LCP Neocate

We are on it at the moment with my 9 month old.

We were at the specialist today and was given some to start on. My problem is atm our daughter is exclusively breastfed and doesnt like taking the bottle - so we are about to have that battle, as well as the formula (which he said tastes terrible compared to the shelf stuff)

How long did it take before they were taking it happily? (Briand OlisMum - was he breastfed prior or on regular formula?)
Did either of you try with the golden syrup if things were bad?
Does the subsidy make it affordable? (We were only told the actual price of a tin but that you can get subsidised)

Cheers guys - we're planning on pumping till she'll take a bottle then starting so FX she wont just refuse to feed

Hi we used golden syrup, to get miss use to it, she was bf until 6 months,but it was all to stressful low weight gains etc. We were lucky she took bottle fine,so dont have much advice on taking bottle sorry, good luck it may take a bit of time just be patient you will get there.

thanks for your replies!
Its not quite what we were expecting, more to go down the road of me eliminating all sorts of food for my diet but looks like that plain wont be enough. So a shock to me and her having to stop BFing, but whatever works best for her in the end!

That actually is a good price considering theyre like $150. That nearly floored me! Pretty similar to supermarket prices i suppose for normal stuff.

Just to let you know my experience, I was on a strict elimination diet for a long time & that obviously for us still didn't cut it.

We've just given up on breastfeeding & after 4 days got massive withdrawals/detox from B/M, refusing food & bottles!! But a couple of days later he was gutsing down the neocate & gaining weight again. Was a bit hair raising but he's so much happier and skin and bowels good. Wish I'd done it a long time ago, but the process we went through meant that we didn't til a few weeks ago.

We also started on LCP at half strength and worked up to full strength. I tried icing sugar and then brown sugar did the trick to get him to like it. This is while still having breast milk. I also topped up with rice milk but that is a BAD idea as he then reacted to it so had to go to the brown sugar. I would try blending with breast milk, it's to get that funky taste in with something sweet. I'm not sure if it's recommended to blend with breast milk though. We then got a script for advanced so had to wean over to that. The idea is to change one scoop a day, I did it a bit faster than that, I guess it depends on how sensitive your bub is when you come to that point. We are now on 7/8th strength. Full strength is too much for him.

So what I'm sorta saying is start at half way. So half the recommended scoops for that amount of water. Once that is being drunk happily then increase the amount of scoops per bottle. You might need to increase this at one scoop a day or you could get away with one a bottle. Your bub might never get to full strength in a bottle but will get the correct amount of scoops per day over slightly more bottles.

We pay $6.15 a can & am going through a can every 2 1/4 days!

Kim, I think the overall price is comparable to store bought formula. Most of them are $12-14 for a 900gm can.

But yes can be an added expense when you thought that you'd breastfeed.

Good luck, let us know how you are getting on. There is a neocate kids chat group on yahoo groups if you want more back up & support.

I think we have the courier charge factored in from the Sth Island. Do you get them direct from Thermo Fisher?

thats great Kim, so good to hear she is drinking it with no problems.

ewk blondy, nope he just gave us 3 tins to start on and said to contact him once it started to make a difference. Didnt think it could take that long

Kimnthekids wrote: We were at the specialist today and was given some to start on. My problem is atm our daughter is exclusively breastfed and doesnt like taking the bottle - so we are about to have that battle, as well as the formula (which he said tastes terrible compared to the shelf stuff) How long did it take before they were taking it happily? (Briand OlisMum - was he breastfed prior or on regular formula?) Did either of you try with the golden syrup if things were bad? Does the subsidy make it affordable? (We were only told the actual price of a tin but that you can get subsidised) Cheers guys - we're planning on pumping till she'll take a bottle then starting so FX she wont just refuse to feed

i am in the same boat..my 6 month old will take it but not in bottle..or cup..so only on spoon..he wont even take an EBM bottle...i really was against trying brown sugar or golden syrup but i tried both and nothing.. so hope you have better luck than me.. my older son took it no issues.. i havent read further but i am assuming the others have told you bout the subsidy etc