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Anyone switch to formula after 3 months?
After struggling with allergies in DD I am pretty close to switching from BF to formula. She used to take a bottle of breastmilk but won't now which I know will make it a bit difficult for us.
If you switched to formula after (or around) 3 months... how did it go? How did you do it? Did you syringe any formula so LO got some nutrition? How long did they fight it before they gave in?
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Re: Anyone switch to formula after 3 months?
We are also switching to formula after 3 months of EBF. LO is used to bottles (I pump about 1 a week) so that won't be an issue for us, but I am scared she won't like the taste.
How did you decide which formula to switch to? We aren't sure if we have allergies or if her issues are related to oversupply/foremilk/hindmilk imbalance.
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I EP'd for 5 months and just switched to formula this week. I'm giving 3 formula bottles per day and 3 frozen BM for 2 weeks until we switch 100%. My LO doesn't seem to mind any taste difference. We tried Enfamil Gentleease first (recommendation from a friend) and he seems to like it fine with no side effects. He's been getting 50% formula now for 8 days and nothing seems different. We've never had any bottle issues though, even when we started that at 2 weeks.
my story sounds exactly like yours. we switched dd to bottle around 3 months-ish and she refused to take the bottle. it took a few days of both of us being crying and grumpy before i decided not to give in (and give her bm). by the end of that one day she was taking the bottle -- but i just had to dedicate myself to NOT giving her bm. the day after she was a champ.
although i do think the nipple had a lot to do with it. first i noticed the shape my own nipple after DD was finished eating, and i found an pacy that was similar in shape (Mum). once she took to that i found a bottle nipple that was similar to that (Nuk). the shape of the nipple in conjunction with dedicating myself to NOT giving her my breast = finally a bottle-eating baby!
good luck
My LO always preferred the bottle, so I can't help there.
Unfortunately, the formula seems to make him have too many BMs.... Like, 4 or 5 liquidy ones a day? Seems like a lot...
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PgAL and PAL always welcome...I am in the process of weaning DD now (13 weeks). I started giving her a bottle at 5 weeks (Playtex Drop Ins) b/c my supply was low and I was supplementing w/ formula. I have given her Enfamil, Gerber and Similac (all free samples) and she seemed to do fine with all of them. I tried Costco Kirkland brand and she spit up excessively. I have a can of Up&Up Formula that I am going to try as well.
Right now, she gets 2 bottles a day, the other 4 feedings I BF. I am going to drop a feeding a week until she is weaned.
She hasn't ever seemed to mind a bottle. I think that's partially because she gets full from a bottle and never really seemed full when I was only BF her.