If you breastfeed and supplement....

which formula do you use?

I thought i read that good start is supposed to be similar to breastmilk. are there any oters?

Also, do you mix your bm with the formula as well?

tia

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I use Similac just because that was the one I had the most free samples of!! And she seems to like it fine!

I don't mix the two. I will pump a few times in a day to get one bottle of BM and will give it to her then. I guess it doesn't make much difference tho, it's all ending up in the same place....

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When I was BFing I supplemented with Enfamil Lipil. This is what they gave DD in the hospital so I continued with it. I never mixed BM with formula. In the beginning I rarely supplemented. I think I started supplementing when she was approx. 3 months old.

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I used Isomil for Joseph & Similac Advanced for Maddie.

I didnt' mix them until they went to daycare & the bottles needed to be pre-made.

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I bf and supplemented since day 1, I use enfamil AR (cause dd used to spit up alot with Enfamil Lipil)

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I use Similac Advance (my pediatrician's recommendation on day one). DS gets about a bottle or two a day.

In the beginning I used to mix BM and formula with the idea that it would help transition between the two but I don't think it was necessary. He could care less what it is as long as he can eat. He has never had a problem with switching and although he seems to prefer the BM he has never refused the formula.

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DS got a 2 oz formula bottle supplement until 4.5 weeks when I started pumping.

I don't mix them together.

I use Similac Advanced

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we use Similac Advanced (the blue one). However, I just found free samples of Enfamil Lipil and my ped said that was OK to use too. So far so good.

I mix them together for daycare, when I need to get to a full bottle once in a while. Usually its about an ounce of formula added to about 5 oz of bm..

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Target version of GentleEase. I only supplement when we go out in pubilc right now but plan on doing at least 1 bottle a day so that DH can feed him

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We used Gentlease.

I never mix them because I sometimes he doesn't finish the bottle and I hate to waste BM. I use the BM bottle when I KNOW he's going to eat it all.

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My girlfriend who is NICU nurse and who BF's says Good Start or Gentlease are closest to BM.

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She was spitting up regular similac alot so we switched to soy (isomil)-

I dont mix, the ped said BM first and topp off with formula. I give formula at night and Bm during the day.

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I just started supplementing at 3 months. Doctor sais to use either Enfamil Lipil or Similac Advance. I had more samples of Enfamil, so I use that. I've been giving my son a bottle or two a day of it for the past 2 weeks and he's been fine. He seems to enjoy it just as much as BM!

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I dont mix.

I supplement with Good Start - no problems!

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Thank you ladies. It seems like there is a range of different formulas that everyone uses. I am sure it depends on the baby.

I am lactose intolerant and I only drink soy milk. Do you think I should stick with a soy formula for DD as well?

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Posted by mrsdstowe

I am lactose intolerant and I only drink soy milk. Do you think I should stick with a soy formula for DD as well?

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Posted by Summer

Posted by mrsdstowe

I am lactose intolerant and I only drink soy milk. Do you think I should stick with a soy formula for DD as well?

I am too thats why we switched her to isomil quickly.

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Nestle Good Start. And doctor's say don't mix. Use water when making forumla.

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My ped. recommended Similac powder so that's what we used.

We never mixed. DD started on formula at 4 1/2 months. I gave formula during the day and I BF in the morning, late afternoon & before bed.

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Enfamil. It is what he ate in the hospital & he did well on it.