Parenting after a Loss

WWYD?? re: supplementing

If my supply doesn't recover once I'm over this cold, I won't be making enough to feed just fresh BM. So should I use up my freezer stash first and then add in formula or should I mix BM and formula so that he will still always get some BM? Also, he didn't do well with regular formula and he hated the taste of the hypoallergenic stuff. I was going to see if he liked soy, but can I mix that with BM?
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Re: WWYD?? re: supplementing

  • There is no "right" answer here. 

    I would be inclined to give BM first and formula as the "extra" bottle each day - so the BM isn't wasted.

    On the other hand - many babies do well with a more gradual introduction of formula.  Like 2/3 and 1/3 for a week - 1/2 and 1/2 for a week - etc.

    Finally - hypoallergenic formula tastes like butt.  Very hard to get babies to drink it unless you introduce it early.  Yuck.

    And personally I would not give my baby soy - particularly my son.  But some would call me a conspiracy theorist based on that comment.  You can certainly mix soy with BM, though.

    GL!

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  • Well that explains a lot with the hypoallergenic!! Since he got really gassy and spit-up a lot with the regular similac and enfamil, and the sensitive similac, is there something else we could try?
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  • imageErin RN:
    Well that explains a lot with the hypoallergenic!! Since he got really gassy and spit-up a lot with the regular similac and enfamil, and the sensitive similac, is there something else we could try?
    I would try GoodStart before Soy.

    GoodStart is partially hydrolyzed - meaning that the proteins are already broken down a bit.  Not as much as the hypoallergenic formulas, but tastes better. 

    The reason for my bizarre comment about soy is that soy has lots of phytoestrogens.  I don't like the idea of giving my baby estrogens.

    BFP#1 May 17, 2008
    Surgery for ectopic pregnancy June 3, 2008
    ******
    BFP #2 September 25, 2008
    Baby boy born June 4, 2009 at 40 weeks
    8 pounds 13 ounces and 23 inches
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    ******
    BFP #3 February 6, 2011
    First U/S February 25, 2011 = TWINS!!!
    Boy/girl twins born October 4, 2011
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
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    imageErin RN:
    Well that explains a lot with the hypoallergenic!! Since he got really gassy and spit-up a lot with the regular similac and enfamil, and the sensitive similac, is there something else we could try?
    I would try GoodStart before Soy.

    GoodStart is partially hydrolyzed - meaning that the proteins are already broken down a bit.  Not as much as the hypoallergenic formulas, but tastes better. 

    The reason for my bizarre comment about soy is that soy has lots of phytoestrogens.  I don't like the idea of giving my baby estrogens.

    Thanks! I didn't know that about the estrogen. I would worry about that too.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker Babywearing, cloth diapering, formula and breastmilk feeding, still can't believe I'm a mom, momma to my little man, two furbabies, and two angel babies.
  • imagelkstor:

    imageErin RN:
    Well that explains a lot with the hypoallergenic!! Since he got really gassy and spit-up a lot with the regular similac and enfamil, and the sensitive similac, is there something else we could try?
    I would try GoodStart before Soy.

    GoodStart is partially hydrolyzed - meaning that the proteins are already broken down a bit.  Not as much as the hypoallergenic formulas, but tastes better. 

    The reason for my bizarre comment about soy is that soy has lots of phytoestrogens.  I don't like the idea of giving my baby estrogens.

    Thanks! I didn't know that about the estrogen. I would worry about that too.
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker Babywearing, cloth diapering, formula and breastmilk feeding, still can't believe I'm a mom, momma to my little man, two furbabies, and two angel babies.
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