We use the target brand of the soy formula. It took a while to ease him on to it, but it doesn't seem any different then the simulac that he was on before. Same smell and everything.

MrsMcC.10409

Thanks everyone!!

dunlapbriggs

DS has been a soy baby since week 2 and we fed exclusively Enfamil Prosobee until last week when I tried the Walmart Brand - we have seen no difference in gas, spit up, amounts etc. I have however cut the cost of feeding in half