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OHbaby! Forums : moving onto Formula help... https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:37:21 +0000 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:40:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=18577 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[moving onto Formula help... : thanks ladies - you are all so...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=424073&title=moving-onto-formula-help#424073 Author: Snappy
Subject: 18577
Posted: 25 June 2008 at 9:40pm

thanks ladies - you are all so knowledgable

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:40:35 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=424073&title=moving-onto-formula-help#424073 <![CDATA[moving onto Formula help... : Yep like the others have said...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423956&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423956 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 18577
Posted: 25 June 2008 at 8:48pm

Yep like the others have said you will just produce less milk when there is less demand and dropping one feed a week should be a nice gentle way for your body to adjust.
With the puking it could purely be from using a bottle as they tend to take in more air feeding from a bottle than from the boob so he might just need a little time to adjust to it, that an also formula is a bit heavier and takes longer to digest than BM so that could also be a contributing factor. I would stick with the brand you have for a few more days and then switch if you think it is making him spilly.
Allergic reaction would normally result in a rash/ezcema, constipation and in extreme cases breathing problems.

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:48:51 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423956&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423956 <![CDATA[moving onto Formula help... : 1. I work part-time and b/f and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423903&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423903 Author: Mum2ET
Subject: 18577
Posted: 25 June 2008 at 8:11pm

1. I work part-time and b/f and have just recently switched Ella to drinking formula while I am at work. Since i didn't do it until she was 11 months I haven't been engorged while at work.....but when I first started working when she was 6 months I definitely t was feeling a bit uncomfortable by the time lunch time arrived and I expressed. I guess with time it will even out, but maybe for a while you could express just enough for you to feel comfortable?

2. in regards to which formula...we went with the gold. When we didn't really try anything else..just gave it to Ella to try and she drank it fine, so that was that. Since it is only 2 bottles a week I didn't do a huge amount of research. Maybe you could get a couple of smaller sachets first to try?

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:11:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423903&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423903 <![CDATA[moving onto Formula help... : I have weaned Eva from BFing onto...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423898&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423898 Author: kabe
Subject: 18577
Posted: 25 June 2008 at 8:08pm

I have weaned Eva from BFing onto formula over the past month. Wasn't intending on it happening so quickly, but she has decided she prefers formula to BM

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My plunket nurse said that all the formulas are pretty much the same. Eva was initially spilly on it, but that settled after a week. I posted a question about formula not long ago and a number of people said to avoid the 'gold'ones, as they can make babies spilly.

Good luck!

I dropped one feed a week. I was initially really engorged, but it only lasted a couple of days

]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:08:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423898&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423898 <![CDATA[moving onto Formula help... : 1) your body should get used to...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423895&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423895 Author: emz
Subject: 18577
Posted: 25 June 2008 at 8:05pm

1) your body should get used to the times of day when you need milk. Well that's what I was told anyway.

2) go for the cheapest and work your way up. S26 (plain) is supposed to be the closest to breastmilk and is only $15 a tin.

General reactions to formulas can be things like constipation, excessive vomitting, rashes, wind etc etc. Give him a few tries and if it doesn't get better try a different one.]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:05:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423895&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423895 <![CDATA[moving onto Formula help... : In regards to the first question...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423875&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423875 Author: 2bmumof3
Subject: 18577
Posted: 25 June 2008 at 7:53pm

In regards to the first question your body makes what milk is needed so when demand drops off so will supply.

When I did the same thing with DS1 plunket told me that it's fine to simply use the cheap formula as the BM provides whatever is additionally added to the expensive ones. As for the rejecting it I'm not sure but maybe he simply took more from the bottle than he'd normally take from the breast or that it was just bad coincidence??]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:53:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423875&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423875 <![CDATA[moving onto Formula help... : hi ladies I am sadly going back...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18577&PID=423836&title=moving-onto-formula-help#423836 Author: Snappy
Subject: 18577
Posted: 25 June 2008 at 7:25pm

hi ladies
I am sadly going back to work part time and have decided to have jackson on formula during the day ,and will feed him BM morning and in the evenings.
I just have two questions...

1) does anyone else do this? Will my boobs be painfully engorged all day? i am planning on dropping one feed a week and then hopefully by the time i go to work in a month i would have gradually dropped his four daily feeds and replaced with formula

2) How do you know what formula is right for your baby? today i replaced jacksons afternoon feed with 100mls formula. and hour later he projectile vomited almost all of it back up? he was burped and given breaks throughout his feed. could this mean his body didnt agree with it or am i just being completely paranoid

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