Alimentum RTF and powder

[Anonymous]

My son has been on the powdered Alimentum for about 2 months. He has still been very fussy. I had read about a lot of babies doing better on the liquid because it is corn free (I also noticed it has a lower percentage of casein proteins-?). So from Friday through this morning I tried him on the RTF Alimentum. It really seemed to make a difference! He started pooping regularly again and was only fussy when tired, hungry, or had a dirty diaper. And he was drinking 38-40 oz a day! That is a huge difference for him!

This morning I dropped him off at daycare as usual. My daycare provider had the powdered and I told her to go ahead and use it. She called me about 5 hours later with him crying in the background and said he had been like that pretty much all morning. Do you think drinking the powdered formula could cause him to have stomach trouble that quickly? At that point she had fed him 8 ounces.

Do you think the RTF would be the way to go in this case? I want to do what will make him better no matter what, but I don’t know how I would afford Elecare or Neocate…

[Anonymous]

elecare and neocate you can get covered if you have insurance. i can give you a number to call..

and. … it could easily have been the powder upseting his stomach again. also the rtf is a lot thicker and that could be why he is doing better as well.. they reflux the thinner liquids more..

[Anonymous]

We also got elecare covered through our insurance. Also, WIC covers the specialty formulas w/a Dr’s note.

I would stick w/the RTF for a good 2 weeks and see if he is doing all around better. If so, continue w/that. There have been a few that I know of who do better on the RTF vs. powdered. Probably b/c of the corn & maybe also b/c of the lesser amount of casein. Good to know, btw, that it contains a lower amount of casein. I didn’t know that.

[Anonymous]

The RTF costs an arm and a leg itself! It is ridiculous that they can charge so much. He is easily drinking double on the RTF. Whatever works though!

I was surprised that it contained less casein protein though. Not sure why, but I compared both the powdered ingredients to the RTF to see if there were any other differences.

I will stick with it for two weeks to see what happens. Hopefully he will get better and better.

[hellbennt]

I think there’s ways to get insurance to cover formula here:

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Lauren: if the company you used isn’t listed on the thread, can you please post the info there? thanks

hellbennt2009-10-12 18:16:29

[Anonymous]

I actually contacted Apria earlier today to see if they could work any miracles with the insurance covering at least part of the Alimentum. I read of other people having success through them even on just Alimentum/Nutramigen.

My son has cried all night. 🙁 It breaks my heart.

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