I’m trying to switch my 4 1/2 month old baby from breastmilk to formula. Is there one that tastes good? I’ve tried the powder form of enfamil and it smelled so bad I almost gagged. Needless to say, the baby wouldn’t touch it, even when I mixed it with breastmilk. Is it just the powder form that is so bad? Somebody please tell me there is a formula that doesn’t taste so nasty!
The pre-mixed stuff smells worse. They don’t have taste buds like we do. I had the same reaction when I switched, but the baby doesn’t know the difference. I used Parents choice from Wal-Mart. I compare the vitamins and minerals and ingredients and found that they were the same, very close or better than those expensive brands. Try to get the formula warm like your milk, not hot. Make sure you follow the directions on mixing. I found that my son even liked the formula in cool water once the weather got warm, but not all babies are like that. I found the formula dissolved better in cool water. Weird, huh? BTW, I got a lot of flack from people when I switched. Different moms have to stop breast-feeding for different reasons at different times. Don’t let anyone make you feel guilty about your decisions. That’s YOUR baby.
Is there a baby formula that tastes good?
How old was your baby when you stopped feeding him/her a bottle of milk before bed?
My baby is 12 months old now. I’ve been giving her a bottle of milk before bed since birth. That is pretty much our only bedtime ritual… milk, then right to bed.
How old was your baby when you stopped giving them a bottle before bed?
I’m also trying to slowly wean my baby off a bottle. Did you feed your baby milk through a sippy cup before bed? Holding it up for them like a bottle?
Thanks~
my son is going to be a year this month.. they grew up sooo fast didn’t they?! I think if you give her a sippy cup with milk at first, she’ll be okay with it. try the nuk ones – they have soft silicone spouts so it’s similar to a bottle. Then start replacing the milk with water. Give her milk with her meals, and then a sippy cup of water for bed and naps. Dylan takes a bottle too … sometimes he doesn’t even want me, just his bed and his ba (i know thats horrible) .. but a few nights when I knew he had a good dinner, i’d give him just water, and it worked the same. good luck to you!!
What baby foods would you reccomend for weaning?
im doing a leaflet for coursework about weaning a baby. Does anyone have any reccomended healthy baby foods? Thanks (:
Check these websites:
http://www.babyledweaning.com
http://www.rapleyweaning.com
http://www.annabelkarmel.com
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/solids-when.html
http://www.llli.org/FAQ/solids.html
If you want to rouse debate/dialogue in class, you can also raise the idea that cereals (rice cereals, cerelac, etc. made by companies like Nestle) are unnecessary and continue to be sold because they make money for the big baby food companies). Info here: http://www.ibfan.org/
How long do you let your baby sleep?
How long do you let your baby sleep? My son is still sleeping. He went to bed around 830 or so last night and now its almost 11 and he is stll sleeping. Anyone elses baby sleep long hours?
I should add that he will be 4 months in a few days.
That’s funny! It’s more like, how long does your baby let YOU sleep? 
I can’t wait until mine is sleeping like that. How old is your son? If he’s older, his stomach is probably bigger, so he’s not going to be hungry as fast. I say if he’s breathing and looks content, don’t wake him….get some things done around the house or go back to sleep yourself.
Do you have trouble finding bath and body products for your baby and kids?
A friend of mine and I are thinking of starting a line of bath and body products for kids and babies. After hearing that bubble baths aren’t good for kids and having trouble locating baby products that appeal to us, we thought we might start our own independent brand. My question is are we the only ones experiencing this problem?
Nope. Burt’s Bees and California Baby are easy to come by where we live. Still, if you wanted to start a line, make the products organic, hypoallergenic, and for the love of all that is holy, TEAR – FREE! I’m sorry, but the one time I used Johnson & Johnson (got it as a gift) on my son and he got some in his eyes, he screamed bloody murder. The bottle said tear – free, but I was skeptical. After a little research of my own, I learned (the painful way) that J & J lied.
My 4 yr old guineapig has lost weight, is it good idea to supplement diet with babyfood via syringe?
It is a female Abyssinian, & she is accompanied by another female of same breed, who is 2 yrs old. So its difficult to see how much the older one eats.
Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated.
Critical Care is good. My sisters used it with her Guinea a couple of weeks ago, and she loved it. My vet advised me to give mine oatmeal (selfmade! just oatflakes and warm water) in a saucer. They loved it, and there was no need to feed it to them with a syringe. There was a need to comb out the fur later on, though. They got pretty creative in their hairstyling ideas… 
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And make sure they have plenty of water to drink when they get oatmeal.
Krystal’s Burger Copycat recipe PLEEEEAAAASSSEEE!!!?
SO, I have been in ND for six years (Military) and I am really really really REALLY craving some Krystal’s. I need a copycat recipe please! I’m begging!! I found one but it said to use…babyfood? why? dunno…but it didn’t say to steam anything and Krystal’s is all about the awesomeness of steam. plus they told me to put ketchup on it and ….that’s like complete and utter blasphemy. So…if anyone has any hints, tips, recipes etc. I’m begging you to hand ‘em over!
whats the deal with the baby food? There’s gotta be an alternative/substitute. Just seems….odd.
Honestly, you NEED the baby food for it to taste right, just leave out the Ketchup, use mustard, and tangy garlic dill pickle slices
At what age did you start feeding baby real food?
like whatever you were eating, within reason, the baby ate?
My daughter is only 9 months but she only wants what we are eating cut up really small. She feeds herself, chews, and never chokes. Is this earlier than usual?
6 months — we never did the whole baby food, jars or puree’s.
She’s almost 7 months now and eats what we eat when we eat it — and loves it.
She self feeds, we don’t mash anything up for her, she just gnaws at anything.
Check out — http://babyledweaning.blogware.com/
Where does a baby get it’s nutrition and weight gain if I’m not gaining much weight? 30 weeks pregnant?
I haven’t gained anything for almost 3 weeks, how can my baby still keep getting bigger and growing if I’m not gaining anything? I’m confused.
yep. there’s vitamins and stuff store in your body in the fat storage. that’s why in the first trimester, if you lose weight, or find it hard to eat, it’s usually okay cause you have the storage (or if you didn’t know you were until later on in pregnancy). good luck…and i’m sure the baby will be healthy
How can a newborn baby considered sinful in Christianity and condemned with hell? Is this fair?
That newborn can’t even see things clearly until few months!
How could Christianity send him/her to hell?
Christians with babies, care to explain?
*Since I have a baby, this is the major reason why I reject Christianity and Original Sin theory
All humans (born after Adam and Eve sinned and became imperfect) have ONLY been able to pass along sin and imperfection to their offspring.
So it’s not that a newborn baby committed any sin, but that newborn baby was born to sinful, imperfect parents who could only pass on that inherited sin that they themselves had.
But Jesus’ sacrifice opened the way for that original sinfulness inherited from our first parents (Adam and Eve) to be done away with. By one’s exercising faith in Jesus’ shed blood and that sacrifice, and living in accordance with the scriptures can a person have the hope to live on into the time when that inherited sin will be completely gone forever.