mixing breast milk and formula milk ?

[Rosewood]

my baby will not drink breast milk and will drink only formula milk. Is it ok to mix the two together in the same bottle ?

 

[kareena]

I've read that it's ok to mix breast milk with formula; the only reason it's not recommended is because you don't want to waste your breast milk and want the baby to have as much breastmilk as possible followed by a formula top-up.

However in your case I guess you don't have the option of feeding breastmilk first and then formula so I suppose for your baby getting some breastmilk is better than getting none at all.

 

[rani]

Which formula does yr baby drink? Some are quite sweet and maybe this is why yr baby prefers it to breastmilk?

 

[Rosewood]

I chose Cow & Gate because I was fed on this as a baby, I'm not familiar with any other brand. Which brands are less sweet?

 

[traceykwong]

I don't know if goat's milk is available in HK but it tastes closest to breastmilk. As for better tasting milk, you can try the Enfa-XXX A+ line. They tastes like milk and do not come in vanilla flavour. Hope this helps.

Tracey
http://claudiacheng.livejournal.com

 

[Peng]

I don't know if goat's milk is available in HK You can buy goat's milk in City S... Shing. The brand is called Karihome. Peng

 

[benjy]

how old is your baby?
you know that after one year, cow's milk is ok..
otherwise, I would say that if the mixed breastmilk and formula is drunk on the spot.. why not but not to be conversed afterwards.

by the way, I also gave cow & gate to my first child on top of being breastfed and the differences of tastes never sounded to bother her.

 

[wandasmart]

quick question... i had a small taste of my breastmilk and it is on the sweet side.. is this normal? or should i be cutting down on my sugar intake? i just thought it was normal til i read above that perhaps your daughter may not be drinking cows and gate as it is more on the sweet side

thanks

 

[Su Mei]

Mamalicious,

you are spot on, breastmilk is actually very sweet!

Rgds
Su Mei

 

[capital]

you can mix breastmilk and formula.

Breastmilk is very sweet. It is quite sticky so there must be quite a lot of sugar in it. I don't htink cutting down on your own sugar intake would make any difference.