How Can I Make the Transition from One Formula to Another

Soy Is REALLY bad for babies and premenopausal grownups. Adds unwanted Estrogen levels equilivent to several birth control pills per day per serving.... shuts down the thyroid gland and endocrine system. Will also keep body in retaining weight mode.. Just another ruse by "industry liars" who insist that this and other POISONOUS baby formulas are good for us. Mother's please reconsider all these infant milk substitutes.. THis is EXACTLY why we have colic babys, "lactose intolerance" and allergies Poor little ones can't tell you how sick it makes them.. they refuse to drink it. spit up. need any MORE clues????
Try raw goat's milk, look at labels of formula offerings at health food stores and make smart choices....
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Check with your doctor to make sure you do it correctly. I tried to do that with my son and he threw up for days until I finally figured out it was the formula change that was making him sick. I thought it was a stomach bug and it was actually the formula change. Good luck.

S.,

I'm a first time mom of 8 1/2 month old twin girls. We had special premie formula when we first started out to supplement the breastmilk. (which you have probably been told that's the best thing to give them.) We've now switched to Similac Advance. (A very short trial with Soy was tried for a bit when we were trying to figure out if there was an allergy or just a digestive issue. But, it only lasted a few days and we stopped.)

Before you EVER switch formulas, ask your pediatrician! The methods for switching given by all of the other Mom's are pretty much correct, with the exception of one very important detail. It is extrememly hard on a babies digestive system to switch, especially if they're very young. So, for safety sake, call your pediatrician before you switch. For one thing, Similac makes several types of formula. And your doctor will be able to tell you exactly which one is better suited for YOUR baby. Every baby is different. There is no perfect solution for all.

E.

Hi S.,
Whenever I'd introduce anything new to my babies, I'd start with just one or two ounces for a day or two, at the beginning of a meal (when they're more hungry).

If all goes well, I gradually increase the amount, and offer it at more and more feedings. Your baby will let you know how slow or fast to go. My first son transitioned quickly, but my second always needs a little extra time for his tummy to adjust.

T

It may just be me but I have never seen any bad effects from people eating or drinking soy. I worked in a jewish preschool where it was only a dairy serving preschool. Pretty much every child there ate soy or even drank soy milk. My niece who is now 11 drank soy as a baby. My 2 nephews 9 and 6 drank soy as babies. My two 4 and almost 3 have been on soy ever since the doctors figured out I didnt make milk and drinking any other kind of formula gave them the runs. They still drink soy and my doctor has no issues with it. Now they can eat things like cheese, yogurt, it is just plain cows milk that upsets their stomachs.

I think with everything out there now even cows milk there are good things and bad things about them. My God daughter cant eat or drink quite a number of things. No meats what so ever, only fruits and veggies, no rice, wheat, dairy, soy. Someone some where is going to be allergic to something. I would say if you child is doing fine on the soy and has not had any bad reactions stick with it.

If you really want to switch over then do a little at a time. Lets say you are making a bottle with 4 scoops. Do a 3 to 1 ratio. Do that for a week the do a 2/2 for a week then a 1/3 then 4/0. Slow changes usually work the best.

I agree with the previous person that soy is very bad. It is good you are switching. But just plain goat's milk isn't good either (like she suggested) ... depending on how old your baby is. I think after they are 1 yr. old it's fine. But it alone doesn't have all the nutrients a baby needs (I think it's low in folic acid and B vitamins). When my baby was 2 weeks old, she started getting a stuffy nose, so I switched her from the milk based, organic Similac she was eating, to Lipil Nutrimagen which is supposed to be milk free, soy free. It has some predigested milk proteins in it, but apparently babies with milk allergy do fine with it. I just switched. I don't think there is a special way to do it. But that formula has worked really well for her. She is 5 weeks old now and is doing great. She also gets breastmilk, but I don't make enough to give her that exclusively. But my pediatrician said she wasn't a big fan of switching around formulas too often b/c it can upset their digestive system.

Same response as Christi R...that is the way I did it when we switched between formulas and even when we were switching to milk did it that way too.

The advice I was given was to make the switch gradually by mixing different ratios of each type of formula. For example, If you use two scoops of formula/bottle, start with a half scoop of the new formula and 1.5 of the soy. After a couple of days, do one of each, then 1.5 new and half a scoop of soy, ending with all new formula. It worked fine for my son. Good luck.