Following last year’s hot scandal on China’s tainted milk, we are now faced with a situation where scientists in the US have found traces of a chemical called perchlorate which is used in rocket fuel in baby formulas. Although it has yet to be found if this substance is indeed a threat to health, it remains to be a scare for many parents. Especially when the brands of these formula have not and will not be released. Until God knows when. If it is released only upon confirmation that perchlorate is indeed harmful to health, will it be too late?

Being a parent whose kid is still heavily dependent on formula, these scares have become a top priority in terms of making sure that whatever we are feeding the boy is safe from any harmful substances. But you just never know until cases like the above come to light in public. Even by reading the ingredients of the formula in detail will probably not be able to help us realise what is truly in the milk content.

Sometimes I wonder if we should enrol in some crash course at some healthcare training institutes just so that we can learn a little bit more about health and medical care, including some technical terms of what’s what. Don’t you find that sometimes some ingredients listed in food products are just too technical for us lay person? Unless you are some chemist or perhaps a pharmacist, you just won’t know what they mean.

In any case, if you are also as worried about the issue of possibly tainted milk coming from the US, what would you do? It hasn’t quite become a big issue here since the media hasn’t quite covered this story that has recently cropped up in US. But it doesn’t mean that things are still fine and dandy, right?

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Attention to all parents. Take note of this latest news of possibly tainted milk! In the US, scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found traces of chemicals used in rocket fuel in some baby formula.

The formula brands are not being released and there is also no evidence to prove any harm of the chemicals on the health of babies and adults alike. The said chemical is called perchlorate and was even found to be in some drinking water supplies in several cities in the US.

Read the full story here on Yahoo! Health.

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As I understand it from other mummies, their little toddlers who have just passed the stage of babyhood are now consuming more solid food and less formula. It makes sense to me too and I’ve always assumed the same. But my little boy doesn’t seem to be slowing on the milk. Instead, he’s consuming even more!

Some two weeks ago I switched him to the next stage of formula, from Enfalac A+ to EnfaGrow A+. I gave him the same amount, which is 7 ounces during each milk time. Normally he would drink once in the morning when he wakes up, have breakfast and then maybe another time in the later part of the morning before his lunch on solid food. In the afternoons, he’ll probably consume another feed and then it’s porridge at dinner. After dinner, he may consume just one or two more feeds before he sleeps. In the nights, he would wake up once to satisfy his milk craving too.

But now that we’ve switched him to EnfaGrow, he’s asking for milk every hour or every two hours despite feeding him his full meals and snacks in between! It seems like he’s eating more solid food as well as drinking a lot more milk. One night, he even woke us up 3 times to ask for milk!

I’m wondering if this is normal since most mummy friends of mine are quite shocked with this story of mine. Anyone’s little one is taking on more milk like how he is doing?

One thought entered my mind. If I were breastfeeding him still and with his demand for milk shooting up like this, I think I would be eating non-stop myself just to keep up! And who knows, I may just grow too, to a point I might have to resort to things like Decaslim to control my “growth”! Good thing he weaned himself early on, huh?

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My 1 year old boy is currently on Enfapro A+. His eating patterns are 2 main meals of porridge during lunch and dinner, and in between he takes six to seven ounces of milk in intervals of about 3 hours. In the nighs, he sometimes wakes up twice for his milk fix. During the day, once in a while he is given snacks like biscuits and fruits too.

I thought this eating pattern is good enough but a recent visit to the paediatrician showed that he only gained 700 grams in 4 months. Though the doctor assured us that he is still alright because his growth charts show that he is still above the 50 percentile, I am a bit concerned that he may be losing weight rather than gaining at a period where he should be growing quickly.

I spoke to several mothers on this to see how their babies fared and what they did if they were in a similar situation. One mom shared with me that since she switched to Pediasure formula, within a month her baby gained quite a significant amount of weight. Her explanation to this is that Pediasure formula contains higher levels of proteins and fats. I have yet to compare the nutritional values of Enfapro against Pediasure, so I can’t confirm if this is true. Do other parents out there have similar experiences?

If this is found to be true and a sure way to beef up the boy, I also wonder if I should switch formula since he’s been so used to this. What are some of the issues of switching milk, if any? I’ve heard of stories where babies whose body systems are not used to certain milks tend to get some sort of reactions.

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