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Neocate:::UPDATE PAGE 2:::
« on: September 08, 2008, 19:04:02 pm »
Okay, so I got the Neocate today! Yay!  It says on the can to serve it chilled, is that how you guys serve it?  My son is so picky, would it be alright to serve it luke-warm?  I'm slowly getting him use to the cold drinks.  Should I also mix a bit in slowly with the Alimentum over a few days?
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 19:07:09 pm »
I think they say chilled cause cold masks the flavour of things where heating it intensifies it.  It tastes.... really.... bad.  I found mixing it with anything but hot/warm water impossible, personally.

I would definately do a gradual mix - like ounce for ounce - like replace one ounce with Neocate the 1st/nd2 days then 2 ounces and so on.

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Re: Neocate
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 19:13:40 pm »
Great, thanks Zoey!  I hate the smell of Alimentum, and I've been told that Neocate is worse!  They did have chocolate and tropical flavoured Neocate, but I didn't want to go too crazy lol.
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2008, 19:15:08 pm »
LOL just take it slow so maybe he won't notice.  It's really, really thin too - a lot thinner than the Alimentum so just be mindful as you add more and it gets thinner. 

It's a GREAT formula, I hope it works well!
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2008, 19:23:39 pm »
Since it is thinner do you find it doesn't fill them up as much?  Or no difference?
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2008, 19:27:45 pm »
I don't think it made a difference in the filling up, but we did end up adding oatmeal cereal to it because it was so thin it would come back up easier so I'm not 100% sure.  I really don't think it'll cause trouble.
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2008, 03:10:05 am »
Hey Melanie:

You may find he is a little more hungry with the Neocate because their body bascially does not have to do anything to digest it. 

If it was me personally, I would just "try" a full bottle of it, just to see.  I would be suprised if he took it, but you never know.  If he does not, then deft. do a slow transition like you did with the Alimentum. 

To me, the formula does not have any smell or taste.  Yes, I did taste the Neocate, but refuse to taste Alimentum.  Of course, I just taste a tiny bit of my finger. 

I agree, serving it cold is supposed to make it taste better.

Tyler refused to drink it after 2 bottles.  I could have done a slow transistion, but also had reservations because of his experience the last time with Neocate. He got the worse smelling gas and got so constipated from it.

Not saying that will happen to you, BUT just to warn you, his poop will be either dark dark green or black.  The reason is because normally during digestion, the gallbladder produces bile to breakdown foods.  Since the neocate is already broken down completely, the bile just comes on out in the poop. 

Sounds gross, but that is what happens. 

It really is a great formula though and has been a life saver for so many people.

Please keep us posted... Wendy
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2008, 03:12:53 am »
Thanks Wendy, I'll let you know how it goes.  And thanks for the 'heads-up' on the poo, probably would have freaked me out lol.
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2008, 11:23:34 am »
Hey Melanie;

That poop/gas thing never happened to us but then again O didn't have all the digestive difficulties that T and Z do/did - he just had an intolerance to milk proteins and reflux.  We had green disgusting poo on reg formula and BM though lol, and yuck, just yuck!

Did you give it a go?  Been thinking about you and your LO.  My best advice is to give it a good chance, unless there are huge adverse effects - try it for a while and give it a good shot before saying it's not working and trying to change things.  This will give it ample time to work :)
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2008, 11:55:20 am »
Yup, I tried it this morning.  It was a bottle I had prepared the night before and I put 1oz of the Neocate in with the Alimentum.  He took it fine, I'm sure he won't have any problems taking it, taste-wise, he seemed to have no problems switching from rice milk to Alimentum, except his poo's were a bit off for a couple of days. 

I have two unopened CASES of Alimentum sitting in my kitchen, think there is 24 cans in each case.  Plus I have 10 cans in my fridge lol.  I don't know what I'm going to do with it all.
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2008, 11:58:44 am »
Ebay or you could offer it here in the BW exchange.  That stuff is so expensive!

Is your insurance paying for the Neocate??

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Re: Neocate
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2008, 12:03:47 pm »
I would sell it on Ebay.  I sold formula on their before and it goes really fast.

I think you are going to be fine on the Neocate.  The black poop is very common though.

Glad he look it.

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Re: Neocate
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2008, 12:47:08 pm »
The government gives me the formula.  I pick it up at the Public Health building, and I don't pay anything for it.  I offered to bring it back to them but the lady could have cared less what I did with it.  I'll hold on to it for a couple weeks to make sure everything goes okay.
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Re: Neocate
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2008, 12:58:49 pm »
I hope the transition goes well. James would not take the neocate when we first tried so we had to wean him onto it over a week by mixing it with his regular formula. We started of with 1 oz neocate and 7 oz regular formula then added an extra oz of neocate each day until we were on plain neocate.

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Re: Neocate
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2008, 01:46:04 am »
WOW.  You are SO SO lucky.  Tyler was ended up on Elecare (which is just like Neocate, just different maker).  It was costing me about $30.00 a can.  That only lasted 2 to 3 days.

I now pay $26.00 a can for Nutramigen and that lasts about 4 days.


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