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Twins on different formulas?

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I recently changed my ds formula from the Enfamil GentleEase to the Nestle Good start and have seen a big improvement in his gas/constipation. Even though dd wasn't having the same issues I went ahead and changed her too just to make it easier (and it was also cheaper than the GentleEase).  well for her, I actually noticed a change for the worse (more irritable) on the good start so I will be sticking with the GentleEase for her.  It's just a big hassle to have them on different formulas--having to buy both kinds, making sure not to get their bottles mixed up, etc. Anyone else have their twins on different formulas?

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  • KimberlyAGDKimberlyAGD member
    Me!  James is on Nutramigin and Addie is on Gentlease (I use the Target generic of it).  It is a pain when we have to make bottles while out of the house, but it is starting to get more routine at home now.  We have always used color coded bottles so we don't mix them up.
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  • Cassie42Cassie42

    My guys are still on different formulas and will be until we switch to milk.  The cost is the same for us, in the past we had one on Alimentum and one on Advance. We were able to go from Alimentum to Sensitive so it is the same price as the advance.

    Trying to remember which bottle was which was a problem at first.  The bottles we use have different color rings on them, so one DS uses purple and yellow, the other blue and green, so I always know which is which.  I also pre-measure the formula into the munchkin containers and I have those in different colors and with their names on them.

     

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  • raesueraesue
    Ours are on different formulas.  Ben in on Nutramigen and Abby is on Elecare.  It's really important for us to not mix them up b/c Abby has a milk allergy/sensitivity.  We put brown hair bands around Ben's bottle and we usually premeasure the formula out into those 4 part containers by Sassy.  We have a pink one for Abby and a blue on for Ben.  It was a pain at first, but now it's second nature. 
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  • irish1114irish1114
    yes..Keira has been on Similac Advance from day 1.  Ryan, on the other hand is on his 5th or 6th formula.  We've seen a big improvement now that he's on Similac Sensitive.  Hopefully it will last!  And it's actually cheaper than any other formula we tried for him.
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  • blueladybugblueladybug

    Yep, our Abby is on Soy and Livia is on Lacto Free. 

    We color code bottles too (one gets pink and one gets purple) and have also gotten some of these name labels.  If you enter coupon code # 112081208 you get 10% off.  The owner of the website left this code for the readers of my blog.  We love them and use them on our yellow bottles.  It makes it so easy to make bottles.

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  • BrusherBrusher
    yep, I had them on two different formulas their whole first year. It was a pain, but I survived.
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  • ranchliferanchlife

    Mine are.  Audrey is able to tolerate BM now (she couldn't in the beginning) and Tessa is on Neocate.  The Neocate makes her constipated so she now gets 2/3 Neocate and 1/3 BM in each bottle.  It is a pain, but it was worse when we had to mix both of their bottles at different levels.  We just mark the bottle caps with an A or T. 

     

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