r/FormulaFeeders

Hi! I’m so sad that my baby has to switch to formula at 4 months I no longer have a good milk supply (going to try and bring it back).

Today we switched my baby to almost full Kendamil, 3oz Kendamil & 1oz breast milk. He has tolerated the changes all week no spit up or belly issues but he seems extra sleepy today which is new.

Anyone else notice this extra sleepiness switching to Kendamil? Wondering if it’s a sign of not tolerating and I should try switch to another formula.

Genuinely curious as I switched my 4 month old from Bobbie to Kendamil due to having solid poops, low weight gain, and overall fussiness after feeds. Now she’s downing 6oz. bottles and having very easy poops. Just kills me knowing I’ve been feeding her formula for 3 months that was probably making her super uncomfortable!

ETA I realize my title is making it sound like I think all babies are the same. Can guarantee I know they’re not robots lol. @oilyskinlife93 answered my question perfectly!

My newborn is 2 weeks old and I want to give him Enfamil RTF. I have been giving him RTF so far.

Now my husband thinks as he grows and will feed more, we should switch to Enfamil powdered milk which I am against.

I want to feed my baby RTF until atleast he turns one year old.

Now I know RTF is more sterile than powder.

But are there any other claims that RTF has more preservatives over powdered milk that should make me to switch.

My baby is 9 weeks. He eats 4-5 oz (sometimes 6 oz) every 2 hours. I heard that he’s supposed to be spacing his feeds out more like every 3-4 hours. Has anyone else had this issue? He sometimes tends to eat very aggressively too. Anyone else dealt with this?

I know I’m late to the party on this but my little guy uses the similac 360 blue rtf— or he did until they suddenly decided to basically discontinue it! I can’t find it anywhere and I’m super stressed out about this forced change!! We had tried to switch him to Similac Advance when he was 6 weeks and that went horribly and was so frustrating for everyone involved so we went back to the one they started us on in the hospital and it was great until now that we either have to switch to the whole milk based, the powder, or a new one entirely.

I would have liked to ease him in to this transition and would have liked to choose when/if we switch because what we had was working. Its frustrating, I don’t want him to be uncomfortable yeah it’s just stressful how suddenly it’s happening and of course would be the one we use!!! just needed to vent 😭😭😭😭

My 6 week old son has always been formula fed as we used a surrogate. We started him on Bobbie Sensitive, but he was so fussy, we changed over to Hipp HA. Things still aren’t great and he grunts and cries so much it’s actually painful to feed him at this point. I almost feel like I’m hurting him while trying to just nourish him and it’s really rough. I’m thinking of switching him to a new formula, maybe a goat milk one instead. I bought 2 to try from Hipp and Holle. I’m also thinking maybe the Hipp Comfort or Reflux version might be even better to try. I just want to make him feel better, any advice would be great. I am a little freaked out by heavy metals being in some formulas, so I try to stick to brands that tested negative for all that…even though the brand that both my daughters had tested high for lead and they are totally fine.

Our 8 week old has been moved from Pepticate to amino acid based neocate syneo by our GI.

She was getting better the first few days with pepticate but got worse five days later.

I would love to know if anyone had success and hopeful stories using neocate syneo as i feel we are out of options after this and feeling emotionally drained seeing her drink less and cry.

She does seem to be gassy as well and cries when gas passes and sometimes even stops drinking

She is also on famotidine o.4ml twice a day ( been only 5 days).

Ftm to an exclusively formula fed 4 month old and I feel like there has been a growth spurt or developmental change that causes cluster feeding every other week!

Babe just had 14.5oz formula in one 3.5 hour wake window before bed (two 6oz bottles and a 2.5oz top up). It was a mad dash to bath her and eat ourselves between all this.

She has been doing this most nights for about a week! We offer 7oz at each main feed throughout the day but she usually pushes it away at 6oz.

The NHS advises that most babies should be over cluster feeding by the end of 4 months so... parents of older babies, did it stop? When? And any related advice hugely appreciated

For those who have thickened formula with oatmeal cereal or used added rice formula to help with spit-up: how long did it take to see a difference in your baby’s spit-up?

I'm confused about switching from breastmilk to formula. How long are you sticking with one formula before deciding it doesn't agree with your baby? I've heard it can take two weeks, but two weeks seems like a long time to feed a baby something that doesn't agree with them.

For context, my 11 week old baby is fed pumped breastmilk. She struggles when I consume dairy/cows milk (tummy pain and fussy, acne, reflux flairs) but hasn't been diagnosed with full on cows milk protein allergy because she doesn't vomit or have blood in her stool. She's also dealt with some bottle aversion and feed rejection due to what we think is reflux - she recently started famotidine.

We want to try Bobbie Gentle - a cows milk based formula that's partially hydrolyzed - but obviously don't want to hurt her tummy more than the average switching to formula. Any advice?

Baby is 10 weeks old and has been showing signs of bottle aversion. Baby seems hungry but shows conflicting behavior. When we offer the bottle, baby drinks only a small amount (about 10–20 mL) and then stops.

We started Rowena’s method it’s almost a week now! Volume wise there hasn’t been any changes but there has been behavior changes - baby is taking 2-3oz couple times a day. How long does it take? Please tell me it gets better!

Baby is still not taking morning feeds - first feed is around 10/10:30AM.

We are currently using a Pigeon small-size nipple.