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One of our most-used and most-loved products in the first year was the Baby Brezza Formula Pro. This contraption is basically like a Keurig machine for baby formula. You fill the machine with water, add your powdered formula-of-choice, place a bottle under the machine, select the number of ounces that you would like, press the […]

We were told to keep an eye on Charlie’s bilirubin numbers after we were released from the hospital because they were rising and hadn’t peaked yet. At our first pediatrician appointment a week after his birth, he was diagnosed with jaundice and Charlie had to spend 24 hours under bili lights at the hospital. I […]

I have been trying to write this post for a really long time; whenever I worked on it, I start to get overwhelmed with all the differing information on the internet about the “right” way of doing things.  You see, both my girls were formula fed and both had reflux, so when I read about certain formulas being […]

We ended up having to supplement with formula after finding out that I wasn’t producing nearly enough milk for our little ones. I thought that switching over to formula was the magic answer, but our formula feeding journey wasn’t that simple. Lion took well to the first formula we tried, Enfamil Newborn (Formula #1) that […]

Between our two boys, we used more than seven different types of formula. With Lion, we tried six different types of formula before setting on a blend of two types. With Panda, we tried four types of formula (three of which we tried with Lion, as well), before finding one that works for him, for […]

Formula has been a welcome alternative for me to feed my babies. It wasn’t my first choice, but I’m grateful for it now. When people hear how much I appreciate formula, they assume it is because my second child suffered from a life threatening CHD, and formula allowed him to gain weight for surgery and […]

Breastfeeding and I have a love-hate relationship. On a personal level, I really dislike breastfeeding. I don’t like dealing with the leaking, pain, engorgement, possible mastitis, etc. On another level though, I have a hard time shaking the “breast is best” slogan. As much as I dislike breastfeeding, I also feel guilt when I don’t […]