Formula. Please help!
Hey guys so I posted a few weeks ago asking about formula. I’m going back to work next month and my baby is breastfed. For reference I work night shifts on weekends and my baby still has milk at night. That’s why I am trying to give him formula during the nights. However I no longer produce enough to pump and breastfeed. I tried all the recommended formulas in that post and my baby hates all of them. As soon as he tastes it’s not his normal milk he refuses to drink it. Pushes the bottle away from him. He just does not like the taste of formula. We tried Hipp organic, aptamil, kendamil everything. He just hates it. I have no clue how to make him drink formula. I have a month to get him to drink something. I have endless amounts of ready to feed milk that I do not know what to do with. Anyone have any tips or tricks. I’m so desperate for him to drink something other than breastmilk. Which he just isn’t interested in
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Could you try a sippy cup/straw cup? I’m in the same boat, going back to work and she has very little formula, nursery helped get my little one with the bottle too, so hoping it works this time round too
Try mixing the formula and breast milk to slowly introduce?
Have you tried watering down a bit more than the recommended amount? It won’t hurt them as they drink water anyway. We put an extra 1 Oz of water in as breast milk is much thinner than formula. Also my BF baby will only have cow and gate - we tried them all but she just prefers it.
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Are you giving it warm? But also stick with it. It may take a while for him to get used to it. How long did you try each brand before moving to a new one?