question bout sma formula?

[soph901]

Hi ladies,

I have question about baby formula my lo is on SMA first stage and is currently on bout 7oz a feed n i feed him around every 4 hours except for at night where i just let him wake up for it anyway my friend has a lo who is 1 and she says i should try him on hungrier baby milk as it helped her lo to sleep through from bout 2 months old but the only problem is i have been told by my hv this is bad for babies and can cause constipation but my friend says thats a load of bull as her lo was fine on it. I know some babies can take 6 months to sleep through excluding teething times of course so my question is should I try it or not? advice would be much appreciated x

 

[Soph n Chris]

I would just stick to what you are doing. Your baby is eating plenty and i believe it always best to feed on demand rather than just full them up. Your lo is only a month old, he will start stretching his sleep out before you know it and then you start worrying wether he is getting enough lol.

 

[Incubus]

Sounds like he's doing just fine to me but I don't really agree with hungry baby milk unless they drinking crazily excessive amounts of milk, it's not designed to make them sleep longer!

Keelan has started sleeping through the past couple of weeks, they do it there own time.

 

[Nessicle]

We've used hungry baby since 8 weeks old. I think years ago it probably wasn't great for them, it's exactly the same as first milk except has a higher casein level so it takes a bit longer to digest. I asked my HV why HCP's frowned on it so much and she couldn't tell me same as she couldn't tell me why most thought aptamil was the "best" (which it isn't) try it you can alwaysgoback. It's also a myth than changing formula can do "damage" they're all pretty much the same I gradient wise x

 

[Nessicle]

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