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Changing formulas Aussie to Canadian - help!
« on: July 28, 2014, 05:55:25 am »
No, a miracle has not occurred and I do not have a new LO.   ;) ;)
My bro & SIL are in town from Aussie.  Their LO was on Nestlé's Nan formula at home.  SIL had done some researching and figured that Nestlé's Good Start 2 was the closest match in Canada. 
LO doesn't think so as quickly as SIL would like.  So a couple of questions.
1.  How long, on average, does it take to transition a LO from one formula to another?
2.  From Canadian Mamas, what is the sweetest smelling/tasting formula there is available?  The Good Start smells vile in comparison with the formula powder that SIL has brought - which smells a bit like milk powder. 

Thanks in advance! :-*
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Re: Changing formulas Aussie to Canadian - help!
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2014, 09:15:15 am »
Quote from: Canwi on July 28, 2014, 05:55:25 am
1.  How long, on average, does it take to transition a LO from one formula to another?

You don't need to transition - I swapped my two from an easy digest formula to a reflux formula cold turkey - just gave the next feed with the new formula. The only time you need to transition is if the baby rejects the taste of the new formula, so I would just give the feed first and see what happens. If he/she rejects the taste I would probably do half and half old formula/ new formula and for a day or two then 3/4 + 1/4 for a day or two.

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Re: Changing formulas Aussie to Canadian - help!
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2014, 14:26:30 pm »
Quote from: Canwi on July 28, 2014, 05:55:25 am
From Canadian Mamas, what is the sweetest smelling/tasting formula there is available?  The Good Start smells vile in comparison with the formula powder that SIL has brought - which smells a bit like milk powder. 
Not sure any of it smells that great lol.  Might do better with Enfamil or Similac though?  I found GoodStart to be really foamy too...DS hated it.
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Re: Changing formulas Aussie to Canadian - help!
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2014, 14:57:11 pm »
Agree with PP...Enfamil was the one we used and it was the one LO liked the best. We tried the Goodstart and found it a bit off smelling (not that any of them are great) and indeed a bit foamy...
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Re: Changing formulas Aussie to Canadian - help!
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2014, 15:31:39 pm »
Quote from: Mattsmummy on July 28, 2014, 14:57:11 pm
Enfamil was the one we used and it was the one LO liked the best.
We did Enfamil too.  Similac is okay (and it what hospitals use), but we needed a gentle formula and our doctor recommended the Enfamil version for that :)
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Re: Changing formulas Aussie to Canadian - help!
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2014, 15:20:26 pm »
Thanks ladies!  LO did finally decide that, although not great, the formula was tolerable.  I think that SIL was a bit more anxious than needed, but she is a first time Mum so I will cut her some slack.
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