Your views please on hipp organic first milk (from birth onwards)

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RileyC

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I plan to breastfeed my baby exclusively for the first 6 months of its life, but realise that life sometimes has other plans in store for us. Therefore, as a back-up plan, I'd like to have some formula at home just in case my baby needs he when it comes back from the hospital.

I'm considering Hipp Organic First Milk. Do you recommend this product? Is it really suitable for newborns as suggested by the manufacturers? How long does one box last for (i.e. roughly how many feeds)? Where is the best and cheapest place to buy Hipp Organic? Thanks!
 
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I used this milk with my first son and he liked it well enough. However I found that it didn't mix well and the bottles always looked grainy after feeding. So this time for my second son I changed to the imported Aptamil (UK) from either Baby Central or B2B and I much prefer it.
 
Also meant to say that it lasts a similar amount of time to any formula as the quantity you use is mostly one scoop per oz of water but that it entirely depends how many formula feeds you give the baby. As a guideline for my 9 month old (as of a few months ago) I was giving 3 x 8oz feeds per day and a box lasted a week or 10 days.
 
Hi, I'm using this formula now - switched from Wyeth recently. I don't notice any mixing problems...all fine for me. One box contains two sachets which last approximately 2-2.25 days each, so 4 to 4 1/2 days total I think.

Not sure about newborn suitability as I only started Hipp at 5 months. Also, my baby takes anything. Not fussy at all.
 
My pediatrician said this formula was 'as good as any' for newborns, and it was one of the recommended ones from Annerley, so I think it's suitable for newborns. There are a couple other threads now, however, about babies refusing to take certain formulas based on taste, so if you can find a single serving of it somewhere you might try that just in case your baby doesn't like it to avoid wasting $ and a whole carton. I know B2B sells some single servings and they also sell Hipps, so they might have it (I'm not sure, however).

Just one note - I found just having formula around during my 1st baby made me immediately reach for it when baby was fussing, which, since I didn't pump enough to make up for a few feedings, made my supply go down and caused me to end up weaning a bit earlier than I might have otherwise. In retrospect baby's fussing was probably just her needing to nurse more to up my supply, or maybe just fussing for reasons other than hunger. BF is such hard work, it's easy to sabotage it, so if you are committed might consider not having the temptation of formula. Then again you might have better willpower than I did!
 
If you're planning to use from 6months, then you don't need the newborn formula and can you the follow-on one. We used Hipp and were very happy with it as it is organic, has prebiotics and dha. Your body will make what your baby needs so try to hold off on the formula while you're breastfeeding so that your supply can establish itself.
 
Hi banane76. Yeah I know what you mean about establishing the milk supply before moving onto formula, but it's just intended to be a back-up in case all attempts at BF fail miserably.
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I would think twice about having formula at home "just in case". It is like someone trying to give up smoking but keeping a pack of cigarettes in a drawer just in case. Sooner or later with a new baby you will feel desperate.

When this feeling hits the best thing to do is call a La Leche League Leader or a lactation consultant. They will help you understand if your baby?s behaviour is normal for a newborn or if indeed you really do need to supplement with formula (or better yet ? your own expressed milk).

Remember that Hong Kong hardly ever shuts. So if it does turn out that you need to supplement you can always get formula when you need it.

La Leche League contact details are available at http://www.lllhk.org/Contact.html
And lactation consultants? details are available at http://www.geobaby.com/directory/health/midwives

Best wishes,
SARAH


Sarah Hung IBCLC
www.lotuslactation.com
 
I just fed my baby as much as he wanted...now at 2 months, he's about every 3-4 hours and he did that on his own. He also cluster-fed on his own in the evening and would naturally want to go to bed around 7...from there, he could sleep 4-6 hours and then wake up twice in the night...no dream feed...we did introduce the bottle already and have used only a couple times with expressed milk for when I had appointments. This time we didn't get any backup formula. Last time we just put one tin in the kitchen but didn't touch it.
 
I personally agree with Sarah's post above. Have you considered, instead, getting a cheap hand breast pump (personally I like the Avent or the Medela hand pumps - I like Medela better but I know people who prefer the Avent Isis pump...) and pumping a few bags of milk for an emergency instead? That's what I would recommend...
 
Hi Sarah & nicolejoy. I appreciate your guidance and I am mindful that I'm probably worrying unnecessarily. Besides no one ever said that motherhood is easy! I will stick with BF as far as possible and I fully intend to turn to other mothers and LLL if I encounter any problems.
 
banane76 said:
I just fed my baby as much as he wanted...now at 2 months, he's about every 3-4 hours and he did that on his own. He also cluster-fed on his own in the evening and would naturally want to go to bed around 7...from there, he could sleep 4-6 hours and then wake up twice in the night...no dream feed...we did introduce the bottle already and have used only a couple times with expressed milk for when I had appointments. This time we didn't get any backup formula. Last time we just put one tin in the kitchen but didn't touch it.
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Banane76, did you just feed the baby on demand or did you try to follow some sort of feeding routine such as that advocated by Gina Ford (author of The Contented Little Baby Book)?
 
I fed on demand as it seems a little mean to wait 3 or 4 hours before the next feeding with Gina Ford's scheduling, especially with a newborn as their tummies are still so tiny and can't hold very much milk which means they need to feed more often. It was a bit crazy in the first month as that meant sometimes it was every hour to hour and a half...I did get breaks though if I took him down to the grocery store or put him in the sling just to distract him. I think also baby eventually gets into their own routine. I was just reading Deborah (ex-Annerley sleep lady) about establishing routines with new babies and if it's totally not working for you, then slowly easy your baby into a schedule. So far, my baby kinda does his own thing with me feeding on demand. Everytime he wakes up from a sleep, I offer him a feed and he doesn't always take it. He naturally goes down for his longest sleep around 7pm which works for me, and then he might be up once, twice or three times...which is ok. The more they feed in the day, the less at night. Some of Gina Ford's ideas are good guidelines, but I find the timings a bit too strict for me and it doesn't work with every baby.
 
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