Baby's Own organic baby Formula?

Thanks ladies. I was alittle afraid that mentioning the possibility of giving my baby formula may get me stoned. Thanks for the support. I am working on increasing my supply for now- drinking more water, mother's milk tea etc. I just want to be prepared so my little bean won't go hungry. I agree with the pp that, for me as well, organic is more important to me than the price. DH freaked when I mentioned formula "That's not even FOOD! They make it in a lab!!" Made me feel like a failure.

Oh thanks dh! Maybe he could start pumping.

I had the most success with Fenugreek and oatmeal and pumping so often it felt like I did more pumping than not! I also had cans of formula to give away when my supply and her demand met up again. I was also afraid of her going hungry! :LOL

Good luck.

My son used it in his SNS from 12 months until 17 months. It's pretty good in terms of formula...hard to mix, but smells decent and the ingredient label's not totally scary. Call the company and ask for a free sample--they sent us a coupon for a free can. You use less powder than with the name brands, so it actually ends up being about equal in price to the other brands per serving if you buy it buy the case (Wild Oats gives you a 10% discount for buying it by the case). And after 24 cans, you send in the UPC's to the formula company and they send you a coupon for 2 free cans.

And, it's marketed as a toddler formula because the FDA won't approve organic formulas (well most of them) for use in infants. It's perfectly safe (if not safer) than the alternatives, even though we did use it as a toddler formula. It doesn't have the nasty stuff, like corn syrup.

So, if you have to use formula, that's the kind I'd recommend. We've always had good luck with it (for the record, we have used formula in a lactaid since our son was about 2 months old due to extreme low supply that wasn't remedied by pumping every 2 hours with a hospital grade pump while nursing on demand and taking tons of oatmeal and mother's milk tea). We used carnation the first year and baby's only until recent...baby's only is a much better option!

Just had to add another voice saying that we've had good luck with that formula. We're not using it at the moment, but have in the past and it agreed with her fine. We used the dairy based, not the soy, fwiw. At the moment we're getting our formula through WIC but when I buy it myself I definitly prefer the organic one. Also, if you save the labels off 10 (?) cans you can get a coupon for a free can, so that helps off set some of the price difference. Actually, I seem to recall that after I did the calculations, if you got the discounted price buying it by the case and factored in the 11th being free, it really wasn't much more than Similiac or the equivalent mainstream brand.

Good luck keeping your supply up! I've had supply problems since day 1 and dd's been supplemented since about 3 weeks. It was hard at first, but she's done really well on both breastmilk & formula. Hasn't been sick once and she's going on 9 months. Even if you try everything & can't get your supply to keep up (like happened to me) remember that EVERY ounce of breastmilk you give them is precious. My supply is really quite low at this point, but the way I see it, even if she only gets a few ounces of breastmilk a day that adds up to like a gallon over a month!

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As far as increasing your supply, for me, the fenugreek capsules are awesome. When I first started using them, I actually got engorged! The tea didn't do nearly as much for me. I ended up with PLENTY of milk and never had to supplement, thankfully :
Just my .02

Thanks so much for all the replies. Over the last several days DD stopped sleeping through the night and was nursing every couple hours. hence... increased supply! I guess she knew what she was doing. Isn't it just amazing how our bodies and babies work together like that... I seem to be okay for now.

well- maybe it was good that it was brought up and even better that it was met with support. I think we all need to feel free to discuss any issue that comes up without judgment- after all, we are all just doing the very best we can for our children, even if the absolute ideal isn't always possible.

Have you looked at the Weston A Price foundation for their homemeade formulas?

In the past, when I have used formula, I always added digestive enzymes and DHA to the powder. The other thing, is I have noticed a much higher incidence of constipation with the powder. When I did daycare, the weeks old little girl I watched was constantly bound up, and my 2nd DD was the same way .

I haven't ever had supply issues, just the misfortune of being uninformed and having a formula-pushing ped.

I do know, that if I truly neede to supplement, I would use the raw milk formulas on the WAP foundation, simply because pasteurized milk scares me :LOL . Plus, you can be sure about what exactly goes into it.

I am glad to see that your supply issues have been resolved, and here's hoping it stays that way!