Formula in the Hospital

SleepingBeauty79 · August 2013

Hi,

What brand of formula is given to the babies in the hospital? I want to use similac and wondering if I need to bring my own. TIA

bumpuser5078523 · August 2013

Ours offered Similac. I think it depends on what sponsor they have.

memali26 · August 2013

I think it depends on the hospital. We started formula feeding from day 1 with DD2 and were offered a choice between Similac and Enfamil.

cassielynn09 · August 2013

Depends on the hospital. DD was given similac in 2009 and DS was born at same hospital and given Enfamil. You could probably call and ask.

SleepingBeauty79 · August 2013

Thanks....do you need to being your own bottles and pacifiers or are those usually provided? Thanks.

costa2011 · August 2013

Our offered Enfamil Newborn

ladybugpjb · August 2013

My hospitals both had Similac. They have the 2oz nurser bottles and nipples, so you wouldn't need your own.

The hospital where I had DD did not have any pacifiers. The hospital where I had DS gave him a hospital during his short stay in the NICU. It just depends on the hospital. I'd take your own just in case if you plan to use one.

amandalgreene86 · August 2013

Ours asked us which brand we preferred. They offered Emfamil, Similac, and Gerber.

KMB611 · August 2013

SleepingBeauty79 said:

Thanks....do you need to being your own bottles and pacifiers or are those usually provided? Thanks.

They normally provide everything. They use the 2 oz. bottle to make sure the baby's stomach can tolerate the formula.

BC&LM · August 2013

It depends on the hospital. Ours offered Gerber.

BC&LM · August 2013

SleepingBeauty79 said:
Thanks....do you need to being your own bottles and pacifiers or are those usually provided? Thanks.

Hospitals typically use the ready to feed formulas that come in their own bottle. I am pretty sure they also provided us with a pacifier, but we didn't use it in the hospital.

shihtzumomma · August 2013

Our hospital offered Enfamil.

baloneydisc · August 2013

We EBF, but our hospital offers Similac, Enfamil & Gerber. They also had soothie pacifiers.

MrsAuby · August 2013

Ours had Similac and Enfamil. They also had the soothie pacifiers, but we brought our own to get her used to the kind we had at home.

memali26 · August 2013

A lot of hospitals aren't offering pacifiers any more, so if you want to try one I'd bring it with just in case. The hospital where I delivered my first gave them out like candy, but the hospital where I delivered/will deliver #2 does not offer them except to NICU babies, so we bring out own.