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Should I switch formula again?

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DearDinah · 18/09/2014 06:45

DD is just over 2 weeks.
At hospital as started her on SMA first milk, she drank that till about day 10 when I noticed her poos had started to go hard & she was really straining, only having one every other day. Suspecting constipation I switched her to cow & gate comfort. Her poops are now very runny & see more like newborn poop should be, but she seems to take forever to get this formula through the size 1 newborn teats, we noticed it's impossible to shake any out when doing a wrist test. The formula is so thick! We use both mam anti colic bottles & Tt back to nature, I bought some variflow teats for TT but she's so small she can't get them in her mouth, also tried TT number 2 teats but she took the milk so fast it came straight back up.
Do I try perhaps cow & gate first milk that's a bit thinner? Or do you think that would mess up her system again?
Or the mam bottles seem a little better, so not sure whether to persevere with just those. Still takes a long time to feed but not as long as with TT.
Also, how do you know if a baby likes the milk? She seems to pull a really disgusted face every time she takes the bottle, not sure if that's just what they do?! (FTM, PFB!!)

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purplemurple1 · 18/09/2014 06:53

I wouldn't switch, I'd let her get use to the milk she is on esp if it seems to agree with her. Newborns feed slowly and provided she seems happy with the amount of milk she is getting and she is gaining weight it's ok. With my formula it flows faster when warm - do you give it warm or cold?

Not sure about the taste - I think they are all pretty similar so I wouldn't switch just for that.

Congratulations btw

DearDinah · 18/09/2014 07:06

Thank you! We use perfect prep machine so it's room temperature, I'll perhaps try it a little warmer. During the day she seems to take it a little faster, I suppose at night she just wants to take her time, she is more wakeful then so perhaps being nosy?!

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