https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:51:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467917 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:31:42 +0000 pinkcupcake 467917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our pediatrician gave us a couple bottles of the ready-to-feed 2 oz bottles when L was just a few days old. She was having latch problems and we had to supplement for about 3 weeks. Since then, she's been EBF so we haven't had to buy any formula. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467811 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:02:52 +0000 chopsuey 467811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a ton of ready to feed 2 ounce formula bottles and nipples from the hospital. Gonna buy a case of them since I'm almost out.. Hopefully by the time we get through them my milk supply will be enough for my fatty. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467786 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:56:55 +0000 junebugmama 467786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>EBF. He will never have formula. Therefore, I won't be purchasing any. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467778 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:55:48 +0000 Springtime 467778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we switched to formula around 3 months, we hadn't bought any prior. However, we had a bunch of free stuff around the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467770 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:54:14 +0000 prettylizy 467770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a few free cans in the mail but haven't even opened them since she is EBF. We use on of the cans as a door stop in her room because all the cute door stops I bought the dogs kept running off with thinking it was a toy :S </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467721 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:46:03 +0000 Freckles 467721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got free formula from Similac before LO was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467663 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:37:56 +0000 Weagle 467663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never bought any, and LO is 7.5 months old. I can't imagine my supply tanking enough at this point to need to ever buy any... Unless I get pregnant, maybe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467483 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:54:07 +0000 mrsjazz 467483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to supplement for the first few days and used what the hospital sent us home with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467482 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:53:52 +0000 mamabolt 467482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is six months and EBF. I have two sample cans I got that I am thinking of giving to a food bank. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467460 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:50:07 +0000 Bao 467460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had over 12 cans of sample formula but haven't used any, LO is EBF. So I donated it all. We bought none, thank goodness because it is so expensive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467450 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:47:49 +0000 loveisstrange 467450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In England, hospitals don't provide anything. We had to do formula very early on, so we bought formula in the first week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-467418 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:41:53 +0000 littlecasita1122 467418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I received a couple of small sample cans in the mail but we never opened them. I bought the first official can when he was four months and he's been getting half formula/half breastmilk ever since then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-466966 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:41:36 +0000 Andrea 466966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I followed Mrs. Bee's guide and got some of the ready to feed stuff pre-birth. I didn't know we would get free formula at the hospital or else I would not have bought my own. We fed DD formula in the first few days because I was sick and the doctor told me get some sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-466965 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:41:19 +0000 hilsy85 466965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a bottle of ready to eat formula just in case, but we haven't had to use any. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-466957 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:35:06 +0000 autumnlove 466957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>9 months. We supplemented the first few weeks with a sample container that my friend gave us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-466952 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:32:13 +0000 DillonLion 466952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gor a lot of free samples but since we've had to supplement 50%+ with formula for all of LOs life so far, we ran out of samples pretty quickly. Bought our first supply around 3 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-466951 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:32:04 +0000 Rubies 466951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had formula on hand already and it was a good thing because we needed it right away since my milk had not come in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-your-los-birth-did-you-buy-formula#post-466226 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:30:00 +0000 mrbee 466226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got a lot of free formula from the hospital! But we did have to use some formula early on with Charlie, and then we switched him to formula after 9 months. I think we bought some fairly soon after we got home from the hospital.</p> <p>Olive has been ebf so far, so we haven't bought any for her. Once we do transition her, we may just go straight to cow's milk or hemp milk. I say "may" because this is just my speculation... Mrs. Bee is a lot more informed than me on this stuff.</p> <p>How long after your LO's birth did you buy formula? </p>