[Dagz]

so here i am, looking into advanced formula for elijah, only to find out that it has corn syrup it it!!! how can the formula industry do such thing? like our little ones really need more sugar in their diet, especially at this early age!!!!
so is it advicable to give your child the advanced formula anyways, or is whole milk together with the solid foods they eat sufficient? or can they stay on the regular infant formula? any suggestions? thank you for your advice...

corn syrup, unbelievable...

raffaela

[Linny]

We've adopted five infants with the oldest now being 27yrs old, and the youngest now being 1yr. I've never gone to the 'advanced formula'...and the now older kids are fine and dandy.
As far as corn syrup, all I know is some people deliberately put it in formula when their baby is constipated. I have to wonder if it's put in there for the effects milk products can often have on children? I don't know. But I wouldn't switch to whole milk....but that's just me. Not a big milk pusher, but rather give the kiddos more yogurt, cottage cheese and cheese in general.

Hope this helps in some way...

Sincerely,

Linny

[Dagz]

yes, i don't want to go to whole milk yet, but don't want to give him formula with corn syrup, either. i'll ask the ped today if the regular formula is sufficient enough. thanks linny...

[Sleeplvr]

One of my kids had a milk & soy allergy and the other was lactose intolerant. So when they turned the one the pediatrician suggested whole milk which they did not do well with it at all. She didn't recommend the advanced formula because she thought it was a waste of money. We were able to substitute yogurt and cheese which they love in appropriate quantities.
Something that I learned via the health dept for one of my foster kids is that most kids are given too much milk once they go off formula. So check the daily requirements required for each age.

[jjlutefisk]

I am beginning to also have some concerns about corn syrup. It's in everything! And it has only been around since 1980. I just can't believe how many things they put it in. I also don't know how to cut it out of our diet, either without taking 4 hours at the grocery store reading every label.

[RavenSong]

Originally Posted by jjlutefisk

I am beginning to also have some concerns about corn syrup. It's in everything! And it has only been around since 1980. I just can't believe how many things they put it in. I also don't know how to cut it out of our diet, either without taking 4 hours at the grocery store reading every label.

Ummm, I hate to contradict you, but corn syrup has been available for consumers since the 1800s. In 1902, the Corn Products Refining Company of New York and Chicago introduced Karo Light and Dark Corn Syrups. Up until that time, stores sold corn syrup out of grocers' barrels ~ customers would fill their own jugs with the stuff.

I do know for a fact that Karo Syrup was recommended by many doctors as part of homemade infant formula during the 1950s. I was born in 1954, and my baby book has the original instructions the doctor gave my mother for making homemade infant formula. It included Karo Syrup...

PS: I'm not saying the stuff is any good for babies. On the contrary, I wouldn't put it in baby food or formula. But it IS wonderful as a "rescue remedy" for newborn kittens who have been orphaned or whose mothers have abandoned them. (I do cat rescue and care for feral colonies.) If you ever have a dying kitten, place a couple drops of corn syrup on its tongue ~ it can literally bring them back from the brink of death.

[JPDakota]

Our Ped had us add corn syrup to DD's formula for constipation. Didn't help and she didn't like it, so we quit using it. Then we went to barley baby cereal. Didn't help and she didn't like it. Then I mixed prune juice with water and viola!
Don't think I'd do the whole milk thing. We gave DD yogurt at that age.
On an unrelated note for Linny. DH just asked me who I was talking to and I told him one person was Linny. He wanted me to ask if you have Ming Ming and Tuck with you!

[Linny]

Okay, JP....I actually had to google the Ming-Ming and Tuck to know who/what you were talking about! (We don't have cable for TV, so that knocks out a lot of stuff others might know about! LOL)

That's fine. Tell dh I don't have them with me.......

Sincerely,

Linny

[jjlutefisk]

When I said that I was concerned about corn syrup being in things, I mean that I was concerned about High Fructose Corn Syrup. I know that regular corn syrup has been around but it's the high fructose stuff that I'm concerned about.

I got this from Wikipedia:

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is any of a group of corn syrups that have undergone enzymatic processing in order to increase their fructose content and are then mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose) to reach their final form.

The process by which HFCS is produced was first developed by Richard O. Marshall and Earl R. Kooi in 1957[2] and refined by Japanese researchers in the Adoption.com - Information on International, Domestic, Child & Agency Adoptions, Stories, Laws -. HFCS was rapidly introduced in many processed foods and soft drinks in the US over the period of about 1975–1985.

[sadie427]

No need for advanced formula. Just switch to whole milk at one year and continue to offer new foods. A fantastic book about feeding infants and children is "Child of Mine" by Ellyn Satter. Good luck.

[Dagz]

so they did a study with hair from americans, and hair from europeans. the avarage amount of corn found in an european hair is 5%. the amount found in an american hair is 85% !!! gosh. the american food industry puts that stuff into everything. you think you eat healthy, but think again....

thanks for all your input....

raffaela

[rredhead]

High fructose corn syrup is in "everything" in the US because the government subsidizes the production of corn. It's cheap to make, cheaper than using actual sugar. But it's much worse for you than actual sugar (from sugar cane or beets). Meanwhile, organic farmers are often not eligible for government subsidies. And they wonder why so many people here are obese and have diabetes. *sigh*
Anyway, the second stage formula is just another way that formula companies try to get you to spend more money with them. We actually did infant formula until DS was 15 months, because he's lactose intolerant, and I was concerned about adding any kind of milk too quickly. I tend to be a slow changer. Anyway, we switched him to goat's milk at that point, which he tolerates well.
Our dr. says that some milk is certainly necessary, but that it's not a complete food, so we should be sure to offer many options for food and beverage.

[CubanaYogini]

I missed why you are looking into advanced formula.

I stuck with cowsmilk based regular formula until DS turned 1 because of the corn syrup in the advanced. My pedi suggested that we switch to soy formula, but what I know about soy makes me completely unwilling to eat it myself, let alone give it to my son.

They say that many AA's are intolerant of cow's milk. But they can tolerate goat milk. Why? My sister read an interesting article that suggested that it is because their ancestors in Africa raised goats not cows.

As soon as DS turned 1, I transitioned him from formula to hempmilk. It has more protein than rice milk. I have thought about trying goat milk, but haven't yet. I have been very happy with the hemp.