https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 22:31:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1405701 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:45:57 +0000 daniellemybelle 1405701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the reassurance everyone :) Hadn't really looked at it the way many of you posed it... It's just about feeding our girl the best food for her, whether it's formula or otherwise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394942 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:15:49 +0000 ShootingStar 1394942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: Like you, we decided against organic formulas because of the additional sweeteners. I have no idea why organic ones have that extra filler, so weird. But we will definitely feed DS organic cow's milk (that's what we drink) and probably organic for the "dirty dozen". </p> <p>I see your husband's point, it's kind of like "if you didn't care before, why care now?" In my case I did care, but I felt like in that specific case, non-organic formula was the best choice. However, when DS starts eating strawberries? Yes, we'll buy organic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394825 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:40:45 +0000 yoursilverlining 1394825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, I think comparing formula to organic food is comparing apples and oranges. Formula is manufactured to specific standards and contains specific %s of nutrients an infant needs to survive. </p> <p>Organically grown food isn’t necessarily any healthier than conventionally grown food and there is no across the board equalizing nutrient-based standard that an “organic” certification has to meet, unlike formula. It isn't like an organic apple will always have X amount of whatever vitamin, while a conventionally grown apple will always have a lesser amount of that same vitamin. </p> <p>LO got Enfamil GentleEase formula, and we eat a variety of certified organic, non-certified organic, and conventionally grown food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394761 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:21:42 +0000 blackbird 1394761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but I don't buy a lot into the whole organic thing, anyways. I can't even tell you wtf it means anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394637 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 08:14:23 +0000 maybebaby 1394637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also supplement with nonorganic formula and I make all his (mostly) organic baby food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394625 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 08:01:14 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1394625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but isn't organic food mainly about the lack of synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers? I don't see why infant formula would have anything to do with that. It's manufactured to mimic breastmilk, it's the closest thing we have to it. When we started weaning, she had organic food.</p> <p>As a baby, DD was on Neocate, a specialized formula given though Rx because of a milk protein intolerance. She tried other amino acid based formulas before we got the prescription for Neocate. I am very grateful we live in a time when specialized formulas exists. I don't know how people dealt with this a century ago. It takes 2 weeks before milk protein leaves the body, so even when wet nurses were common, there's still an elimination diet and a baby still needs milk. I can't say enough how grateful I am for formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394606 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:40:02 +0000 avivoca 1394606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are't FF right now, but if Bf had not worked out (or doesn't since it's so early in the game), I would use whatever worked for H. I've always planned to do an organic baby food diet for her, since I want to foster a healthy diet early. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394591 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:26:52 +0000 Aimed 1394591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@daniellemybelle: totally not silly! Overall in our Lo's childhood, formula is going to provide a few months worth of nutrition, but it is her diet going forward where lifelong important eating habits are built. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394588 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:25:20 +0000 swedishfish 1394588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R had to switch to Alimentum because of a milk protein/soy intolerance. All of her baby food is organic though. I try to buy most of our fruits and veggies organic when possible. I wouldn't switch that for baby food either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394582 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 07:22:05 +0000 looch 1394582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it because you think one cancels out the other, kind of? </p> <p>For me, it is more important to consider locally manufactured or grown. So while my son's infant formula wasn't organic, it was manufactured in the country where we resided, which made me okay with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394453 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:15:07 +0000 googly-eyes 1394453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used the formula that worked with dd's tummy. That happened to be gerber good start. I didn't dare mess with it once we figured that out. I have become more "into" buying organic lately since dd started a mostly table food diet, but if I have to ff another baby I still will just buy what works with their tummy. I didn't know about the sweetness/obesity. I personally don't think that the type of formula plays a huge role but that is something I will have to look into for our next kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394432 Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00:22 +0000 skibobrown 1394432@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. We did regular Enfamil for formula -- DD ended up almost entirely exclusively formula fed. However, once we reached the transition to solids, I was all about organic. We eat quite a bit of organic in our household, and I feel even more strongly about going organic w/ DD's tiny little body. I'm the same as you that I just tried not to look at the formula ingredients. We started w/ formula at a stage when I was just too frazzled to think about what my daughter was consuming. The pediatrician said we needed to start supplementing and tossed me a can of Enfamil, and that was that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394364 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 23:02:03 +0000 Greentea 1394364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why is it silly to want to give your baby healthy organic food? I don't think that is silly at all. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394334 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:35:46 +0000 RubyCali 1394334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not silly! Organic food has lots of nutritional and environmental benefits. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394332 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:33:08 +0000 pinkb 1394332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we prefer to give LO organic stuff now, and she was on formula since day 1. We went through many formulas and had to use what worked best for her, which was not organic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-feeding-your-lo-organic-matter-to-you-if-you-used-regular-formula#post-1394320 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 22:27:12 +0000 daniellemybelle 1394320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO gets about 10 oz of formula daily in addition to BFing due to my low supply. We use Similac Total Comfort &amp; I don't let myself read the ingredients :( It has worked well for us though. We decided against organic formula because of research that shows the organic formula is much sweeter than regular formula or breastmilk &amp; might be linked to obesity. </p> <p>Anyway, DH thinks it's kind of funny that I want to make our own organic baby food when we have been giving her regular formula all this time. Maybe that is a little silly? </p>