Preemie specific formula.

staceymack

How long did you LO receive a specialty formula such as neosure?

Throw3ks

Our pedi said our LO will be on her fortifier; enfamil enfacare until "she sees steady weigh gain" which by the sounds of it will be a few months. Our LO is gaining, 13oz in 10 days so I'm not sure. Sorry to not have an exact answer, feels like pedis don't either. It's when they see fit.

direy25

Our pedi wants us on it for a couple more months - although I've been bad lately because I've started increasing breastfeeding sessions so he's not getting as much of the enfacare as before.

Throw3ks

@direy25 same here. But when we went for our LO 2 weeks weight check (it was 10 days) she gained 13oz! Soooo I didn't feel all that bad. :-).

carrotcake06

We stopped fortifying when they were released from the NICU. We EBFed and they gained appropriately.

Missa_g

My 29w4d boys were switched at 9m actual.

Pips09

About 2.5 months. Just a couple weeks past her due date.

staceymack

Ok, so different for everyone. Thanks for answering. My girls are gaining well despite all their spitting up. I'm hoping to switch to something easier on their tummies soon.

Cst2CstBride

It probably depends on how early and how small they were. DD was on Neosure until 12 months actual. She was 27 weeks and 1lb 11 oz.

DrRx

We stayed on Neosure until she was about 9 or 10 months actual.  We asked to switch to Similac Advance (since it had a generic) and they had us mix it to give the extra calories that Neosure gives. 

ashleymarie512

DD started on neosure, but it seemed to upset her tummy so we switched to enfacare. Seemed to make a difference for a bit, but now seems like she's having issues again. She was a 2-pounder and is now only 6.11 at 12 weeks so I'm not sure pedi will want us to switch yet.

MrsRKJ

My pedi would like H to be on Enfacare until he's a year old.  He's 7 1/2 months actual (6 months adjusted)  He's eating solids now though, so I'm hoping that he'll be gaining more through the two combined

conradtn

As of now I've been told for a year.

staceymack

Thanks everyone! They will we're born at 33/4. They're gaining weight well. Pedi wants them to stay on it at least until their 4 month (actual ) check up. It just seems so rough on their tummies. Especially since they're eating more.

conradtn

Its rough on DD's tummy and I called and asked if I could switch.  For now they said no, but to increase her Zantac and that she could take gas drops more frequently.  They said they may do a blood test to test her iron levels before letter her go off neosure.

Another mommy I was in the NICU with just took her kid off on her own and said he's doing much better in the tummy area.

ashleymarie512

conradtn said:

Its rough on DD's tummy and I called and asked if I could switch.  For now they said no, but to increase her Zantac and that she could take gas drops more frequently.  They said they may do a blood test to test her iron levels before letter her go off neosure.

Another mommy I was in the NICU with just took her kid off on her own and said he's doing much better in the tummy area.

Neosure bothered my DD's tummy too. We switched to Enfamil Enfacare, which is their preemie version. She's done much better since the switch. She's on Zantac also due to reflux. We're also adding 1tsp of rice cereal per ounce of formula and that's helped too. The pedi didn't mind the switch since they're both preemie formulas.

rslhmg

We got the ok to stop neosure at 1 actual, her pedi said that we could continue it until 14 months actual (1yr adjusted) if we wanted or switch her to real milk, but she was still to get high calorie foods, we just got the all clear for normal calories at her 15 month well baby.