Did/does anyone use Gerber Good Start formula?

Tambcat

Someone H  works with gave us like 30 unopened cans of this stuff that don't expire until April 2013.

(We aren't doing formula yet, but will probably start feeding it during the day when I go back to work and doing stored bm at night.)

Cleo29

Nope, I used Similac (I have tons of coupons if you want them) and Enfamil with C. With K we are using Earth's Best Soy formula. 

MyPunkinPie

We used Sam's Club brand because it was inexpensive. All baby formula must meet FDA requirements but that doesn't mean they're all the same, just that they all should meet baby's basic nutritional needs. In my experience, you just have to find one that works for Joanna. We had great success with the Sam's Club Gentle Formula.

Tambcat

I just always hear about Enfamil and Similac, and I don't want to give her something that is subpar. But on the other hand, this is a lot of free formula.

UsuallyLurking

That's what we used when I couldn't keep up pumping at work at 6 months.  It worked out well for us, but I think it really comes down to the baby and what they prefer or what does/doesn't agree with them.  If it works for her, 30 cans will save you a lot of money!

Didey

We supplemented a bit with it with A just when I was gone. She actually preferred it to enfamil. We only used one can of it, so not a lot, but if Joanna will drink it I dont see any reason not to use it. I dont think it's subpar.

Cleo29

See how she does on it and go from there. I started with Similac this time, but it did not seem to work great for K so we switched to Earth's Best because I already like their baby food line. 

maheard

We used it and had great luck with it. The gentle (orange can) is one of the few brands on the market that doesnt list corn syrup solids as its first ingredient. 

Frkls

we used good start soy with jonah and he lived.

broccolitree

We used a bunch of it when Joaquin was in the NICU.  There wasn't a nipple shield to be had in the entire f*cking hospital (to refresh, I had her Christmas Eve during a snowstorm in GA so it was a ghost town).  We supplemented, because although I was pumping colostrum and giving it to her in a bottle, the extra fat and stuff in the formula made it so she'd get up to weight faster and therefore go home faster.  I don't think they'd give preemies in the NICU substandard formula, heh.

I opted to not go with Similac, because the Bump sold them my personal information.  To this day I get crap at my house addressed to literally "Ms. Broc Blank."  They can suck it.

ninjabridemom

Right now we use Enfmil bc we hve a ton of smples.  We have 1 can of similac we'll try. I've heard it cn take a bit to find the perfect fit.

 

If you end up using the gerber I hve $coupons I can send you. 

Tambcat

Okay, in retrospect, I realize this was a kind of silly post. I just never thought about the fact I'd have to pick a formula to use (at least to start off with), and suddenly in walks H with bags of this stuff, and I'm all thrown for a loop.

I need more sleep.lol

 

revolution_breeze

When you are ready, I would give it a try.

With DD, I BF until I went back to work and then we were using Similac Advance.  Well, she was with a private provider where we provided formula - no big deal.  Well, we had to switch DD to a center when she was 5 months old and the center provided Gerber Good Start formula and if we didn't use that then we had to bring our own.  We switched her really fast.  And, amazingly, she did so much better on that formula - not as gassy, slept so much better and didn't scream at me.  Could've been a timing coincidence, but i have my doubts.

We have DS at the same center so we knew this time around to use the Gerber Good Start.  He seems to do really well on it and is able to switch between that and BM easily.

 

Lavender444

My son was allergic to everything, Breastmilk, dairy and soy. When we started introducing that stuff back in Good Start was the only formula his GI doctor wanted us to use. He said it was a lot easier on babies tummies because of the whey proteins. Who knew?

maddiemoon43

We were successful with all 3 brands we tried.  He didn't seem to have any issues or preferences.  I say give your free ones a shot.  At 10 months we go through about 1 can a week (and about 3 frozen bags of BM).  30 cans could get you along for a quite a while!

+SMACE+

Someone on the bump, who is a pediatrician, stated this formula was the closest of all to breastmilk and recommended it to bumpies.

 

Tambcat

+SMACE+:

Someone on the bump, who is a pediatrician, stated this formula was the closest of all to breastmilk and recommended it to bumpies.

 

good to know!

Kristie33

For some reason this is cracking me up because I fed Addy Similac, and then they recalled it when we were just finishing up with formula because of risk of being contaminated with rat poop.  So not using a name brand doesn't necessarily mean using a subpar product.  

::flips similac off:: 

+SMACE+

When we used formula we used walmarts version of enfamil. Because I'm a cheap fuckingbastard and I dont ever remember them doing a recall while x was using it.