SUCCESS!

We have done it! We have successfully weaned Jack off the Nutramigen and on to Parent's Choice Gentle formula! He is a tad more gassy, but I think it has more to do with the fact that he refuses to be burped (this goes in phases and lately it's the "What are you doing? Give me back that bottle right now or I'm going to scream phase!" so getting a burp out of him is near to impossible!), but he hasn't seemed to get bound up at all and hasn't had a Screaming Gas Fit or anything! His BM's have changed, he is only going about once a day now, but thankfully it's usually at daycare in the mornings! Ha! Sorry Tonya!

You readers may be wondering why I'm so excited we have achieved this task, here's why: We started out Breastfeeding = $0, but when my milk wouldn't come in we ended up Jaundice, Dehydrated, and back in the Hospital. We switched to formula and ended up trying 1 "Regular" formula (24ozs for about $23), 1 "Gentle" formula (24oz for about $25), and ended up on Nutramigen which is a "Hypoallergenic - Completely broken down formula" (12.9ozs for $23)! Wowza! Nutramigen is expensive! So needless to say we spent about $500 for the 3 months he was on Nutramigen, which equates to about $167/month or $42/week! OUCH!

So the new formula Parent's Choice Gentle - which is NUTRIONALLY the same as the Name Brand Enfamil Gentlease (some of the fillers are different) and it is $15 for 24ozs! So instead of what we were paying, our formula will now cost about $60/month or $15/week! PLUS - now that he is off the Hypoallergenic formula he can be enrolled in the food program at daycare and Tonya will provide all his formula while he is at daycare! And when we start cereal and foods, she provides that too! My big hope is that we will somehow even out by the time Jack is 1 with all the formula cost!

Either way, I'm glad Jack is doing great with the formula and I'm glad my checkbook will be doing better now that I don't have to buy Nutramigen!

xoxo