Making your own formula from scratch

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone done this?

I just met someone with a 5 mon only who said they don't believe in any commercial formulas so they make their own with a base of coconut milk and almond milk and lots of additives.

I thought it was REALLY bizarre.

Never mind about bizarre -- it's a truly awful idea. It's child abuse. And I almost never say that.

[Anonymous]

It's not child abuse.

That's how babies that couldn't nurse were fed for years and years after wet nurses went out of fashion and there was no such thing as commercial formula.

How do commercialized, prepared foods come about? They are based on some variation of a homemade item. When more and more people were making their own formula, the idea of a ready made version obviously became a business idea. And so it has grown and grown, to the point where people don't even make their own anymore.

Just like for many years everyone just bought store packaged baby food, some don't even know how to make home made Mac and cheese and just buy Kraft.

Homemade formula is not some made up thing by looney child abusive mothers . Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not child abuse.

That's how babies that couldn't nurse were fed for years and years after wet nurses went out of fashion and there was no such thing as commercial formula.

How do commercialized, prepared foods come about? They are based on some variation of a homemade item. When more and more people were making their own formula, the idea of a ready made version obviously became a business idea. And so it has grown and grown, to the point where people don't even make their own anymore.

Just like for many years everyone just bought store packaged baby food, some don't even know how to make home made Mac and cheese and just buy Kraft.

Homemade formula is not some made up thing by looney child abusive mothers . Get a grip.

Homemade formula may or may not be child abuse. Homemade formula based on coconut "milk" and almond "milk" is child abuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not child abuse.

That's how babies that couldn't nurse were fed for years and years after wet nurses went out of fashion and there was no such thing as commercial formula.

How do commercialized, prepared foods come about? They are based on some variation of a homemade item. When more and more people were making their own formula, the idea of a ready made version obviously became a business idea. And so it has grown and grown, to the point where people don't even make their own anymore.

Just like for many years everyone just bought store packaged baby food, some don't even know how to make home made Mac and cheese and just buy Kraft.

Homemade formula is not some made up thing by looney child abusive mothers . Get a grip.

Homemade formula may or may not be child abuse. Homemade formula based on coconut "milk" and almond "milk" is child abuse.

Defend please. What's the basis for your argument. Scientific , developmental, and nutritional facts please not just your personal opinion and anecdotes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not child abuse.

That's how babies that couldn't nurse were fed for years and years after wet nurses went out of fashion and there was no such thing as commercial formula.

How do commercialized, prepared foods come about? They are based on some variation of a homemade item. When more and more people were making their own formula, the idea of a ready made version obviously became a business idea. And so it has grown and grown, to the point where people don't even make their own anymore.

Just like for many years everyone just bought store packaged baby food, some don't even know how to make home made Mac and cheese and just buy Kraft.

Homemade formula is not some made up thing by looney child abusive mothers . Get a grip.

Homemade formula may or may not be child abuse. Homemade formula based on coconut "milk" and almond "milk" is child abuse.

Defend please. What's the basis for your argument. Scientific , developmental, and nutritional facts please not just your personal opinion and anecdotes.

You want me to provide scientific, developmental, and nutritional facts supporting the idea that baby mammals need milk, not coconuts and almonds?

[Anonymous]

That is a truly terrible idea. If she's that opposed to formula she needs to get breast milk from a milk bank. But really, commercially available infant formula is basically the most regulated food product you can buy. Coconut milk and almond milk, not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like one of those militant vegans (not saying all vegans are crazy, I know plenty of normal ones). I've heard other stories like this-usually in news articles about the kids dying or being removed by CPS for failure to thrive.

(DH's grandmother told us that she had to give my FIL evaporated milk when he wouldn't nurse.)

My guess is a paleo nut.

[Anonymous]

I knew some militant vegans who did this.

[Anonymous]

Meh, I'm not militant anything nor am I a super crunchy mom, but I made homemade formula for my 2nd child. Nursed my 1st child for over a year, but honestly just didn't feel up to it with my second plus the thrush was just added stress.

He's 10 years old now, totally fine and healthy. No allergies, no medical problems, avg on the growth chart. My first one actually has multiple allergies and ADHD, so go figure.

No need to go nuts over home made formula, though I do think that consulting your doctor about nutritional content might be a good idea. My background is in nutrition so I wasn't just making it willy nilly, though some of you here would probably still freak out over some of the ingredients I used!

[Anonymous]

I was born in 1970 and in the scrapbook my mother made, there's a recipe for homemade formula written on my pediatrician's prescription pad. I am pretty sure it involved Carnation Milk and Caro syrup.

[Anonymous]

Stupidity and orthorexia combined. Coconut and almond "milks" do not have the proteins and fats infants need. And whatever weird supplements she is presumably getting online have no quality controls. Commericial formula is highly tested and regulated for safety!!

[Anonymous]

Evaporated milk, water and corn or sugar syrup was a popular one.

It seems risky to me. Really you have no idea if it's balanced or not. I do know a woman who messed around and came up with her own using goat's milk and whatever else. Scientist based formula was too risky in her opinion.

[Anonymous]

Otoh, I know a kid adopted from another country where the infants were fed kefir. You have never seen a plumper, healthier, more gorgeous child. Just sayin'.

[Anonymous]

That is a freaking terrible idea!!! Coconut and almond milk have different fat contents than human or cow milk. The human brain doubles in size the first year of life. Brain cells are made of saturated fat and cholesterol. Unless she is adding some other components thend her child could end up with poor brain development.

Sheeesh!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Otoh, I know a kid adopted from another country where the infants were fed kefir. You have never seen a plumper, healthier, more gorgeous child. Just sayin'.

Infants weren't fed kefir made from coconuts and almonds.