re: Extended formula use?

Quoting SingleMomSwagg♥:" LMAO. no need to get ugly.. and dont assume you know me, or my child.. thanks."

The truth is rarely pretty. I never assumed I knew you, just what I read here, from your own words. Your family doesn't make the best food choices, you have limited income. There are options. I only saw excuses of why you couldn't do those options. Now, here is yet another option that is most likely going to benefit everyone. Your family can change their eating habits. That way your food choices won't affect her.

Quoting SingleMomSwagg♥:" Its not so much of the not grasping, its more of the what you dont know about my situation because ... [snip!] ... or life over the internet. I explained a small amount enough for some insite to gather ideas and some advice on my question ..."

then grow some balls and be assertive, you might not remember but that's YOUR child. YOU feed her how YOU see fit. Quit buying expensive ass formula and feed her REAL and HEALTHY food.  

I'm having a little trouble understand you OP. You say we don't know you, or your situation. But you said in your post, which is all we're going by, that you pay for formula out of pocket. It's simple, take that money you're spending on formula and buy real food....

<blockquote><b>Quoting Buffy♥:</b>" I'm having a little trouble understand you OP. You say we don't know you, or your situation. But you ... [snip!] ... going by, that you pay for formula out of pocket. It's simple, take that money you're spending on formula and buy real food...."</blockquote>




Agreed. I understand you not wanting to share your life story, but maybe we could all understand better and offer more constructive advice if we knew WHY that wasn't an option. I know you're here for pros and cons of extended formula feeding, which I tried to answer, but no one can really answer that without taking the rest of her diet into account. Toddler formula is just meant to supplement, no one can even gauge the pros and cons without understanding the rest of her diet. I think that's where everyone is getting confused and frustrated here.

Quoting SophieKay:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Buffy♥:</b>" I'm having a little trouble understand you ... [snip!] ... and cons without understanding the rest of her diet. I think that's where everyone is getting confused and frustrated here."

Yes I agree. I even asked what food she was eating and never got an answer. Without the full story we cant give accurate advice.

Quoting SingleMomSwagg♥:" Re read what i posted. My child eats table food. But my family makes poor choices in food.. Do they make a vitamin for a child under two? Not one ive seen yet."

They do and most pedis recommend that breastfed babies start them after 6 months because of the vitamin D issue. They're drops. I believe they're called vita-drops, but don't quote me on that. I know it comes in 2 forms. One has iron and one doesn't.

My son was I guess you can call it extended formula fed till 3 1/2. He pretty much lived off it till 18ish months and a bit of food till 2 and from then on about a meal a day till 3 1/2. If you truly believe your child isnt getting enough in other food choices then it certianly wont hurt your LO at all. And mine had to drink it out of a bottle till that age too, has perfect teeth as well.

I would cut out the toddler formula (which is needed in kids with low weight) I didnt read all the replies only a few.

But my dd is 1 yr and 8 days old. She gets exactly 2 1/2c of whole milk a day (sometimes 3) but no more then 3. Which the recommeneded amount is 2 1/2 to 3 cups a day, and she eats 6 small meals a day. I feed her on like 10 bucks a day. Its way cheaper then buying that formula. And if you are giving a balanced diet, they wont need vitamins at all.

DD has a good balanced diet every day and eats the amount or more then the average 2 yr old, cause I was really consistant on expanding her pallet to all foods, and eats healthy.

You just need to make sure you are putting the right amount of healthier foods into your children, they will eat it. Hide fruits and veggies in smoothies and muffins even homemade mac and cheese, puree some cauliflower in the cheese sauce they wil never know the difference.

It will be so much cheaper then that formula.

Quoting crazy coupon lady:" I would cut out the toddler formula (which is needed in kids with low weight) I didnt read all the replies ... [snip!] ... some cauliflower in the cheese sauce they wil never know the difference. It will be so much cheaper then that formula."

I agree with this. It's just going to take a little bit of work/trial and error before you find out what foods your toddler will or will not eat. If you're going out and buying formula, there's no reason to not go out and buy healthy snacks/meals. Granola bars (make sure there aren't any huge nuts in it), peanut butter (i recommend smart balance), bananas, apples with no skin - cored and sliced up, yogurt. Cheerios (not the sweetened sugar coated kind), vegis with dip. Hummus and pretzels to dunk. Apple sauce - no sugar added, triscuts, reduced fat cheese sticks are ok, cut up turkey lunch meat, whole wheat english muffins,etc

Toddlers normally eat very small portions compared to babies, especially at 2+. I'd start off with very small portions. That way you don't throw away anything they don't eat. There will be meals where you'll be lucky if they eat a mouthful or 2 of food. It's part of the fun of toddlers.  

There are a few medical reasons why kids should be on formula past 1ish, but normal healthy toddlers should eat a balanced diet of 3 meals a day with a few snacks inbetween. My 15 month old normally drinks about 3 sippy cups full of some type of liquid, normally whole milk or water.

I'd use the formula money on other foods. Especially fruits and veggies since you said your not getting wic vouchers for that. Banana's, carrots and apples are cheap. Todddlers don't usually eat a whole lot so I'm sure whatever you buy could last you awhile.

I breastfeed and give whole milk to my girls. As well as some water and or will let them have some of a smoothie., homemade smoothie of course with no added sweeteners just plain ol' fruits and veggies. They occasionally get juice too but don't care for that as much when they do get it I try giving them the ones that are supposed to be a serving of fruits and veggies inside so it's at least somewhat healthier and have it watered down.