Did anyone use Enfamil AR? Our DR just switched us to it from NeoSure because she thinks they might be having reflux and that is what is causing them not to sleep well and cry alot.
Since it is thicker what size nipple did you use? The newborn ones don't seem to work well. I tried 2 month nipples and they seem okay but I am not sure if I should try the 3 month (my girls are 13 weeks born 6 weeks early) but I am not sure if they can handle the 3 month ones.
The can says to shake it then wait for 5 mins... anyone know why? and how important it is to wait?
TIA!
Re: Enfamil AR
One of my guys was on AR. I used the Dr. Brown mixing pitchers to make it, it seemed to work much better. It calms down a lot better than after shaking in the bottle. (It makes lots of air bubbles)
We were already on medium flow nipples by that point. I used a pin to poke an extra but small hole in the nipples to help him out.
We used this, but had to make it even thicker to up the calorie content.
We used Evenflo Classic bottles and 0-3 month nipples and didn't have a problem with flow.
We used Dr. Brown Mixing Pitcher and that was the best. Can't imagine making it in the bottle, especially when it was more concentrated than normal.
Did not know about waiting 5 minutes after making it, but since we made up pitchers ahead of time, that was never an issue for us. don't know why they advise doing that. sorry.
My girls were on AR basically from birth. I had no problems using the slow flow nipples. The pedi in the hospital said that the AR doesn't thicken until it is actually in their system. No idea if that is true or not, but it didn't seem any thicker than regular formula to me.
I never waited 5 mins after shaking. My babies are not patient.