Monday, December 6, 2010

the formula experiment

The formulas of the past:
enfamil enfacare (2 days)
breast milk (4 weeks)
similac advanced (2 days)
similac soy isomil (2 days)
similac alimentum (4 weeks)
enfamil gentlease ( 4 weeks)
enfamil enfacare (12 weeks)
neocate infant (16 weeks)
neocare junior (9 months)
peptamen jr ( ? )

We started Jackson on his new formula Sunday morning. We've had two projectile vomits, and one spit-up. The formula is ready-to-feed, which is nice because I don't have to mix it, but it does take up a lot more room. We've gone from 17 14oz cans to 135 8.45oz cans per month.
I'm hoping that Jack can tolerate this formula well. I've been a slight bit concerned because the new formula has whey, a protein found in cow's milk. We don't know if Jack is allergic or sensitive to cow's milk because he hasn't had any for a VERY long time. I'm praying that the formula will help Jack's poopy problems and he will be able to digest it fine.

Tuesday morning I leave around 6:15am for St. Louis Children's. Jack has an MRI in the morning and an appointment after lunch to go over the results. Hopefully the results are the same as last year and we won't be in need of a shunt.

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