Lipil Infant

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Which formula is the best for an infant?

My milk supply didn't come in very much at all and I am currently giving my 8 1/2 week old Similac Advanced with Iron which I haven't had any problems with. I received something in the mail today and it seems that Nestle GoodStart and Enfamil LIPIL have higher levels of DHA and ARA. So I just wanted to get other peoples opinions.

There is a decent review of the different kinds of formulas here:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/0/T000100.asp

And a review specifically of DHA in formulas:
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/milk/DHA-formula-comments.html

If you happen to be interested in the risks of formula feeding:

A Fresh Look at the Risks of Artificial Infant Feeding*
http://www.childthai.org/ciec/c011.htm

Known Contaminants Found in Infant Formula
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_2000_May-June/ai_62141685

Breastfeeding and Public Health
http://www.massbfc.org/pubhealth/

What Breastmilk Has That Formulas Don't
Why breastmilk will always be better than formula.
http://www.drjen4kids.com/soap%20box/what%27s%20missing%20in%20formula.htm

A Natural Family Online Special Report:
The deadly influence of formula in America
http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/articles/312-formula-report-2.htm

Hot Milk
The unbottled truth about formula
http://www.todaysparent.com/baby/breastfeeding/article.jsp?content=20030807_101250_216

What Every Parent Should Know
About Infant Formula
http://www.breastfeeding.com/reading_room/what_should_know_formula.html

Selling Out Mothers and Babies - Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes in the USA
http://www.breastfeedingtaskforla.org/ABMRisks.htm

You also might be interested to know that the FDA does not have the power to prevent the sale of infant formulas it deems unsuitable:

Did you know that infant formulas are not FDA- approved? Per the FDA, "The law does not require that FDA approve infant formulas but instead requires companies to provide certain information to FDA before they market new infant formulas. Manufacturers must provide assurances that they are following good manufacturing practices and quality control procedures and that the formula will allow infants to thrive. If such assurances are not provided, FDA will object to the manufacturer's marketing of the formula; however, the manufacturer may market the new infant formula over FDA's objection."
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/milk/infant-formula.html

If you decide that you aren't going to fall for the propaganda that many moms don't make enough milk and want to learn what a breastfed baby actually acts like, how to tell if they get enough, how to increase your supply, etc and that breastfeeding is worth fighting for it is certainly not to late to go back to breastfeeding:

Adoptive Breastfeeding & Relactation
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/adopt/index.html

Free in person Lactation assistance:
La Leche League:

International -local phone numbers only
http://www.llli.org/webindex.html

USA
http://www.lllusa.org/
1-877-4-LALECHE

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/relactation.html
"If your baby is 4 months old or younger it will generally be easier to relactate. It will also be easier if your milk supply was well established (frequent and effective nursing and/or pumping) during the first 4-6 weeks postpartum. However, moms with older babies, moms who did not establish a good milk supply in the beginning, and adoptive moms who have never breastfed can also get good results."

http://breastfeed.com/resources/articles/expectation.htm
As a lactation consultant, I frequently hear moms say, "Well I tried to breastfeed my first child but they always wanted to eat, and my milk could never fill them up like formula did. They were always hungry." Get it? The formula makes them feel very full, but is that good for them? Not really. Formula is deficient in all immunological properties.

I then ask the mothers, "Before you changed to formula, was your baby gaining weight well and having plenty of wet diapers and bowel movements?"

"Oh, yes," they say. "That was going well." I have come to understand that the reason these moms quit is not that their baby is not growing well or that they did not have enough milk, but because they didn't want to feed as often as the baby needed to eat and felt that by switching to an artificial food, the baby would be "happier" and "more content." Their baby would behave more like TV babies. Their perception was that something was wrong because their babies ate often. Perhaps that feeling was reinforced by "helpful" friends or family members.

http://www.todaysparent.com/article.jsp?content=1266685
Anthropologist Kathy Dettwyler from Texas A&M University says that nursing a lot is typical of babies around the world. She cites a study done in 2000 that looked at the feeding behaviour of infants aged three to four months in three different communities: families from Washington, DC, the Ba’Aka hunter-gatherers and the Ngandu farmers, both of the Central African Republic. They found that the Ba’Aka babies nursed 4.02 times per hour, the Ngandu babies nursed 2.01 times per hour and the American babies nursed 1.6 times per hour. Certainly the American babies nursed less often than the two African groups, but they nursed more frequently than many new parents expect.

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	Enfamil Premium LIPIL Ready To Use Infant Formula, 1 Quart Cans (Case of 6) List Price: $40.47 Sale Price: $40.47 Average Rating:
	Lipil is a blend of DHA and ARA, important nutrients also found in breast milk that promote brain and eye development. Experts agree on the many benefits of breast milk.