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Go and Grow (9-12 month formula)?

Well my son is 9 months now and his well check is next week...however my husband and I were almost out of formula and just decided to get the next step formula...my son seems to like it just fine and digesting is good but I have to admit I was kind of nervous of doing this without asking the doctor....is there any cases where a doctor would say no he doesnt think the go and grow is appropriate? Also my husband and I have well water so we have no flouride in the water so now that my son has 2 teeth and a third on the way we bought the nursery water...should we wait to give him that till we know he can handle the formula? do kids have reactions to floride water? Any nice oppinions or experience welcomed thanks in advance.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Our doctor recommended the Next Step formula at 10 1/2 months (breastfed until then), it is right in between formula and whole milk, helps with the transition. If I remember correctly, it has less calories than formula and more fat (maybe the other way around??). With the water, I would ask your doctor first. We have well water and it was recommended NOT to use nursery water, well water already has minerals in it (which makes it good, yum) but you don't know how much, and you can have too much fluoride. Too much will lead to spotting on the adult teeth. This may depend on where you live, what kind of soil/water you have, etc. Good luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    I switched to the follow up formula from Goodstart and it was fine. I didn't ask my dr about it, it just has extra iron and calcium.

    About the nursury water, I'm not too sure about it, I had a lot of people on here advise me against it saying it was bad, so I didn't use it. But I'm in the same predicament as you- son's getting lots of teeth and we have well water. I'm going to ask my dr about a suggestion at his 1 year check up/needles. Best of luck!

  • 1 decade ago

    i don't know about the nursery water

    but i did use the go and grow.... read up on step 2 formulas.... most research says there isn't much difference in nutrtional makeup... compare the back of the cans

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