Ok, so I ran across your old blog when I did a search for ‘homemade baby formula’ I posted something on it, but then I realized you had ‘moved’.

My youngest baby started with silent reflux around 7 weeks. (back in September) I had been making the NT cow’s milk formula and she did awesome on it. Then she gradually started eating less and less until she just refused to eat at all.

Feeling desperate I went back to commercial formula to try to figure out the problem, and when she still wouldn’t eat much, I tried spoon feeding her formula mixed with a cereal. (yes, a huge no no)She ate from a spoon so that I what I did because the doctor wouldn’t listen to me other than prescribe zantac which did nothing. I continued to research. After I came across the awesome story of your son on goat milk formula, I tried to find raw goat milk to no avail. Then I tried to find any goat milk and all there was was canned. Tried it, didn’t feel good about it. I didn’t try the meat based formula for lack of good chicken and liver, and it seemed more time consuming, and with 4 small little girls, it was daunting.

The doctor diagnosed her with silent reflux and prescribed prevacid. I never used it because I didn’t have the $80 to buy it AND she started eating better on a formula without lactose and with added rice starch and with Dr. Brown’s bottles.

So, it’s been about 2-3 months since then. She is doing VERY well with eating, still spits up a little, but is happy and eating well. I planned to try the cow’s milk formula again after Christmas, which is what I’m getting ready to do. My main question that I’m getting to, is you said something about healing your son’s gut with some supplements. Anne Marie from cheeseslave said she could be a GAPS baby and that making a formula with chicken stock, liver and coconut milk might be beneficial. I was looking for more info on babies on the GAPS diet, but was wondering where or how and thought you might could direct me in the right path.

She is still eating some babyfood, mainly because she was doing so well eating from a spoon, I didn’t want to stop, then have to start back over. However, I have been lessening the amounts of food she gets and the cereal. I started egg yolks, but haven’t been consistent and am getting ready to try liver and as much real food as possible.

Anyways, thanks for listening and for anything you can help me with. I am relieved to find other people who have done the homemade formula and had good results with it. The doctor was horrified when I told him what I fed her! Not good…

God bless,
Jessica

I would be happy to! Honestly it’s just what I’ve gleaned from other places on the web, but I’m happy to share my recipe and some things I’ve learned along the way….look for it in the next few days!!!

Carrie

Good to know about Costco! Walgreen’s has really good prices as well….

Also regarding coconut oil: I think Mountain Rose Herbs has a great price; about $20/gallon for organic, unrefined, virgin coconut oil.

Azure delivers here, so thankfully I don’t have to pay for shipping!

Thanks for the info!!!

Bummer! Our TJ’s has Organic Valley and their own brand as well. It’s just cream….I’m surprised the Trader Joe’s differ from region to region!

Thanks for posting this–I’ve always wondered how you do it! Just curious if you could share your “recipes” for dishwasher and laundry detergent. I use borax to “boost” my Ecos laundry detergent (available at Costco, by the way, for about $14 for a GIANT container), but I’d love to know how to use it in the dishwasher!

Thanks!!
Jill H.

i’m not sure what type of hfs or coop you have access to but the ones here in mpls,mn are huge and carry every dry good imaginable in bulk;ie. arrowroot powder, legumes, nuts ect. generally organic dry bulk beans are 1$ a lb or so. if you can find such things locally it might save $ on shipping w/ azure.

what price do you pay for the coconut oil? ive searched high and low, online and irl andhave found the best deal is whole foods organic expeller pressed at 5.69 per lb or about 40$ per gallon.