"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
Re: How did you decide which formula?
All of this.
That being said, Charlie ended up weaning himself (no clue why) around 8 months and we picked Similac Advance. The two main contenders are Enfamil and Similac and they both have a "normal" version. From there if you need a special formula for gas or an intolerance, your doctor can help you decide which to get. But otherwise the basic and even generic stuff is just fine.
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
Nope. Breast milk until 2 is awesome, but if not, you only need formula until around 12 months. Starting close to 12 months you can start introducing whole cow's milk (or goat's milk or whatever floats your boat). They need whole milk because of the fat - its good for them for that first year off formula. Oh, and those "toddler" formulas are a bunch of BS and unnecessary. Milk is fine.
Ginny DX 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Charlie DX Specific Antibody Deficiency & ASD
Do they drink this milk as a meal like BM, or for thirst? Are there any sites or books someone can recommend that explains how all of this works? Is it hard to wean a baby off the boob?
We found out that we were paying for formula at daycare whether we used it or not, so we made the decision to slowly transition LO from BMilk over to the formula that they use. We did one bottle a day for week one, 2 bottles per day for wk 2, etc . I kept pumping and freezing during formula feedings, so now I have a huge stash and that is what I use for MOTN feeds, since I can set it out by his bed before I go to sleep and avoid a trip to the kitchen or mixing formula at night.
"I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I"m still looking up."
TTC #1 since August 2011 MFI Diagnosis - April 2012
IVF #1 - July 2012 - Stims start 7/2, ER 7/12, 20 retrieved, 16 mature, 13 fertilized!
ET - 7/17 - 1 blast transferred. Beta - 7/26 273, Beta 2 7/30 - 1143. Beta 3 8/6 - 11,597
12/25 - Santa tells us "IT'S A GIRL!" EDD - April 4th
Our Little Easter Bunny has arrived!
Molly Mildred born 03/31/13
TTC A Sibling....... FET #1 11/14/14, Transferred one beautiful blast
Remaining four frosties arrested due to "embryologist error"
Plllllleasssee stick little icicle.....Beta 11/23...BFN
Starting ALL over with a fresh IVF cycle
Stims start 11/28/14, ER December 10th, 13 eggs retrieved, 11 mature, only 4 fertilized
1 Blast Transferred on December 15th..... Beta Christmas Eve... Please Santa, bring me a baby!
Beta #1 345.....Beta #2....750/ First U/S 1/13/15/HB 131....EDD 9/2/2015
At six months you start introducing solids usually but they still take some BM or formula as meals. At a year they usually drink milk more like older kids, for thirst instead of meals.