I exclusively breastfed for the first month of my son\'s life. In the second month my husband and I decided to try integrating formula so he could share in the feedings. We use Nestle Good Start which is covered by WIC, and he loves it just as much as breastmilk. It doesn\'t give him excess gas or anything.

I Formula Feed My Baby! -but had some problems! The Hospital put her on Similac Advance and she always had lots of gas, was very fussy and just flat out not happy. I told her Doctor who told me to put her on Similac Isomil, well she became constipated with more problems. Became Colicy and spitting up alot. I did some research online, and seen alot of good comments about Nestle Good Start Supreme. I decided to give it a try on my own, and lets just say \"THANK YOU NESTLE!!!\" It works wonders!

Breastfeeding did not work for us. My milk took over 8 days to come in (after my C-section) and by day 5, my daughter had lost over 10% of her body weight. We started supplementing with formula...and it was a Godsend for us. Suddenly, my daughter wasn't crying every 45 minutes day and night!

We ended up having to go through a few different types. When she was first born, she seemed to be not tolerating milk-based formulas well (we tried Enfamil A+ and Similac). We switched to soy (Alsoy) which she was on for 2 months. We THEN (poor kid) switched her to Good Start at our Ped's recommendation and it worked.

I attempted to breast feed all 3 of my kids but for different reasons it sis not work. I chose to pump my milk as long as I could. When my milk supply slowed down I alternated formula and breast milk. I have used MANY different formulas with my kids. My oldest drank Similac w/iron, my 2nd we did trial and error to find the best for her(she was allergic to some and her stomache didnt agree with others)we used Goodstart and Similac advance, and my son is on enfamil lipil. If you want to know more details with trial and error feel free to message me.

I couldn't breastfed but I did right after she was born but couldn't after cause I'm on meds. It goes into the milk. I gave her similac but its very expensive & then tried similac powder but it got her very constipated & then gave her president's choice formula cause its cheap & she loves it & its the same as simlac but cheaper.

I have breastfed 2 out of 3 of my children but I always supplement with formula to give myself a break. I personally believe hands down that Nestle Goodstart is the best infant formula, it is all I've ever trusted.

Again, thank you everyone for the good input.

well i have a 2month old and i tried breast feeding and it worked for 5days i was so excited but at the 6day he only wanted the bottel o by the way he drinks similac advance

My son had severe acid reflux and Enfamil for acid reflux had done the job. He is now 5 months and is on Enfamil AR along with cereal and solids. Enfamil AR gets an A+ in my book.

My twins were almost 2 months premature, so they were in the Special Care Nursery for 27 days. I pumped starting the second day after my C-section, an the milk came in pretty good the 3rd day, so the babies got mostly breast milk the first month. I tried breast-feeding with a nipple shield, and sometimes they took to it, sometimes they didn't. They were still so small. When they came home, I alternated between pumped breast milk with Human Milk Fortifier added and Enfamil Premature LIPIL 24 calories because the dr. wanted them to gain weight. Now that they are past their 4 month check up, I am starting them (tomorrow actually) on regular Enfamil LIPL with iron added. They had it before when I ran out of the other stuff and they did fine. I really wanted to breastfeed exclusively, but too many circumstances made it too difficult. If I have another child, and it is just a singleton, I will exclusively breast feed. It is enjoyable, cheap, and priceless.

My childern were premature..when they were first born I breastfed, and then when they came home I started feeding them Neo-Sure Advanced they had triped their weight in 4-5 months and are heathy...it was the easiet for them to digest and it has helped them grow tramendously...

My newborn is just 1 month, today. When he was born I used Enfamil-Lipil, the powder and after shaking it there were many bubbles that didn't go away, I tried Parents Choice-Lipil and the ugo away right after you shake it. He has much less gas, and spitting up.
JENN

I struggled to breastfeed for about a week. Cole's latch was perfect, but we had a horrible time. After many tears and guilt, I gave up and started him on formula--Similac Advance. My milk never did come in, probably because of nerve damage due to breast surgery the year before. We weren't crazy about the Similac; baby was very gassy. Someone in my mommy's group actually suggested we try Walmart brand, and we did, switching slowly. He loved it, the gas stopped, and we've been using that ever since. He's nearly a year old now, and only has about two bottles a day, and drinks water out of a sippy otherwise. We're about to introduce regular whole milk, and see how that goes.

With the baby blues, trying to breastfeed was horrible for me. My baby was born 2 days early, but at only 5lbs, he mouth was to small to latch on to my 40H breasts(when the milk came in). We went to a lactation consultant, and things were going fine for a while. I got sick when my daughter was about 2 months old, and the doctors put me on medication with which I had to 'pump and dump'. By the time I was over the sickness, my poor sore breasts would not produce anymore than 1/2oz each pumping session. After all I had been through with breastfeeding, I did not want to give up on it, but my body had a different plan. We had to put my daughter on Similac Advance formula, and she loves it. I miss the personal time we had during breastfeeding, but I'm glad that our first try with formula worked out great!!!

We started on the Enfamil Gentlease, she did some spitting up and was hard to get to sleep, found out she had GERD and went to the Enfamil Nutrinagen, worked wonders. She ate and went right to sleep, even started to sleep all the way through the night. At about 5 months we switched to the regular Enfamil and she was fine. I am not sure which if any formula is better, but this one worked great for us and our issues.