No More Elecare

Elecare is the hypoallergenic formula that Ben has been drinking since he was 4-5 months old due to his allergies. It was a miracle formula in the early days and made a HUGE difference to his eczema.

See this post about his skin at 4 months old

Then part way through this post at 5 months old, we had started Elecare and had almost instant success with his eczema

At about 12 months old, we introduced whole milk, which he tolerate well, and since then we’ve been weaning the bottles. Now our boys still have one bottle a day, right before bed. They are still having bottles, partly because it’s part of our routine, partly because they like it, and partly because the dietician still wants them to have some nutrient rich formula in their diet to help them fatten up a little.

A few days ago we ran out of Elecare.

We knew this would happen as we need a prescription from the Doctor to get Elecare and the doctor says he’s ok to be on regular formula now, so we just used up the Elecare until we ran out. Both boys are now drinking Ethan’s formula….

 

As you can see, Ben drank all his formula and has not complained once about the change to his formula. We are very pleased he’s drinking the new formula without a problem

By the way, Yes, our boys do drink out of different bottles. Ben always has the Tommee Tippee bottle, and Ethan has the Avent bottle. They took to these bottles as babies, and we just kept giving them different ones when they were younger as it made it easier when they were drinking different formula to remember whose was whose