Is There A Difference Between The Ready Made Formula And The Powdered Formula Within A Brand.?
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at
11:29 pm
I have been trying to find the right formula for my 6 week old… He has been very fussy, suffering from gas and I thing reflux. He first started on enfamil Lipil then switched to Gentlease and now Nutramigen… I started him on the ready made formula since i recieved free samples from the doctor… however, when I switched to the powdered type of each one, I noticed increase fussiness… is there a difference?
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My baby is 6 weeks old with reflux. my baby seems to be doing better with powder milk. Her doctor had me put rice cereal in the milk. It really does get allot of bubbles so I bought the Dr Browns bottles and they made all the diff. If you cant afford ready made you should give these bottles a try. kinda hard to clean but worth all the effort.
Aside from the ingredients listed between ready to feed and powdered, the biggest difference is the water! Your tap water/boiled water/nursery water or whatever you use is different from the ready to use stuff. We found that using just plain old bottled water worked best for us. Discovered this by accident when we were camping and hubby left for awhile with all the boiled water still in the van and I had a hungry boy, I grabbed a bottle of water and mixed with that and he ate way more than usual and didn’t have nearly the same gas issues. YMMV though.
my son was the same way and i switched him over myself to powder soy fornula.. the walmart brand//my dr assured me that that brand had the same nutrients and was just as good as the other leading brand and cost half as much.. so i began keeping him on that.. he loved it.. was not nearly as fussy and is now 7 and strong and healthy.. i rave to all who will listen the benefits of soy and the walmart version!!!
good luck
Yes, there is a difference in the ingredients . . . for example, Alimentum powder contains corn-derived ingredients, but the Alimentum Ready-to-Feed does not (and is, in fact, the only formula on the market that does not contain corn).
yes sometimes the powder can constipate some babies. it depends. some people find the powder convienient for thier sake because it doesnt spoil. the liquid however may be better for his little tummy to digest, but it spoils fast. it has to be used in 48 hours from the time you open the container.
because the powdered kind gives more gass bubbles andd it is also in contact wiht more bacteria- ready amde is best of all but it’s costly