98 percentile baby. He was born 9 and 8oz. 22 inches long.
Drs say hes a healthy boy. But i fear he might be a little too chunky or overweight per say. He is formula fed (kendamil) drinks about 20-24 oz a day.

4 week old was on enfamil neuropro (yellow) and pooping once a day (pb consistency). She seemed bothered by gas and wanting to poop the rest of the day and overnight so ped said to switch to gentlese. Now her poops are complete green liquid and she’s gassy but getting it out. Do the liquid green blow outs stop? Will the consistency even out so I’m not going through multiple outfits a day or is this the new normal..

Thanks!!

I have made one into a drum which baby loves, another one is storage for all the formula spoons which I hope will come in handy for sand pot or water play, and the other million are just accumulating under baby’s cot.

My 4 week old is exclusively formula fed. She eats 2 ounces every 3 hrs although we would love to go to 3 ounces every 4 hours. We burp her 2-3 times every feed and she burps and might spit up a little. We keep her upright for 20-30 min after a feed. But she still spits up a lot after being put down in her bassinet. We are currently using the dr brown anti colic narrow bottles with size 1 nipple. Is there a better bottle that would help with this? Milk even comes out her nose sometimes.

Hi! I’m a FTM, combi-feeding my 3mo. We’ve been using the Lansinoh bottles since birth and my LO is doing well on it. We’ve been on the size 1 teat since birth till now. However the feeds have been taking very long (40mins) and the nipple collapsed a couple of times before. We also found that we’ve had to unscrew and re screw the cap every so often during the feed, otherwise a vacuum builds up inside the bottle.

We’ve attempted to size up to size 2 a couple of times now but even with pace bottle feeding, milk leaks out of her mouth and she seems to be struggling with the faster flow.

I’ve read other posts that Pigeon SS nipple is a good in-between for the Lansinoh size 1 and 2, but it is very hard to get them here in the UK. I thought perhaps we could switch to MAM bottles instead since they are popular here and the price of getting the Pigeon teats to here seem to be similar to the MAM bottle pricing? Also figured the self-sterilising function of the MAM bottles would be handy for our holiday in December. My question is, does anyone here know or have experience with the Lansinoh size 1 and 2 and what their equivalent sizes might be in the MAM bottles? We’d ideally want something that’s in between Lansinoh 1 and 2.

i don’t know what else to do for my baby to poop regular poops.

for context, my baby is 8 weeks and we still have issues on a daily with him passing gas/stools like “normal”.
i really think he has an upper lip tie, which is causing him a bad latch (upper lip tucked while drinking a bottle after trying every exercise to help seal his mouth around the bottle properly).

on top of that, i tried several bottles: philips avent, mam, evenflo, lansinoh.. seems to be doing “better” on lansinoh (with a 3M flow) but he still swallows so much air that he developed aerophagia, where the gas is stored in their tummies causing discomfort.

i tried: bicycle legs, tummy time, windi gass passer, gas drops, gripe water, probiotic drops. i even tried an electric snot sucker because idk maybe his nose was bothering him! nope.. nothing gave me results.

also he haven’t had a pasty looking poop in forever, the color as of right now is green and liquid. i feel so defeated. i changed formulas, bottles, massages and i still don’t know what’s wrong with him 😭

Hello everyone. I just need advice and some insight because i will go crazy worrying all day. My boy is 11 weeks old and since 8 weeks he started falling asleep during feeding which never happend before. He was always a good eater/ drinker with a hugre appetite! After 4 days of that he drank normally. Than the days came where he would cry,arch his back,move all over and refuse the bottle. This continued for around 8-9 days. Than again he started drinking normally nice amounts and the feeds werent a fight or didnt take a whole hour. I got happy. Today we are back at the very beggining...falling asleep after 40 ml. I cant take this anymore its been 3 weeks. His weight gain has also hit a plateu the last 10 days. 2 weeks ago we got him checked and his blood,urine and stool were fine. Saturation and ultrasound also. We changed the teat size too. He has no fever and has around 5 wet nappies a day or more. Today he has been incredibly sleepy. I am getting very very worried. He also spits up a lot and i also believe he has reflux but i got told reflux is normal and they grow out of it. I try not to force him to drink because i dont want him to develop a bottle aversion. I keep him upright 20 min after feeding and also burp him 2-3 times. I am hopeless. Isnt it to long to be just a phase? Has anyone experienced something like this? Please any insights would be appreciated.thank you.

I would like some advice. My baby is almost 2 months old, and we have been trying to figure out which formula to her.

We were giving her the Similac 360. because that’s what the hospital gave her. I noticed she was super fussy, mostly gas, and I had mentioned maybe we should switch her. So we started giving her half of the Similac 360 and half of the gentle comfort Similac 360.

Then, as you would, we just gave her the gentle comfort one. While on the gentle comfort, we noticed that she had really bad reflux.

Took her to the doctor and sure enough she does. have reflux.

My husband doesn’t wanna give her the Pepcid because he says that’s more of a Band-Aid and it’s not really fixing the issue. Therefore, he wants to try another week of half of the Similac 360 and half of the Similac 360 gentle comfort.

I guess my question here is, is it safe to feed a baby two different formulas permanently? We mix them together properly, and ironically she seems content. How bad is it if we were to continue?

My 4 month old has been struggling with constipation for the last week. He’s been EFF since two weeks old, and we haven’t made any changes to his formula. The first time was about a week ago he went 48 hours without a bm, and his pediatrician suggested an ounce of prune juice in his formula. That worked! His stool was mushy, and not dry/hard, so we thought we were all good. Now, a week later, we are in the same situation (48 hours no bm), but he’s refusing to drink his bottle with the prune juice in it.

His pediatrician said to let her know if it doesn’t clear up in a couple of days, but he’s soooo miserable. We’ve tried warm baths, Mylicon, gripe water, so many different stretches, bicycles, tummy time, but nothing’s coming out. I’m worried that even if he has a bm soon that this is going to be a recurring problem.

Has anyone experienced this? Is it just a developmental phase, or do we need to look into changing his formula? A lot of the information online about constipation is for breastfed babies, so I’m having a hard time.

Hi!! 🩷 FTM, my LO is 6 months and we’ve now moved to 100% formula after an insane bout of mastitis. We’ve been giving her Kendamil; she’s used to it as we introduced a bottle here and there pretty often since she turned 3 months old. I wanted to make sure we had a formula for when I weaned. Ever since going 100% formula the other day our LO has been eating wayyy less in terms of ounces. Is this normal? (For context we did a very slow wean, so she’s gradually had 1 bottle, then 2, then 3. When my mastitis hit she did have to jump to 100%).

Typically with bm and combo feeding we’d see her hit 26-30 oz. Now with formula we’re struggling to even hit 24. I really don’t think she dislikes the formula but I’m wondering if the volume is just a lot for her as it may be thicker / more filling than breastmilk? But lately feeds have become a struggle and I wonder if I just need to stop worrying because she’ll be fine on 20-24 oz of formula as opposed to 26+?

For context we have started solids but purées only and LO hasn’t been super interested most days. I often get her to take a frozen feeder stuffed with something a few times a week but that’s it.

Thanks in advance!

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I’m at my wits end with dr browns leaking! My baby drinks Enfamil ar and dr brown level 2 nipple and recently they all leak. Does anyone have a bottle rec I could try that doesn’t leak?! And works with Enfamil ar? I’ll try anything.

Looking for advice on remedies for trapped gas at night. My girls (4 months) wake up crying/screaming in pain due to trapped wind and nothing weve tried seems to make a difference.

We have already tried bicycle kicks/tummy time during day and night, lots of tummy time and infacol. I've also panic bought some probiotic drops.

During the day we don't have any issues and they aren't constipated. We do use infant gaviscon for reflux (unsure if this is contributing). They seem to be in a lot of pain so getting pretty desperate. Anyone experienced anything similar? What worked for you?

Hi all! Our 5.5 month old was just moved to NEOCATE by the GI and unfortunately our insurance doesn’t cover any formula for our son :( we are in Florida and also don’t qualify for WIC or Medicaid. Any tips on getting discounted Neocate or if anyone has any extras? The doctor gives us 2 every 2 months which is better than nothing but this formula is so expensive! $50 every 3 days. Thanks so much!!!

My 5.5-month-old daughter is exclusively formula-fed. Up until two days ago, she consistently drank 90 ml every 2 hours. Suddenly, she refuses to take more than 60 ml at a time.

If I strictly follow her cues and "demand feed" like our pediatrician suggested, she will end up drinking only about 200–300 ml in a whole 24-hour period. I am incredibly anxious that she is going to get dehydrated.

She doesn't seem to be crying in pain during feeds; she just flat-out stops or turns away after 60 ml.

Has anyone experienced a sudden drop like this around the 5–6 month mark?

My 6 month old baby has been breastfeed up to now and has taken occassional pumped bottles well. I'm trying to get her to take formula and have been mixing in 1-2 oz of Bobbie with her bottle over the past couple weeks. Last week we first did 1/3 Bobbie and 2/3 BM and she was fussy about it but took it. The next day tried 1/2 BM and 1/2 Bobbie and she flat out rejected it. It seems like the taste/smell to me.

I'm wondering if its the Bobbie and if there's one that babies like more that we should try. Any recs?

I’m hoping to hear from others on their experience with hypoallergenic formulas. (Sorry this is kind of long)

To start from the beginning, I am an older FTM, who is anxious about everything (I am already seeking care for this). my son was born premature at 35+2 weeks and is 11 weeks as of yesterday. Tried to BF/triple feed in the hospital and very quickly figured out that wasn’t going to work for me. The hospital gave us Enfamil NeuroPro EnfaCare (high-calorie) formula. Overall my son seemed to be taking it fine. But, he was just gassy all the time and only had one BM every 24 to 36 hours. He never really fussed or arched his back while eating. But other than that, he would cry/scream like he was in pain for what felt like more hours in the day than not. It was not like colic/purple crying because this would last all day. And he did not spit up much, but when he did it was a decent amount of time after eating, or he would randomly start chewing like he spit up in his mouth but nothing came out.

At his 2 month appointment I brought up my concerns to his pediatrician, she suspected maybe silent reflux and even though there was no obvious blood or mucus in his stool, she wanted to check for CMPA/CMPI. When we were finally able to bring a diaper to be checked, microscopic particles of blood were found in his stool, so she said to start either Nutramigen or Alimentum. We chose the Nutramigen because we were already using Enfamil products and we also started Famotidine (2x/day) for the the reflux.

The first day he was on everything, he was perfect, we thought we had solved all the problems. Then the following couple of days, he was like his pre-switch self. We’ve been on the Nutramigen and reflux medication for right at a week, and though overall we have less inconsolable screaming, he is a lot more fussy during and right after eating; sometimes he will scream like he is in excruciating pain and it is harder to get him to burp. Also, I’m not sure how much the reflux medication is actually helping. Oh, and he has this diaper rash that I’m lathering butt paste on, but has done little to slow it down; it seems like he now has a BM every time he eats.

We are going to try Target’s generic hypoallergenic formula when our current Nutramigen can is finished to see if that changes anything. If things do not get better with the Target brand, I’ll try the Alimentum next.

I’d love to hear others’ experiences with HA formulas - any brand - and if I need to follow up with our pediatrician about my concerns that so far the formula change hasn’t helped much if at all.

Thanks for any insight!

Why is Nido so much cheaper than other “toddler formulas” like Enfamil Enfagrow, Similac Go and Grow, ect? Maybe I just really suck at Googling but from what I can gather it falls into the same category and is nutritionally similar. I have my 12 month old on Enfagrow right now but am considering switching to Nido.

I am aware toddler formula is unnecessary for most children and kids her age typically do fine on cows milk or another plant based alternative. I am not looking for advice on whether toddler formula is necessary, just whether Nido is nutritionally comparable to other similar products. Thank you.