WHICH FORMULA????! need help!!...

When we first put Astin on formula it was the karicare gold which made him way too spilly and extremely constipated!! so we changed him to Nurture gold which made him very wheezy and chesty!! then my MIL said that DH was exactly the same and he turned out to be lactose intolerant/alergic to all the formula!! and she thinks Astin is the same judging by his reaction so she said to put him on Soy which i did and he HATED it!! he would eat it in drips and drabs because thats all there was but he was never full/satified, the formula stunk to high heaven!!! and it didnt mix very well at all!!! so we had put him back on the nurture as of yesterday and NOW he is back to his wheezy coughy self again!!!

I have tried the standard (not gold) formulas in between also and still had no luck

So where does that leave us??????? what can we try next?????

I know there are special formulas for lactose intolerant bubs. I'm lactose intolerant so I asked my GP and was going to look into it more but Gina is OK on the karicare gold. Mind you she's older than Astin so she also has baby food and water so can't really get constipated.
I'd suggest you talk to your GP or at least ring Plunket and have a chat to them. There is also goat milk formula which may help but I think you're best to talk to someone first.
Good luck!

PS: I think it's advised to only switch to soy on medical advice (even though the formula is sold at supermarkets)

We are having a problem with formula too, he was on heinz nurture and had real bad constipation, was gonna put him on soy but then found out you are not suppose to unless under medical advisement (says so on tin, but didn't read it until someone else told me) we then put him on SMA, it helped for a few days and now he is constipated again. He also got ezcema at the same time as going on formula so plunket suggested goats formula so I bought some of that yesterday, and we are slowly swapping over to that.
Goats is fine to go onto, it is the soy that is dodgy and she only be used as last resort.
If goats doesn't work for us we are going to try karicare sensitive (not sure the exact name of it), someone today said you can get that one on prescription at a discount.
Goats is real expensive, if it works i'm gonna speak to gp to see if we can get a script for that.

Oh and plunket said give it 3 weeks when swapping (not sure if that only applies for constipated bubs)

Yeah it sucks, I stopped Bfing cos it was making me ill and now the formula is making him ill, which is worse Stupid boobs!!!! and stupid formula!!!!

yeah i hope so because it cant be doing Astin any good chopping and changing his formula all over the show

Have you tried the Nestle NAN H.A. It's a hypoallergenic formula for babies that are at risk of allergy. It was no good for Sam but it might be worth a try? I think it's the same price as the Karicare Gold. I just got it from the supermarket and I've seen it at most of them. It's quite new.

Edited by neeandsam

we have very limited selection on formulas in our supermarket as well as the ones in Whakatane so im a bit warey of having to travel an hour each week to buy formula. Curse this small isolated town!!!

I also cant go for the formulas that are intented for hungrier babies because he is still prodominantly breastfed and i dont want to take that away by filling him up on formula

Why don't you grab some of the HA while you are up in Auckland and try him on it, if it works and makes a difference take him to the doc and get a script for the Pepti coz the Pepti is very similar to the HA, except the proteins are broken down even further, and it's cheaper on script that buying the HA at $25 a tin. But you might as well try it first coz if the HA doesn't work, then the Pepti probably won't be any good either and you might have to look at seeing a paed, getting allergy testing done and getting a script for the Neocate that the gremlins were on.

Ps Soy isnt generally reccomended till after 12 months or if pepti etc dont work apprently

BaileyandAstin wrote: he is still prodominantly breastfed and i dont want to take that away by filling him up on formula

then i wouldnt bother with formula at all...