Next stage baby milk

jenhug

astonsmummy wrote: »

Sorry, but I would not do this!
Mixing 2 different types of formula!?
Obviosuly it's up to you but no way would I do that, they are seperate for a reason surely

I stayed with the same brand. Seriously, babies are tougher than people give them credit for! If you breast feed, do you eat exactly the same food every day so the milk doesn't change? I doubt it!

kelloggs36

Whilst it says it is stage 2, it isn't really as it is also suitable from birth - that's what I mean. From the real different stages, I mean the follow on milk. It was so easier in my day (although still of child bearing age lol) as there was the gold top SMA which was 'normal' milk and white top which was for hungrier babies. With Oster Feed (now Cow and Gate) there was Oster Feed and Oster Feed for hungry babies - both suitable from birth.

JBD

fawd1 wrote: »

I think she means that it's still designed for 0-6 month old babies, which it is. I switched straight over from the normal SMA Gold to the hungry baby one when my lo was about 6-7 weeks old and it did him no harm. Was also told by a HV (she was a bit older and came from the no nonsense school of training methinks) that the best way to get a baby to sleep longer through the night is to try and make them wait a bit longer for their last feed of the day i.e if usually they feed every 3 hours, try and make the 9pmish feed half an hour later than it usually would be. Her reasoning was that they will then take more and sleep longer. It depends really on whether you ascribe more to the idea that you want to set your baby a routine, or the idea that your baby will set a routine for him/herself. I went with setting him a routine myself, which some people disagree with, but he's a fabulously happy little boy and I have much more fun with him because I've been getting a full nights rest since he was 7 weeks old!

I really agree with pretty much everything in this post. I used to keep my baby downstairs , feed them about 11 0'clock then put them in bed at around 11.30-12.00[ after burping, gripewater etc]. Then would pop them into their cot, by 5 weeks old they would all sleep 12-6 am. Gradually they would sleep a little bit longer at each end.

TBH I have really been a little bit shocked coming on the internet over the last couple of years. When did looking after a baby become so difficult ? It is a little bit sad to hear young Mums saying they find looking after baby hard work. Even when I was in the maternity unit noone ever suggested I should feed on demand ,and I did breastfeed for a little while, even from birth babies were fed then put down. Life did not revolve around feeding the baby. Right from the very 1st day the goal was to get baby into a proper routine , babies often were fed, burped then allowed to cry. It really didn't do them any harm at all. It is perfectly possible for even very young babies to go 3+ hours between feeds, I don't know why HV's are telling parents differently nowadays?.

astonsmummy

jenhug wrote: »

I stayed with the same brand. Seriously, babies are tougher than people give them credit for! If you breast feed, do you eat exactly the same food every day so the milk doesn't change? I doubt it!

Sorry but I still wouldn't mix it.
And I'm not some pro breastfeeding nutter or anything, but you cannot compare putting 2 types (of the same brand) of formula together with eating different foods whilst breastfeeding!
breast milk is completely natural, Formula is man made
I know babies are tougher than people give credit but in an 8 week old baby, I would not be messing around with formula, but then thats just my opinion.:D

xmaslolly76

I have him in a routine apart from his feeding maybe i have to be a little more tough skinned and let him cry a little if needs be i know his i really need help cry from his grumpy hungry cry. So from tonight there will be set feeding time for him of 8pm after his bath then he will get put down and woken again at 11pm for a top up once he has gotten into that the tin of milk i have should be used up so i will put him on the hungry stuff if he hasnt settled off a bit. Its worth a try at least :-)

xmaslolly76

Astons i have to agree with you i dont like the idea of mixing the milk in that fashion. I am not saying what you are doing is wrong jenhug i just dont want to take the risk i will swap him over completely like i did with the other two.

Just as a quick side question did any of you have any problems with colic when you changed milks. My other two didnt but i just wondered :-)

DevilsAdvocate1

Lydia82 wrote: »

I don't think the weight of the baby at birth has much to do with anything, my DS was 11.8lb at birth, I breastfed him exclusively (like another poster has said either every 2 hours or every hour during a growth spurt, he'd also cluster feed from about 5-7pm and slept through the night from 3 weeks until 6 months)

Once he was six months he was on 3 meals a day, breastfed 4 times during the day, topped up with a bottle before bed and then fed 2-3 times during the night, he's almost 8 months and I'm absolutely shattered.

I've got 3 boys, breastfed them all and they all had the pattern you describe. Slept really well until 6 months and then it all fell apart. My youngest was big too - almost 11lb. He is now 4 but is in age 5-6 clothes. He was 24 inches long when born and is still tall. Don't know where he came from as we are all small!

To the OP, I would be worried about him becoming constipated on hungrier formula milk. The pattern you describe - every 3 hours - is pretty normal for an 8 week old. My cousin's little girl ended up in hospital with a blockage when she was given some solids at 12 weeks, The hospital said she had been weaned before her tummy was ready for it.

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JBD

OP I don't think constipation is a major worry, this can be dealt with with either by extra water ,or a tiny bit of fresh orange juice well diluted. Have also heard of diluted prune juice being given for this purpose.

shellsuit

xmaslolly76 wrote: »

Astons i have to agree with you i dont like the idea of mixing the milk in that fashion. I am not saying what you are doing is wrong jenhug i just dont want to take the risk i will swap him over completely like i did with the other two.

Just as a quick side question did any of you have any problems with colic when you changed milks. My other two didnt but i just wondered :-)

No, no problems at all, with wind, colic or constipation. Infact it helped his wind/colic! x