{"id":1381,"date":"2013-04-23T11:39:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2013-04-23T12:23:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T14:53:01","slug":"baby-formula-opinions-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/2013\/04\/23\/baby-formula-opinions-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby formula opinions needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moms and dads out there, <a title=\"Matt&#39;s blog\" href=\"http:\/\/matthewmiddleton.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Matt<\/a> and I are looking for opinions on powder formula for our baby.\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/26814432@N07\/8675483348\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8406\/8675483348_042ff6a241.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1366729125604.191\" class=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" alt=\"Formula?\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"> What formula should I use?<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Now that Miranda is almost two months old, we can soon switch her to powder instead of the ready to drink stuff. We&#39;ve thought about the concentrated liquid, but would rather go with powder if possible. It&#39;s a good option for her and financially it&#39;s much easier because the ready to drink formula is EXPENSIVE!<\/p>\n<p>She&#39;s currently drinking Enfamil because that&#39;s what she started on in the hospital. She has no issues with itst all. No major spitting or integestion, so we could just transition over to the Enfamil powder. Once out of the hospital, our family doctor recommended that we stick with the ready to drink Enfamil for the first two months because Miranda had no issues with it.<\/p>\n<p>But we&#39;ve heard good things about <a title=\"Nestle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nestle-baby.ca\/Templates\/Product.aspx?NRMODE=Published&#038;NRNODEGUID=%7B62AA8276-9095-4338-83A0-F6A0BC3DCDC0%7D&#038;NRORIGINALURL=\/en\/products\/formula\/starter\/goodstart_probiotic.htm&#038;NRCACHEHINT=Guest\" target=\"_blank\">Nestl\u00e9 Good Start<\/a>. It has a probiotic, is considered easy to digest and has Omega 3 and 6.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enfamil.ca\/en\/products\/newborn-formulas\/pages\/default.aspx\">Enfamil A+<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Docosahexaenoic_acid\">DHA<\/a> (Docosahexaenoic acid, basically Omega 3) but the packaging doesn&#39;t seem to make a big deal about it, nor does it say anything about Omega 6.<\/p>\n<p>The Enfamil powder is available at Costco which is a plus in our opinion, but both are easily available at large retail chains like Wal-mart and our grocery stories; with both going on sale regularly (although I&#39;ve noticed that the Enfamil powder seems to go on sale more frequently).<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what&#39;s a new mom to do? Any suggestions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;m planning on also asking a Pediatrician I know at work and also checking with our family doctor during Miranda&#39;s two-month appointment on Thursday.\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right; font-size: small; clear: both;\" id=\"blogsy_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogsyapp.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogsyapp.com\/images\/blogsy_footer_icon.png\" alt=\"Posted with Blogsy\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 5px;\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/>Posted with Blogsy<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moms and dads out there, Matt and I are looking for opinions on powder formula for our baby. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[97,93,46,99,94],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3zorl-mh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1395,"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}