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| 1164.1 | no difference | WR2FOR::BELINSKY_MA | | Tue Oct 08 1991 13:21 | 13 |
| I went through this for a different reason, and as a result I believe
what my pedi told me - it doesn't make any difference.
My daughter abruptly started spitting up at about 8 weeks - and
continued until about 6 months of age, when it tapered off. I was using
Enfamil powder - rather thin compared to the ready mixed. I switched
to the ready mixed thinking that the heavier consistency would keep it
down, but it didn't make a bit of difference, as my pedi had told me.
Personally, I wouldn't worry about it.
...Mary
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| 1164.2 | diddo | CYCLPS::MARRAMA | | Tue Oct 08 1991 14:00 | 6 |
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I also had switched from the Enfamil ready mixed to the powder and my
daughter didn't have any reaction. She is now 6 months old and will
hopefully be switching to milk soon.
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| 1164.3 | I liked powder formula | MIVC::MTAG | | Tue Oct 08 1991 14:53 | 11 |
| Jackie was a spitter from birth to 8 months. It didn't matter whether
it was breast milk, water, or formula. I used Similac powder formula.
She seemed to spit up much more with the ready made. At around 7 or 8
months, I switched to Carnation (dr ok'd this). She did much better on
this formula. It mixed better than the Similac and she really liked
it. I think the ready made (not the concentate) was a bit heavy for
her and did't digest as well. Also, with her being a spitter, the
powder milk formula didn't stain like soy or ready made.
Mary
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| 1164.4 | ex | OGOMTS::ASPENCER | | Tue Oct 08 1991 22:12 | 7 |
| I switched William from Ready to Feed to Concentrate. He is a spitter
if he does not burp. The reason I switched is that is that Ready to
feed is a dollar more a can. All you have to do is boil water and
let it cool. I have heard the the powered formula is very watery,and
doesn't mix well.
Is it time to make the bottles??
Amy
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| 1164.5 | no difference here | AD::HOUGHTON | | Wed Oct 09 1991 11:07 | 6 |
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my son has been drinking powder formula, but every once in a while
i get the ready to feed or concentrate, depending what is on sale,
and he does not seem to mind. I do add a littl water to the ready
to serve, because it is heavier, but he has never had a reaction.
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| 1164.6 | Maybe it's the water? | 16BITS::OLEARY | | Wed Oct 09 1991 13:13 | 7 |
| Ryanne wouldn't drink the powdered or the concentrate -- only the
redi-to-feed -- which wasn't too bad at first as it was a supplement
to breast milk. After she was weaned, however, it did get expensive.
The pharmacist suggested trying different waters to mix. I tried
boiling our water (well water), spring water and distilled water.
None worked for her, but maybe for somebody else?
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| 1164.7 | Powdered formula | XCUSME::BARRY | | Thu Oct 10 1991 14:34 | 7 |
| All three of my children have used powdered formula and I've never
had any problems. I also don't have a problem with mixing it, as
long as you use *warm* water. Cold water and the powder don't mix!
Also, the powder doesn't stain as bad as the concentrate/ready_to_feed
stuff.
- Janice
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| 1164.8 | | USOPS::GALLANT | all I wanna do is wrong.... | Thu Oct 10 1991 16:32 | 22 |
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My daughter currently uses Similac powdered formula. We
started her off on the Ready to Feed (RTF) only because
at 2:00am I didn't feel like mixing a bottle. We went to
concentrate for a little while but I didn't like having
to worry about the bottle staying warm/cold, etc. so we
switched to powdered...no problems at all.
However! One afternoon we were out and I didn't have any
bottles with me (not anticipating we'd be out that long)
so we just swung next door to the local supermarket and I
decided to get Carnation Follow-Up Formula. The label
indicated it was for infants 6-12 months who were eating
solid foods.... she spit up more with that particular
brand than Similac.
Her pedi said that 99% of the cow-milk based formulas
are the same but the consistency or flavoring may have
not agreed...
/Kim
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| 1164.9 | Reactions with Nursoy Formula | JUNCO::LROSS | | Fri Oct 11 1991 13:51 | 19 |
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My son, Jeremy, is on Nursoy formula. He normally takes the
concentrate which I mix with boiled water. I went to powder since
my older son used Enfamil powder/concentrate/ready to feed with
no side affects from any. Jeremy ended up developing a nasty
diaper rash which turned into a yeast infection. I attributed it
to the powder formula which was causing him to have 2-3 times the
number of bowel movements (and very loose). As soon as I went
back to the concentrate his bowel movements were normal and I
was able to combat the rash. I did notice that both the poweder
and concentrate had the same amount of iron, but the powder said
something about having Corn Syrup Solids - the concentrate doesn't.
I think this difference contributed to the reaction. If the
ingredients were exactly the same, I would not have expected any
bad reaction.
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