Kendamil or Aptamil?

Hi ladies! I’m looking into what formula to get for baby due in January and am stuck between Aptamil and Kendamil. Is anyone able to tell me how their baby is doing on either?

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My baby is on kendamil - she’s thriving on it. I was combi feeding to begin with, and she took to both really well.

There has been a shortage of kendamil but they have now additional factories making the formula, so there won’t be a shortage from December.

Had no issues on Aptamil. Only picked it as it’s widely available. I’ve seen quite a few posts where people have been complaining of kendamil shortages.

yeah the shortage worries me a bit but hopefully that won’t be a problem in the new year!

yeah I’ve seen issues about shortages which concerns me a bit tbh 🙄 would be just my luck to get the baby on it and then every shop runs out.

Kendamil! Never experienced any shortages

We swapped from Aptamil to Kendamil goats milk in first week and never looked back

yeah tbh it just was never worth the risk for me! Good luck love x

thank you!

You’re best off trying to come to the decision yourself. I picked Aptamil due to shortages with Kendamil for my first baby and had no issues what so ever! People will always tell you what they feed their baby is best but every baby is different. May be worth just spending a bit of time doing some research and trying to come to your own decision. That’s what I did in the end and my decision was the right one for me 😊

thank you!

My baby loves kendamil! Never had any problems with shortages, never had any problems with him not taking it either x

I used Aptimil as we travel a lot its easy enough to find it everywhere in EU

Just our experience .
Baby was on Kendamil and recently changed to Aptamil because we couldn’t find any Kendamil in our local shop and had let the milk run out - rookie error .

Aptamil -
Smells like chemicals
More clumpy texture and doesn’t dissolve as well .
Baby full of gas all the time - literally farting all day !
Baby started waking in the night for feeds again and was previously sleeping through . Not as full, despite drinking more ounces .
Baby doesn’t like the taste as much .

Kendamil

Creamy lovely smell.
Made with whole milk.
Baby genuinely prefers taste
Sleeps through
Better ingredients

No brainer :)

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