I just got the flavoring today, and am going to experiment on how much to add. I think I’m going to start with the vanilla since it’s the closest to plain milk flavoring. If that doesn’t work, I got banana and strawberry too.
Erica, have you tried it yet? How much did you add? I think earlier in the post there was a link to an older post, and it that someone mentioned an amount, I’m going to refer back to that & see what they did.
Oh, ok, I just went back and read it, and the poster said that she would add about .1 ml of the flavoring per ounce of Neocate.
I also just talked to my Pedi’s office, one of the nurse practitioners, and she told me that I could add it if I wanted to, but since she is taking in about 25-26 oz/day, that’s fine and she doesn’t see the need to push for more formula intake. She also mentioned how the sweetness of the flavoring could just get her hooked on only wanting sweet stuff. The Pediatrician had said that she should be taking in 32 ounces/day, but the RN said that even 20-24 is fine, as long as she’s still wetting, and by 1 year they only need 16 oz. anyway. However, that’s not to say that other babies don’t need it, especially if there is a weight issue or they’re not taking in enough ounces per day. In Dagney’s case, however, she thoughtthe amount Dagney was drinking when she was straight Neocate was fine. She didn’t say that it wasn’t safe to use it, just in our case it wasn’t really needed.
SO, after all this effort and $$ I’ve spent trying to figure out cereal, flavoring, nipples, you name it, I’m going to give it a shot and try the straight Neocate with Dagney and see what happens! (I’ll probably keep the rice cereal in her bedtime bottle, though, just as a precaution!)
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