Wednesday, September 07, 2005

All Natural or Formula?

This is the million dollar question that faces all new mothers and fathers alike. Mother wants to start off in the right direction and Jack is only too willing to try and latch on. This may appear simple but as all new mothers know, it's not as simple as that!

It was mighty awkward, Jack's pitching a fit and it's 3am in the nursery. Mom wants to breast feed and the milk hasn't come in yet. She's still recovering from the last twenty hours of labor.

The whole nursery's awake now with a dozen babies testing their lungs. Jacks got a following already with everyone crying in sympathy. "We'll have to try him on the formula," said the nurse in charge. These two ounce pre-made formula bottles courtesy of Similac are an easy substitute but by the look on Jack's face and the spit out of the milk, he did NOT like it at all. He managed to take an ounce but it was a fight, he settled down but was it from the milk or the energy spent trying not to drink?

Enfamil, Similac, Good Start by Nestle, these formulas are all very good but what does Jack like?

Mom's having a hard time in satisfying him and the constant feeding is draining her energy. We settle on the Good Start, purely as it tasted better to us than the other two formulas. We have a plan, breast feed first option, pump and bottle feed second option, Good Start third option.

Jack's hungry again but a least there is a plan!!!!

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