EBF moving to formula

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• NIKKINOOS

  Apr 7, 2011 4:54AM

  Congratulations for breastfeeding for so long. My LO is 8 months and i have recently moved him onto formula for his day time feeds in preperation for me going back to work next month.
  
  
  
  I replaced one feed at a time. Has your LO had a bottle before? My LO never took to a bottle and so we went straight onto a beaker which he has now got the hang of really well despite kicking off the first few times i offered it! I think the key is perserverance (?sp!). Maybe just offer the formula instead of the boobs first and if he really doesn't take to it then leave it and breastfeed. If you keep doing that, soon enough he will be inquisitive and want to try it. That's what happened with us anyway.
  
  
  
  I had no idea on which type of formula to go for and opted for Aptamil. So far my LO has taken to it well so we are sticking with that. I think it's a case of pick one and see how they react. It may be that you need to change it depending on his needs but there's no harm in that.
  
  
  
  Hope some of that helps.
  
  
  
  xx

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• junior j

  Apr 7, 2011 10:36AM

  thanks nikkinoos yeh we are going straight for a beaker, he has had some water from there before, so bypassing the bottles (another thing to add to the list of stuff bought not used!)
  
  
  
  i see the formula tins have numbers on them for different stages what number did you use?

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• NIKKINOOS

  Apr 7, 2011 11:41AM

  We are still using the one we have always used which is Aptamil 1st milk in the blue tub. Our hv said it was fine to use up to 1 year. I think after that we'll just go straight onto cows milk. x

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• junior j

  Apr 7, 2011 2:24PM

  fab thanks for your help

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• NIKKINOOS

  Apr 7, 2011 3:13PM

  No worries, hope your LO gets on ok with the formula. I'm sure he will. x

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