what is the best formula for newborn babies?
Enfamil and Similac are major baby formula brands in the U.S. and they’re both high quality and similarly priced. You may wind up switching formulas after you see how your baby’s digestive system reacts. My daughter’s children were 1) allergic to her breastmilk (screaming, vomiting), and then baby no. 2 started breast feeding and had extreme pain (screaming) and so they tried her on the Similac predigested formula, Alimentum, and she did great. Happens to be the most expensive formula on the market, aside from Enfamil Gentlease, which is the same thing (predigested). Baby no. 3 was begun on regular Enfamil lipil, did the screaming, we switched him to Enfamil Gentlease (figured we’d stay with the same company), screaming was lessened but he was still obviously in great pain, and I kept feeling this pressure inside me to try him on the Enfamil soy-based formula, ProSoBee and that did the trick. So, he’s got a milk protein allergy but we don’t think he’s lactose intolerant (he’s 13 months
