Anyone switched to a Amino Acid formula?

We have been moved from Aptamil Pepti 1 (which he was fine on but still had liquid stools and never had a proper stool).

Allergy test confirmed full dairy allergy. So moved onto Nutramigen Puramino.

I’ve had to mix with the Aptamil as he wasn’t impressed with the taste and he’s been screaming and whining all day which isn’t like him at all. He’s not a baby that cries much.

Is there a ‘gentle’ amino acid formula?

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Have you tried adding in a bit of vanilla (needs to be alcohol free). Our baby boy was refusing all milk apart from his kendamil (which he was allergic to) the dietitian from the doctor’s recommended doing this and bingo he started taking it. We did this for a few weeks and now he doesn’t need any to take his bottles x

I’ve just been reading this on google. I’ll give it a try.

Did you find your son was gassy and fussy on this formula first? How long until he seemed okay with the formula?

My son hasn’t been this uncomfortable since he was on normal formula ☹️

did he have any discomfort at first?

My son seems like he’s in pain ☹️

We used neocate no issues on it! My little one wasn't a fan of nutramigen when on it.

he was extremely fussy and hated it. He didn’t take it and when he did have awful reflux.

Is it wind it reflux thats the issue? For his reflux we used gaviscon added in and if its wind a little gripe water. He is nearly 6 months now so took is from his diagnosis (10 weeks) to now it get it right for him. Thankfully he is starting to have food now which has made anything so much better! X

Neocate with a bit of alcohol free vanilla x

Update - we are now on Neocate as Puramino contains soy and as he has a peanut allergy, soy can apparently also be a trigger for reactions.

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Has anyone used alcohol free vanilla in their babies formal to help them drink?
I’m 100% sure my baby refuses her bottles as she doesn’t like the taste of it!

Just anxious to try it, don’t want her to get used to it and then refuse bottles again after two weeks of using (correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read you use it for 2 weeks max)

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