https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:01:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1737673 Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:30:30 +0000 MapleMoose 1737673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: I'm sorry for the late reply. We have Harvard and the doctor wrote a letter of medical necessity to the insurance company. They sent us a letter of approval and we had the doctor write a prescription for the formula.<br /> ETA: our copay is zero (!!!) but I'm not sure if this is just due to the plan we have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734639 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:56:36 +0000 swedishfish 1734639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: @raintreebee: United has a bunch of different plans but definitely get a prescription and try it. We go through Target's pharmacy. They order it as a prescription so we get a month's worth at a time. Our copay used to be $25 but it went to $50 (but that's for the entire month's supply). </p> <p>Something to think about - we started with the Alimentum powder because I was still breastfeeding and pumping. We wouldn't have finished a ready to feed bottle within the time limit. When I stopped pumping we switched to the ready to feed. We just needed a new prescription. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734490 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:21:11 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1734490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: FYI: I found these amazing desserts by a company called Hail Merry. They make the BEST lemon and chocolate tarts. AMAZING. And they are gluten/dairy/soy free and vegan. They sell them at Costco and Whole Foods I think. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734451 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:02:02 +0000 raintreebee 1734451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: i am sure i would have dropped out if he had cried for more than twenty minutes. yes, mspi does suck! To be honest, I was always a little dubious of the doctor's diagnosis. But I tried to give him soy formula twice this week and each time ended with a face rash and projectile vomiting (first time I wrote off as a fluke because we just got off a boat). So now I am a true believer in it. I am a terrible mom, I know. </p> <p>@swedishfish: That's great that United pays! I have that insurance as well. Do you have to go to the pharmacy then to buy it?</p> <p>@catlady: Good idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734448 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 14:01:17 +0000 spaniellove 1734448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I might also second the rec for ready-to-feed. The ingredients are slightly different because it doesn't contain corn maltodextrin and it doesn't have the insane lumps. But the smell of Alimentum...I may never be able to eat mashed potatoes again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734358 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:29:31 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1734358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: oooh, great!! That's a big reason why I've been hesitant to try it because I don't want to pay $30/can! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734354 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:27:44 +0000 swedishfish 1734354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: I have United and we got the pediatrician to write a prescription for Alimentum. They covered it with a copay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734329 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:20:05 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1734329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: haha. I totally dropped out of sleep training though. I couldn't do it. We are waiting u until 6 months to tryagain. </p> <p>Mspi sucks though, doesn't it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734326 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:18:38 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1734326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MapleMoose: how did you get your insurance to cover the alimentum? I'm on united and not sure they will do it (willingly). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734317 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:12:39 +0000 MapleMoose 1734317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to continue mixing the old (Enfamil AR) with the Alimentum for the first week to acclimate her to the new taste, as per the doctor's suggestion. At first we were using powder Alimentum but our health insurance gives us the ready-to-feed liquid now. She seems not to mind either powder or liquid now, maybe because she forgot what other formula tastes like.</p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734295 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:02:40 +0000 catlady 1734295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: I haven't tried this (yet) but if I need to start supplementing, I was planning on mixing the formula with expressed breast milk to start (starting with a smaller amount of formula, and then slowly building up to just formula). That way they get used to the taste a little more gradually. Good luck! The MSPI diet is so tough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734294 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:01:47 +0000 raintreebee 1734294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@abbydabbydoodlebug: Ooh, I've never heard of those. Maybe I will give them a shot. I can't believe we were sleep training twins and now MSPI twins. LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734282 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:57:54 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 1734282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raintreebee: No advice here, but I'm in the *exact* same place as you are. My LO is 5 months this week and she was diagnosed at 2 weeks old. I also feel forced into breastfeeding, even though I wanted to BF until a year. </p> <p>I want to try alimentum at 6 months to see if her gut will handle it better. But the taste is what is going to hinder us. I've heard you can get organic non-alcohol based vanilla extract to make it taste better? or I think I heard Neocate makes flavor packets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734280 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:57:32 +0000 raintreebee 1734280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Hmm. I think we've only tried the powder. Maybe we should try to ready to eat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734268 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:53:16 +0000 swedishfish 1734268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Powder or ready to eat formula? LO is on Alimentum. She started on powder and we had to mix her bottles powder/ready to eat to switch her to the ready to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-get-baby-to-drink-hypoallergenic-formula#post-1734238 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 12:40:49 +0000 raintreebee 1734238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is now 5 months old and was diagnosed with MSPI several months ago. I have been on a strict elimination diet since. Although breastfeeding until 1 year was my goal, I now feel like I have no choice. Although I'd still like to make it until then, I would like formula as a backup option for when I go back to work full time (I am working from home this summer), go to work conferences, need a night out, etc. LO just will not drink hypoallergenic formula. We've tried Elecare and Alimentum, and he won't have any of it. He was on Elecare for a whole week while I exclusively pumped (as per doctor's orders), and he lost weight because he wouldn't eat it. We try the Alimentum from time to time, and it's the same. He won't have any of it. Any tips? </p>