formula

It's trial and error to figure out what will be the best for Harry.. everyone has different opinions on different formulas.

With Daniel though...
Karicare: utter sh*t basically lol.. made him insanely windy, enough to scream blue murder for hours on end
Nurture: no wind issues but made him constipated
S26: what we currently use and have no issues with it. It's apparently the one most like breast milk.

Get a few sachets and try them and see if you get any bad reactions from them. It only took a few feeds of karicare to show the windy side effect. But sometimes they have to be on a formula for a week or more to show up things like constipation.

I totally agree with the sachet suggestion.. it's a whole trial and error thing really and do stick to what he likes otherwise it will screw your whole system up.

I went through a whole trial and error period with K and found that most of them except S26 Gold gave her wind, so we use that

I have found S-26 Gold great too. I agree about the Karicare- absolute crap (for us anyway). If he is just having the odd formula bottle then he wont get constipated on any of them (I think!).

we started with s26 but tom was really spilly. Changed to Nuture and much better (but it could havebeen a phase)

Tiff - that sounds like what Daniel had except he had it in the extreme form. Daniel had reflux but we didn't bother with AR formula, we just used the normal stuff. Maybe you need to switch and try her on something else.

Daniel had silent reflux too, he didn't get spilly either from ranitidine. We were able to wean him off it at around 3-4 months too. His poo has always been a bit different since on formula but we give him prune juice in water every day. His wind appeared almost immediately.. 3rd bottle of karicare. About 2 days after we switched all the wind was out of his system and he stopped being in pain

We use the Karicare AR cos the plunket nurse told me to use a hungry baby formula with Josh and Karicare dont do one and thinkened sounded like a similar idea but it really helped with his spilling he hardly ever does now.

He is really windy out his bum but he always has been a farter i never really thought about it hurting him tho i spose sometimes he does cry and fart hmm dunno. Yeah i can hear the wind slosh around in his tummy before i burp him hehehe. It doesnt really seem to bother him most the time but every now and then we give him gripe water if he gets upset. I prolly should try another formula but my midwife really drummed in not to switch unless side effects cant be managed

sorry to threadjack but we have the same as Tiff sometimes(bout once a day or once every few days )I can hear him gurgling as he drinks then splutters a bit then is ok..its offputting seems to be uncomfy then goes away for him.. is it just drinking too fast or drinking out of his new 3+ teats cant change formula as he is on Neocate.

KA, Lauren is only on one bottle of formula per day but she is still on the number 2 teats. I think most of us in the Oct thread are still using number 2 teats as they are fast enough.

Regarding formula, I am still b/f apart from one bottle per day of formula. I have chosen to use Goats Milk formula, which is expensive but I was wanting to use one that would reduce the chance of excema flare ups and it seems to be o.k.

I actually find giving Lauren one bottle per day gives me a huge break from b/f. I rotate around at what time I give her the formula feed, generally its the late afternoon feed as that is when my milk is low and my let down takes for ever. Then I have a good supply again for her last evening feed around 6 or 7pm.

Sorry rambled on a bit there, but just giving you an idea what is working for us! I had the major guilts at first with offering formula occassionally, but have now realised its helped me stay sane somedays when I am really tired!

KA you are on what Peachy is calling the number 2 teats (if you look on the teat it self it has a number 2 on it this is for 3+ months).