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If you've chosen to bottlefeed, you'll want to choose
the best formula for your child--a regular formula or perhaps soy
or a hydrolysate variety. Learn what to look for and how to prepare
and use it safely.
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Formula
gives her diarrhea. What can I use as a supplement?
I'd like to supplement
my breastfed 3-month-old with formula, but it seems to be giving her
diarrhea. Is she allergic? What can I use as a supplement?
There are several reasons a child could develop mild diarrhea from
a formula based on cow's milk. There could be an intolerance to one
of the proteins or perhaps, rarely, to the lactose. (Breast milk contains
lactose so babies are very rarely lactose intolerant. That tends to
develop after age 2.)
In general, soy
formula results in firmer stools, and most kids who don't tolerate
cow's milk will tolerate soy, though there are some--perhaps 20 percent--who
overlap and will keep the loose stools on soy. Most of those kids
do well on a hydrolysate formula, such as Nutramigen. Thankfully,
most of these intolerances or allergies will get better with age.
Kids who can't take cow's milk as an infant will usually be able to
as they get older. Lactose intolerance is an exception to this--once
it sets in, it often continues.
I'm in favor
of formulas that have the amount of DHA and ARA recommended by the
World Health Organization. Right now, that is only Enfamil LIPIL.
Thankfully, because you are nursing, your baby is getting DHA and
ARA from your breast milk. You can be sure your baby is getting a
rich supply if you eat one serving of salmon a week (it doesn't take
much).
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should know:
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