When Do I Stop Feeding My Baby Formula

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Video: Chapter leader Sarah Pope has posted a video about making both the raw milk and liver formulas.

This video is i in a serial of instructional videos from Weston A. Price Foundation on Vimeo.

Transcript of the Video [.pdf]

Many of the ingredients for these recipes are available from Radiant Life 888-593-8333 .

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Jump to:

• Is Raw Milk Safe for Babies?
• Variation: Caprine animal Milk Formula
• Liver-Based Formula
• Fortified Commercial Formula
• Egg Yolk for Baby
• Homemade Whey
• Formula Making Tips
• Chest Milk and Homemade Formula Nutrient Comparing Nautical chart
• Cost Comparison Charts

Raw Milk Baby Formula

Makes 36 ounces.

Our milk-based formula takes account of the fact that human being milk is richer in whey, lactose, vitamin C, niacin, and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to cow's milk but leaner in casein (milk protein). The addition of gelatin to moo-cow's milk formula volition make it more digestible for the infant. Use only truly expeller-expressed oils in the formula recipes, otherwise they may lack vitamin Due east.

The ideal milk for babe, if he cannot be breastfed, is clean, whole raw milk from one-time-fashioned cows, certified free of affliction, that feed on dark-green pasture. For sources of good quality milk, see www.realmilk.com or contact a local chapter of the Weston A. Toll Foundation.

If the just choice available to yous is commercial milk, choose whole milk, preferably organic and unhomogenized, and culture information technology with a piima or kefir culture to restore enzymes (bachelor from G.E.M. Cultures 253-588-2922.

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole raw cow'due south milk, preferably from pasture-fed cows
• i/iv loving cup homemade liquid whey (Run into recipe for whey, beneath) Annotation: Do NOT use powdered whey or whey from making cheese (which volition crusade the formula to curdle). Use only homemade whey made from yoghurt, kefir or separated raw milk.
• iv tablespoons lactose^ane
• 1/iv teaspoon bifidobacterium infantis^two
• 2 or more than tablespoons good quality cream (preferably not ultrapasteurized), more than if you are using milk from Holstein cows
• one/2 teaspoon unflavored high-vitamin or high-vitamin fermented cod liver oil or 1 teaspoon regular cod liver oilⁱⁱⁱ
• 1/4 teaspoon high-vitamin butter oil (optional)¹
• 1 teaspoon expeller-expressed sunflower oil¹
• 1 teaspoon actress virgin olive oil¹
• two teaspoons coconut oil¹
• 2 teaspoons Frontier brand nutritional yeast flakes¹
• ii teaspoons gelatin^1,4
• one-seven/8 cups filtered h2o
• 1/4 teaspoon acerola powder^{one, two}
  

1. Available from Radiant Life 888-593-8333, www.radiantlifecatalog.com.
ii. Earlier versions of this spider web page called for 1 tsp of bifidobacterium infantis and one tsp of acerola powder–these were typos.
iii. Use only recommended brands of cod liver oil. Encounter our recommendations here.
iv. We do not recommend collagen hydrolysate, merely just recommended brands of gelatin listed in our Shopping Guide.

Instructions

• Put 2 cups filtered water into a pyrex measuring bullpen and remove 2 tablespoons (that will requite you lot i-7/8 cups h2o).
• Pour about one-half of the water into a pan and place on a medium flame.
• Add together the gelatin and lactose to the pan and permit deliquesce, stirring occasionally.
• When the gelatin and lactose are dissolved, remove from heat and add the remaining water to cool the mixture.
• Stir in the coconut oil and optional high-vitamin butter oil and stir until melted.
• Meanwhile, place remaining ingredients into a blender.
• Add the water mixture and alloy nigh three seconds.
• Identify in glass bottles or a glass jar and air-condition.
• Before giving to baby, warm bottles by placing in hot water or a bottle warmer. NEVER warm bottles in a microwave oven.

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Variation: Caprine animal Milk Formula

Although goat milk is rich in fat, information technology must exist used with caution in babe feeding as it lacks folate and is low in vitamin B₁₂, both of which are essential to the growth and development of the infant. Inclusion of nutritional yeast to provide folate is essential. To compensate for low levels of vitamin B₁₂, if preparing the Milk-Based Formula (in a higher place) with goat's milk, add 2 teaspoons organic raw chicken liver, frozen for 14 days, finely grated to the batch of formula. Be sure to begin egg-yolk feeding at four months.

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Liver-Based Formula

Makes about 36 ounces.

Our liver-based formula also mimics the food profile of mother's milk. Information technology is extremely important to include coconut oil in this formula as it is the simply ingredient that provides the special medium-concatenation saturated fats found in mother's milk. As with the milk-based formula, all oils should be truly expeller-expressed.

Ingredients:

• iii-iii/4 cups bootleg beef or chicken broth
• two ounces organic liver, cut into small pieces
• 5 tablespoons lactose¹
• one/4 teaspoon bifidobacterium infantis²
• 1/four loving cup homemade liquid whey (See recipe for whey, below)
• ane tablespoon coconut oil^one
• 1/2 teaspoon unflavored high-vitamin or high-vitamin fermented cod liver oil or 1 teaspoon regular cod liver oil^three
• 1 teaspoon unrefined sunflower oil¹
• 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil¹
• i/4 teaspoon acerola pulverisation^ane,two

1. Available from Radiant Life 888-593-8333, www.radiantlifecatalog.com.
2. Before versions of this spider web folio called for 1 tsp of bifidobacterium infantis and 1 tsp of acerola powder–these were typos.
iii. Use merely recommended brands of cod liver oil. See our recommendations here.

Instructions:

• Simmer liver gently in broth until the meat is cooked through.
• Liquefy using a handheld blender or in a food processor.
• When the liver goop has cooled, stir in remaining ingredients.
• Store in a very clean drinking glass or stainless steel container.
• To serve, stir formula well and pour vi to 8 ounces in a very clean glass bottle.
• Attach a clean nipple and set up in a pan of simmering water until formula is warm merely not hot to the touch, shake well and feed to baby. (Never rut formula in a microwave oven!)

Q.  Why does the babe formulas include lots of vegetable oils like sunflower and olive oil? These are very high in linoleic acid.

A. Answer from Chris Masterjohn. The amount of sunflower oil and olive oil in the babe formula recipe provides the amount of unsaturated fatty acids found in the milk of modernistic American mothers. I have plant compelling evidence that arachidonic acrid and DHA are necessary for infant development, but not linoleic acid.  That said, linoleic acid serves equally a precursor for arachidonic acrid, so I think the formula should accept some linoleic acid (mainly from the sunflower oil).  However, it is likely that current linoleic acid levels in breast milk are college than they otherwise would be, not considering they are needed, merely because they are present in excess as a outcome of the consumption of vegetable oils.  So I recall the amount of linoleic acrid in the formula should exist normalized to pre-1960 information for Americans, or, ameliorate, if they are available, to data from breast milk concentrations of mothers from traditionally living populations that had not even so encountered dietary vegetable oils at the time the data were nerveless. This would mean reducing the amount of sunflower oil by half.

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Fortified Commercial Formula

Makes about 35 ounces.

This stopgap formula tin can be used in emergencies, or when the ingredients for homemade formula are unavailable.

Ingredients:

• i cup milk-based powdered formula¹
• 29 ounces filtered h2o (iii 5/8 cups)
• 1 big egg yolk from an organic egg, cooked iii 1/2 minutes (See recipe for egg yolk, below)
• 1/2 teaspoon unflavored loftier-vitamin or loftier-vitamin fermented cod liver oil or 1 teaspoon regular cod liver oil^two

1. We are sad to report that the Mead Johnson (Enfamil) Low Iron formula we previously recommended is no longer available. In fact, all commercial formula now contains iron, past FDA decree. The best choice for commercial formula today seems to be Infant's Only Organic Dairy Formula. It contains iron but otherwise contains higher quality ingredients than whatsoever of the other commercial formulas. It is also the but make on the marketplace at this time without the Martek DHASCO and ARASCO additive. If you are forced to use commercial formula, brand sure that baby is getting cod liver oil, either added to the formula or given with an eye dropper or syringe. As soon equally possible, introduce solid foods similar egg yolk, liver, meat and bone broths.

2. Use only recommended brands of cod liver oil. Meet our recommendations here.

Instructions:

• Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend thoroughly.
• Identify 6-8 ounces in a very make clean glass bottle. (Store the rest in a very make clean glass jar in the refrigerator for the next feedings.)
• Attach a clean nipple to the bottle and gear up in a pan of simmering water until formula is warm but not hot to the touch, milkshake well and feed to baby. (Never heat formula in a microwave oven!)

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Egg Yolk for Baby

Egg yolk should exist babe's commencement solid food, starting at 4 months, whether baby is breastfed or formula-fed. Egg yolks from pastured hens will contain the special long-chain fatty acids so critical for the optimal evolution of the brain and nervous arrangement. The whites may cause an allergic reaction and should not be given to baby until he is at least one year one-time.

Ingredients:

• 1 organic egg from a pasture-fed hen
• 1/2 teaspoon grated raw organic liver, frozen for 14 days Note: Information technology is VERY important that the liver be frozen for 14 days before using.

Instructions:

• Eddy egg for 3 1/2 minutes.
• Place in a bowl and skin off shell.
• Remove egg white and discard.
• Yolk should be soft and warm, not hot, with its enzyme content intact.
• If yous wish to add liver, grate on the small holes of a grater while frozen. Allow to warm up and stir into egg yolk.

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Bootleg Whey

Makes about 5 cups.

Homemade whey is easy to make from good quality obviously yoghurt, or from raw or cultured milk. You lot will need a big strainer that rests over a bowl.

If you lot are using yoghurt, identify 2 quarts in a strainer lined with a tea towel set over a bowl. Cover with a plate and leave at room temperature overnight. The whey will drip out into the bowl. Place whey in clean glass jars and store in the refrigerator.

If you are using raw or cultured milk, place 2 quarts of the milk in a drinking glass container and exit at room temperature for 2-four days until the milk separates into curds and whey. Cascade into the strainer lined with a tea towel set over a bowl and cover with a plate. Leave at room temperature overnight. The whey will drip out into the bowl. Store in clean glass jars in the fridge.

Source: Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon with Mary Chiliad. Enig, PhD.

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Formula Making Tips

A reader shares her handy tips for making up formula apace.

All iii of my children have had tedious starts with breastfeeding, and then I appear to have low milk supply bug. We started supplementing with formula three months agone and my sweet babe girl is salubrious, gaining weight, content, and an absolute delight.

I'd like to share a couple tips and tricks that help me avert making mistakes–peculiarly when I'm sleep deprived.

• First, I took a permanent mark and wrote on the lids or packages of each ingredient how much I would need.
• Then, on my printed recipe, I made a listing of things I would need to get out: blender, small saucepan, spatula, measuring spoons, 1/4 cup measure.
• I likewise like to add all the dry out ingredients commencement so the measuring spoons stay dry. I add the oils last and don't worry about washing them between each ingredient.
• Finally, I keep all of my refrigerated ingredients together in one compartment of the door and all of my other ingredients together on 1 shelf in a cabinet. When it'southward time to brand formula, I go out all the ingredients and put each one abroad as it's used to avoid accidental doubling.
• Oh, and I mix in the foam after I've used the blender considering it's the foam that leaves the frothy bubbles on peak that are difficult to mix in.

Information technology takes me about ten minutes now to mix up a batch. My basic routine looks similar this:

1. Set up all tools, ingredients, and recipe on counter.
2. Measure out 2 cups water, remove 2 tbsp.
3. Put half of water in pocket-size saucepan.
4. Turn dial on stove to 3.5 (low heat).
5. Add gelatin and lactose and set coconut oil nearby.
6. Stir with blistering spatula.
7. In blender, add milk and whey (put back in fridge).
8. Add together all dry out ingredients (put back in cabinet or refrigerator).
9. Then add together all oils (except coconut).
10. Stir water mixture over again.
11. Have off rut, add coconut oil.
12. Stir slowly until melted.
13. Add together remaining h2o and pour into blender.
14. Blend for three seconds.
15. Add foam and stir.

Since I only use enough for one or two bottles a day, I ordinarily leave out what I'll need for the side by side ii days and freeze the rest in glass jars, putting what I'll demand for the day in each jar. Her needs have changed then much since we first started, so making one batch at a time suits usa well. I experience confident that she is being nourished both by my breastmilk and by the homemade formula she now takes only at dark. Thank you And so MUCH for posting the recipe, the testimonials, and the Q&A'southward. I've read through each page at least twice!

Lori

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Breast Milk and Bootleg Formula Nutrient Comparison Chart

Based on 36 ounces.

These nutrient comparison tables were derived from standard food nutrient tables and do non accept into business relationship the wide variation in nutrient levels that can occur in both human and animal milk, depending on diet and surroundings.

	Chest Milk	Cow'southward Milk Formula	Caprine animal Milk Formula	Liver-Based Formula
Calories	766	856	890	682
Protein	11.3g	18g	18g	15g
Carbohydrates	76g	79g	77g	69g
Total Fatty	48g	52g	54g	36g
Saturated Fatty	22g	28g	30g	16g
Mono Fat	18g	16g	16g	12g
Poly Fat	5.5g	5.6g	5.7g	5.6g
Omega-iii FA	.58g	ane.3g	1.2g	1.0g
Omega-6 FA	four.4g	4.2g	four.4g	4.5g
Cholesterol	153mg	137mg	166mg	227mg
Vitamin A*	946IU	5000IU	5000IU	20,000IU
Thiamin-B1	.15mg	1.05mg	i.1mg	.19mg
Riboflavin-B2	.4mg	i.2mg	1.2mg	1.9mg
Niacin-B3	1.9mg	ii.5mg	4.4mg	14.2mg
Vitamin B6	.12mg	.51mg	.60mg	.65mg
Vitamin B12	.5mcg	1.9mcg	2.8mcg	39mcg
Folate	57mcg	236mcg	284mcg	159mcg
Vitamin C	55mg	57mg	59mg	62mg
Vitamin D	480IU	450IU	525IU	460IU
Vitamin East***	nine.9mg	half dozen.2mg	4.7mg	four.9mg
Calcium	355mg	532mg	548mg	NA**
Copper	.57mg	.38mg	.58mg	1.9mg
Iron	.33mg	one.4mg	2.2mg	five.4mg
Magnesium	37.4mg	91.3mg	96.1mg	34.5mg
Manganese	.29mg	.034mg	.12mg	.24mg
Phosphorus	151mg	616mg	729mg	344mg
Potassium	560mg	949mg	1228mg	750mg
Selenium	18.8mcg	15.4mcg	18.7mcg	31.1mcg
Sodium	186mg	308mg	320mg	NA**
Zinc	1.9mg	2.8mg	2.7mg	2.5mg

* Vitamin A levels in human milk will depend on the nutrition of the mother. Nursing mothers eating vitamin A-rich foods such as cod liver oil will accept much higher levels of vitamin A in their milk. Commercial formulas incorporate almost 2400 IU vitamin A per 800 calories.

** Calcium and sodium values for homemade goop are not available.

*** Vitamin E values are derived from commercial vegetable oils. The vitamin E levels for homemade formulas will be college if good quality, expeller-expressed oils are used.

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Recipe Below Will Make	36	Ounces
Ingredient	Quantity	Unit of Measure out	Toll
Raw Milk	ii	Loving cup	$1.38
Liquid Whey	1/4	Cup	$0.28
Lactose	4	Tablespoon	$0.35
Bifodobacterium Infantis	1/four	Teaspoon	$0.48
Cream	two	Tablespoon	$0.09
Regular Cod Liver Oil	1	Teaspoon	$0.xi
High Vitamin Butter Oil	one/4	Teaspoon	$0.31
Sunflower Oil	1	Teaspoon	$0.03
Extra Virgin Olive Oil	ane	Teaspoon	$0.06
Coconut Oil	2	Teaspoon	$0.xiii
Nutritional Yeast Flakes	2	Teaspoon	$0.08
Gelatin	two	Teaspoon	$0.20
Filtered Water	i-vii/8	Cup	$0.00
Acerola Powder	1/four	Teaspoon	$0.06
		Batch Total	$3.54

Baby Formula Cost Comparisons
Brand/Product	Toll/Ounce	Toll/Year	Avg. 1st Year Savings
Nourishing Traditions	$0.ten	$953.89
Earth's Best Organic with Fe	$0.17	$1673.93	$720.05
Vermont Organics	$0.15	$1442.97	$489.08
Brilliant Beginnings Organic	$0.13	$1238.56	$284.67
Similac Organic Infant	$0.16	$1576.85	$622.96
Enfamil Premium Newborn	$0.15	$1413.41	$459.52

Below feeding schedule referenced from Earth's All-time website.

Calendar month	Feedings/Mean solar day	Oz/Feeding	Daily Oz
1	7.0	2.5	17.5
2-4	5.five	5.0	27.v
5-6	5.0	7.0	35.0
7-nine			27.0
x-12			24.0
		1st Year Ounces	9690

Recipe Directions

1. Add gelatin and lactose to half of the h2o and oestrus gently until gelatin is dissolved.
2. Stir in remaining h2o, coconut oil, and optional butter oil.
3. Identify all ingredients in a blender and blend well.
4. Transfer to a very clean glass container, and shop in refrigerator.

Feeding

ane. Pour into a very clean drinking glass bottle, attach nipple, and heat in a pan of simmering water.
2. Never heat formula in a microwave oven.
3. Milk shake bottle well and feed baby.

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When Do I Stop Feeding My Baby Formula

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