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January 30, 2007 at 5:50 pm #23582

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When switching formulas, do you have to switch it gradually? Is that because it is easier on their systems, or because of the taste difference? Or both?

I am off to Wal Mart to look for their version of Gentlease! Yay!

January 30, 2007 at 6:21 pm #23583

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i think you should switch slowly, for both of the reasons you mentioned. oh i am so excited to see how she does! gentlease is a very good formula.. i am sure she will do well.

January 30, 2007 at 7:44 pm #23587

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Our Super Wal Mart didn’t have it!!!! I stood in the aisle forever trying to find it! Sooo, since my main purpose for going was formula, I went ahead and bought a big can of Good Start. It’s probably not as cheap as Wal Mart Gentlease, but it’s a HUGE improvement over Alimentum! I won’t be starting the switch until Friday. Wish us luck and of course I’ll keep you posted…every confusing detail of the way!

January 30, 2007 at 7:58 pm #23589

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I would switch slowly. Did you buy the powdered Good Start? I did two ounces a day for two weeks with Myles, and when he seemed fine after the first two weeks I increased it a little more every couple of days. He was very resistant to the taste initially. Hopefully Sarah won’t be as particular. Good luck. I hope she does well on it.

January 30, 2007 at 8:58 pm #23591

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Yes, I bought the powdered Good Start. It was a lilac can. It didn’t say DHA/ARA or whatever, which I’ve heard can be an irritant. I was hoping to make the gradual switch all in one weekend, but you’re probably right that I should start slower. I just hated to have the sitter mixing two different formulas for bottles. We’ll find a way to make it work, I just didn’t want it to be complicated for her.

I would start the switch tomorrow but my MIL is coming to stay with Sarah Thursday and I don’t want to chance having a fussy baby. MIL hasn’t spent a great deal of time with Sarah for long periods so I’m nervous as it is about a full day alone, so I’ll keep the complications to a minimum and start Friday.

Thanks!

January 31, 2007 at 1:03 pm #23619

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Good luck. I am glad you got the can without DHA/ARA’s in it because it sure did work great for us. This was after try DHA/ARA and finding out that he couldn’t tolerate it. We went from Neocate to Goodstart and we did two ounces for a week and then changed to four ounces for a week and then a final switch. We did ours so slow because we were on Neocate and the taste is so much different.

January 31, 2007 at 1:06 pm #23620

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Ok, we were crazy to do it, but we went cold turkey over the weekend from Neocate to Goodstart without the DHA/ARA and so far success! Today is day 5 and so far so good!

I would not necessarily recommend going cold turkey, but it did work for us.

I hope you are successful as well!

January 31, 2007 at 2:25 pm #23626

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When I switched Abby from Alimentum to Good start, we gave her 1/2 and 1/2 on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday then switched to full strength Good Start on Monday. I think it has been 4 weeks now (time sure flies) and haven’t had any problems. This was kind of the quick way to do it but I figured if there was going to be a problem, it would develop quickly as well and I would be ready to go right back to the Alimentum. Now that Abby is going to turn 1 on Friday, I guess we will be trying the switch to whole milk – not sure exactly how I’m going to do the transition yet.

Good Luck and keep us posted on how its going!!

Robin
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