how much does formula cost?

I don't know, but I can go to another board and ask if you want....I'll get back to you!

We pay around $23 for Enfamil in the big can and that lasts us about a week. You can get knock off brands like Parents Choice which cost about $14 for a big can, but we ended up making her more bottles so the can only lasted about 5 days. Something about not having as much nutrients so the baby drinks more and more often to feel full.

I pay $24 a week. (Supply issues there are tons of posts about it) That is enough to adequately feed a 8 mo old who doesn't take many solids

The tightwad gazette mentions about $800 a year for a baby never breastfed...

I posted this on another site too, and I got anywhere from $50/month for generic with coupons to $240/ month for special kinds.

Sorry bottle nursing babe in the lap when I posted previously. The $24 a week is for the large can of Enfamil Gentlease due to DS gastro intenstinal issues. Our chiro suggested it for him since BFign was not working. Again if you look up my username you'll see the stories and what we went through. I Pushed to keep him at the breast and I STILL cry about our situation. I sometimes put him at my breast when he's not hungry just to have some closeness. (SHHHH don't tell anyone, I don't want anybody to think I'm weird)

afishwithabike- Hugs, We are not always able to do what we know is best. I too formula feed and see no need why you should have to defend yourself. The important thing is your doing whats best for your baby.

One month for us is $24 a can for Enfamil with Iron X 4 weeks= $96
We try to use coupons whenever possible but that still only helps a little.

I'm just going by what my Dr. told me. When we brought Olivia home we had to have her seen by a Dr. within the first few days. She was a little on the bottom scale for weight, but nothing to be worried about. He gave me samples and told me to try these for now to boost up her nutrition and weight and said that once she reached a weight we were comfortable with then maybe we could do the Parents choice brand. Also on the can it says comparable to Enfamil with Iron or Enfamil Lipil, so I just assumed thats the formula they are trying to compare themselves too. Not trying to debate, just telling you what I was told. Interesting how different Dr.'s can have different opinions.

Here's a calculator

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/start/pre...tbenefits.html

DS2 had medical issues (severe exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, I've posted about it here quite a bit) & could not digest the fats in breastmilk, and had to be fed a highly specialized formula that had the fats alreadt borken down & it cost $30/can. A can lasted him about 1 1/2 days (we had to concetrate it for more calories than you would normally do). Another formula they tried him on was $50/can & you couldn't buy it in the U.S. it had to be special ordered from Canada! Sp the specialized formulas can be terribly expensive, even when medically necessary. And even if medically necessary insurance won't help with the costs (even with medical docmentation & letters from 4 specialists!) unless the child had PKU. My son was missing all of the exocrine enzymes (4) and they said it wasn'ty medically necessary. But WIC was able to help, thank goodness or we have gone bankrupt trying to feed him!

I wish we had WIC so bad....