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Powdered Formula vs Ready to Feed

bundleoffundbundleoffund member
in September 2014 Moms
Hi!  I posted this on the formula feeding board, but while I'm not very active on the boards, I have been following September 2014 since I became pregnant and I was hoping someone might be able to help out.  Any help would be appreciated :)

Sorry if this was already asked, I tried to do a quick search but couldn't find the same exact issue.  My son is 5 days old (he was born at 41+2 via csection) and we were asked to supplement due to his weight.  We've been supplementing since Day 2 with Similac Advanced.  He's taken the RTF bottles from the hospital like a champ and was back up to birth weight in no time.

Understanding we will need to continue to supplement until my milk comes in and maybe even beyond that, we purchased the cans of formula due to cost.  We started using the powder at around 4pm last night and by around 10pm he was throwing up the formula.  He has done nothing more than "drool" or "spit up" very small amounts during a feeding and now he's throwing up what seems to be chunky (assuming powder chunks??).

Does anyone have any suggestions?  What am I doing wrong that he is not tolerating the powder but is just fine with the RTF?  We're back to RTF for now, but I'm wonder if I should try a different brand or maybe mix it a different way?
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Re: Powdered Formula vs Ready to Feed

  • JanisBaby14JanisBaby14 member
    How much is he taking after being at the breast? Is he over eating? That's what my little guy did. Pedi still wants you to supplement after being at weight?

    For my LO formula we used bottled water at room temp because that was what the RTF was at. Maybe trying warming the water before adding the formula since breast milk is mommas temp?
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  • jaime52005jaime52005 member
    Powdered formula is thinner my LO throws up when he drinks to fast we had to get premie nipples... I think I read somewhere it's chunky because it's already started to digest
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  • str13str13 member
    I'm FF. I've been warming the bottles a bit in some hot water before feeding and LO takes it pretty well. At times she will have "chunky" spit up, but it's usually just a little after its been on her stomach. There are different formulas that you can try, but like pp said if you're having problems with just the formula and LOs gaining your pedi may be fine with you stopping.
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  • jht14jht14 member
    I agree with PPs about water temperature. I boil water, let it cool then let it sit in a jug on the counter. We used RTF when we first went to FF and LO switched to powder just fine. She has has one chunky spit up but it was after it had been on her stomach for a while.
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  • SingleMom31SingleMom31 member
    We're BF, but we periodically get chunky spit up anyway. Our pedi said that it was a result of the milk (or formula) mixing with stomach acid, which is the first step of digestion, and is totally normal.

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  • SingleMom31SingleMom31 member
    We're BF, but we periodically get chunky spit up anyway. Our pedi said that it was a result of the milk (or formula) mixing with stomach acid, which is the first step of digestion, and is totally normal.

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  • harkeyl86harkeyl86 member
    I asked my LC about this and she said
    With supplementing newborns it's important to do RTF because their systems are not able to digest the powdered stuff at the newborn phase. Sucks that it's so expensive though
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