Which Formula Would You Recommend?

[bumblebeexo]

We use c&g and no problems!

 

[CoffeePuffin]

We use Cow & Gate (also, Aptamil is made by the same company and actually has the same ingredients as C&G). We've had no problems with it so far, and it's readily available in almost every shop.

 

[Accounts2010]

I use Aptamil and have never had any problems.

 

[Katy Bug]

I say find one that works for your LO, as all babies are different.

 

[WelshOneEmma]

I say find one that works for your LO, as all babies are different.

I am hoping I wont need it, but want a back up incase I have trouble BF when leaving the hospital, especially if she's born on Christmas, hence the question. Just wanted to know if there was any real difference.

 

[dizz]

We use Cow and Gate (hospital had a choice of SMA or C+G and needed to put something down her NG tube - I told them to use whichever they saw fit to - so she ended up on C+G), now on the hungry baby one as we were trying to delay weaning till as close to 6 months as possible and she was a bottomless pit of hungry!

Realistically though - Christmas these days - the shops shut for one day... ok so you might need a riot shield and helmet to get THROUGH Tescos on Xmas Eve or Boxing Day but they're generally open... plus in the absolute worst-case scenario, your NHS area will have a rota of chemists open over the festive season (ours was usually published in the local paper) and 99% of them will stock formula if you end up utterly utterly stuck. (Unless you do what we did one year and get stranded in the middle of Inverness airport on December 30th with no flight home for three days... but that one's another story and we won't get into my opinion on RyanAir!)

 

[darkangel1981]

Used aptimal first, that made LO very sicky so tried cow& gate then HIPP

I agree with the pp who said its all down to the baby though, its a bit trial and error sometimes.

I started out bf and had a couple of the little cartons in case with a few bottles..