Change in Formula = SUCCESS!!

I keep thinking back to when Bella was a baby. Seems like a lifetime ago. So much has changed over these last six years. When Rick and I had Bella, we didn't have a lot of money. I wasn't making much and although I was paid for my Maternity Leave, it still didn't make up for the fact that having a baby was EXPENSIVE!!! I was lucky to have scored formula from the hospital that got us through the first two weeks and I was also breastfeeding. For me personally, I had a feeling that I was going to have difficulties even before she was born. We stuck through breast feeding/pumping and formula supplementing until she was six weeks old. Then she was having colic issues and we had to switch her to formula. It was a mess and boy was it EXPENSIVE!! At the time, the only real "generic" formula was Good Start (which I can't even really call generic since it is a brand name all on its own). We ended up on Enfamil Lacto-Free before moving on to Enfamil's Prosobee formula. Six years later, she is an amazing six year old who is bright, lively, charming and extremely intelligent. Not that I want to start a formula/breastfeeding debate, but I like to think that the choice in formula helped to shape her.

Fast forward to now. Things have changed drastically. I'm now working and making almost double what I was when Bella was born and although we didn't save anything from when Bella was born, we were lucky enough to be able to afford things that we needed. AJ has been primarily formula fed since he was 4 weeks old when he REFUSED to have anything more to do with breastfeeding. Not one to force my child, I gave in and started formula feeding. At almost 4 months old, AJ is thriving, giggling and is attempting to sit up (but not without help). I was able to also put him on Enfamil Premium Lipil. He hasn't had any issues, did not show any signs of colic or anything so everything is rosy. However I was noticing how expensive Formula still is. In fact, it had gone up in price since we last bought any. I had been researching powdered formulas (AJ switches between liquid and powder) and after lots of reading and speaking to other moms, I decided to get a can of the Target Brand, UP & UP formula and see if AJ took to it.

Well, it was a success. He has no issues with it and hasn't had in issue over the last three days. While we are still relatively new at this brand, I'm hoping that it will stick. The cost alone is worth it. We can get two cans of Up & Up for the price of one can of powder Enfamil. However we will still continue to get the RTF cans of Enfamil since they really do work for us when time is an issue.