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Nutramigen or Alimentum Transition

jlynn917jlynn917
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My son has been on Nutramigen since around 10 weeks. He had horrible colic and painful reflux that we treated with meds. He is now a fairly happy baby and does not have MSPI or an apparent medical need for a special formula. Our ped. says we can try to transition off of it at six months. I'm wondering if anyone successfully made the switch from a special formula to a standard one? If so, what brand do you use now? Did you transition all at once or slowly?
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Re: Nutramigen or Alimentum Transition

  • nanabanana06nanabanana06
    I would transition to something like Gerber Gentle or Gerber Soothe since he isn't used to whole cows proteins and too much lactose. Both of these formulas have broke down whey proteins. The Gentle one is typically the cheapest. I would do it gradually and see from there.
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  • rsideemdrsideemd member
    We transitioned off of Alimentum when LO was about 4 1/2 months old. We switched her to Similac Advance. I would definitely transition slowly instead of all at once. If I remember correctly, I did a half/half combination in her bottles for maybe a week to see if she reacted. Then, I started doing some bottles strictly using Similac and left a few half/half. We transitioned over two weeks. We had great success with it. Good luck!
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  • Caseyk1127Caseyk1127 member

    We just recently switched DD off Alimentum successfully and she is soooooo happy now. She basically had the same background story as your DS. First we tried switching to similac you but she didn't like it. Then we tried the new similac total comfort and its been amazing. I added 1 once of the new with the old stuff ... Then about every 3 days I added another ounce of new to the bottle. It was a long slw process but I wanted to make sure it didn't hurt her belly or make reflux worse. She actually started drinking 8 oz bottles one we completed the switch where before it was a struggle to her to finish 4 oz bottles.

     With DS we were unable to successfully switch to another formula. At 12 months he started drinking soy milk and by 18 months WCM. 

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  • sydgrl28sydgrl28 member
    We made the switch when DD was 7 months and we took it very slow.  It took about 3-4 weeks of slowing adding more of the new formula every three days.  She was on Alimentum & now she's on Similac Advance with no issues.  I looked into other formulas but chose this one based on dr. recommendation/lower sugar content.  She seemed to do fine with it too.  Good Luck!
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