Formula
Hey, I’m stuck on what formula to get, does anyone know which is the best as there’s so many different ones!🙈🤣
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Hipp Dutch Organic is supposed to be really great. About to be fourth time Mom and I decided I’m not breastfeeding this time around. Lots of trouble in the past so a friend recommended this formula to me!
They're all going to be pretty much the same as they are all governed by strict health standards. Just avoid the overpriced ones that are marketed as "immune boosters" or "neurodevelopmental support" because they are more or less a marketing gimmick. Just excess vitamins that get peed out anyway, for a higher price.
We started on Kendamil, which made my son very gassy, constipated & refluxy. He’s now on Aptamil x
I was told by my health visitor that it’s just personal preference on what milk you put them on as they are pretty much all the same. I use SMA First Infant formula and haven’t had any issues x
All stage 1 UK formulas have to meet a regulatory standard, so they all have the same foundation and ensure suitable nutrition. The rest is ultimately just marketing for each company. We were advised to get whichever one was most readily available, in case of emergency shortage! We went with Aptamil as it’s sold in our local shop, and have had no issues with it. We combination feed, alongside breastfeeding and baby has no trouble managing digestion of both.
Kendamil!
My baby loves Kabrita!
My baby boy is with kendamil I would definitely recommend x
Lots of people will say they’re all the same, which they are in the sense that they have everything they have to have in them. But one key difference that may (or may not of course) affect your little one is that they do have different extra ingredients sometimes for example a big one is the oils, some have palm oil, some have fish oils and some don’t have these. None are bad necessarily and you won’t know if it will effect your baby until they’re here and drinking it, but just highlighting in case you do have issues with whatever you try first ☺️
I’d start with the cheapest/most easily available to you that’s what we did! If baby is happy on it great, if not then you can look to try something else 🥰
I use cow and gate and we’ve had no issues on it, although my HV has told me there’s not much difference between them and a lot of the time you’re just paying for the name over actual benefits
I mainly breastfeed but also use the odd bottle of Kendamil Goat milk- supposedly the most similar to breastmilk due to its protein structure/prebiotics etc x
Whatever you can get easily in a “oh crap I forgot it” emergency. We used cow + gate with no problems, always easy to buy on the go. Ultimately the stage one are all fundamentally the same x
I'm using Kendamil for my 3 preemies and they doing great on it! Was over birth weight after 2 weeks. However, been mainly using the premade stuff as the powder was a bit too gassy, now they over 8 pounds they are doing ok with powder, premade in the evening/night feeds
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Formula
Hey, I’m stuck on what formula to get, does anyone know which is the best as there’s so many different ones!🙈🤣
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