![]() ![]() To her, the European formulas seemed “more natural,” she said - more like breastfeeding. Bates, who had struggled to breastfeed after her emergency C-section and ended up relying exclusively on formula. “I think in the moment I was just desperate to make things go as well as possible for him,” said Ms. And even though each 500g container of organic HiPP formula cost nearly $40 - about 80 percent more than the organic American brand Earth’s Best - they stuck with it. They soon figured out the right ratio of powder to water. ![]() “Basically we made it too thick for him the first couple of times and he projectile vomited all over us and we were like, ‘Oh my God, what have we done?’” So they grabbed the scoop from a container of American formula, only to later learn it was larger than the scoop HiPP provided. Further complicating matters, they lost the scoop that came with the container. Bates and her husband could not understand the directions. This story was originally published on Jin NYT Parenting.įor Jessica Bates, 40, a first-time mother in Washington, D.C., it was an easy decision to stop feeding her 2-month-old son American infant formula and to switch to HiPP, a brand headquartered in Germany: Not only did her nanny recommend it to ease digestion, mothers were raving about European formulas on social media.
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