To ask which baby formula you used

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Just that. Looking for opinions. Currently using aptamil but baby is crying each afternoon, not sure if its related to digestive issues but gp suggested to change the formula and see…

SMA.

We switched from Aptamil to Cow&Gate and DD seemed a bit comfier on it. I know a few babies who thrived on Kendamil, and some who really didn’t get on with it.

How old is your baby?

It was years ago and it was for cereal as I breast fed but all mine had HiPP Organic.

Had to change from Kendamil to cow and gate.
best advice I had was whatever is the most readily available for you e.g. sold at your corner shop etc!

6 weeks.

We used Mamia (aldi). My DD couldn't tolerate antimalarial. Mamia was more lighter and didn't give her as much reflux.

Aptamil pepti 1 due to cmpa

our tesco has them all i believe

i just want straining, grunting, whining and crying to stop 😭 i am dreading days when dh is at work and i am by myself with a newborn and 4yrs old

aldi is nowhere near us so probably not the best choice for me specifically but what is antimalarial formula?

Kendamil subscription to the door 🙌

And aptamil for my other kids but they were born in 2015 and 2017 so I’m sure times have moved on since then. No issues though.

HIPP organic was a life saver for our very unsettled baby! I was recommended it by a few friends and it worked a treat. You can also get a comfort version x

My MIL was a Midwife and seemed to think Cow and Gate was the best of the formula options. She banged on about so much to my SIL (another DIL) she deliberately went for SMA to stop MIL taking over everything with the next branch of the family tree.

Personal opinion, whichever one is easiest to source in your local shops/chemist is the best one for you.

Kendamil was better for DS, it was lighter than Aldi or aptamil.

How is she with wind? Might it also be worth trying a different bottle?

Cow&Gate .

Sorry its meant to say aptimal. Bloody predictive text.

SMA as I could get the ready made version if it easily

DS1 started on SMA but we moved him to Cow & Gate on HV’s advice and he was better on it. DS2 just on C & G.

I breastfeed and that sounds like my baby at 6 weeks, if no other symptoms like green poo, blood in stool or vomiting, then it's just standard newborn stuff. It went away by 12 weeks.

The Aldi one

That sounds normal for a 6w old baby.

Are there any other symptoms that you raised with your GP?

Do you have a sling for baby? To help keep baby close and enable you to give the 4yo an airing?

Also congrats on your newborn! 🥰

DC1 had aptimil anti reflux, and DC2 had Cow and Gate. I tried Hipp and Kendamil also but neither of them got on with it, they became very refluxy on them!

Hipp organic. I found it dissolved best! Aptamil tablets were easier out and about but much more difficult to get the bottles clean.

To be fair my combination fed daughter was never that fussed.

None at all.