Powdered or ready-to-feed?

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Which one's do you parents use for your babies and why? We are currently using the powdered similac but I'm thinking about switching to the ready-to-feed. Please tell me your experiences. Thanks!

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We had our daughter on powdered similac then switched to ready to feed similac, and ultimately switched back to powder!
The pros of ready to feed is it causes far less gas because it doesn't get frothy from mixing and you don't have to measure anything. But we hated that it has to be refrigerated because that means having to wait five minutes while it heats up (normally she gets room temp bottles). When your baby is screaming for food, five minutes is an eternity! The powdered is also great at night because we take premeasured water and powder upstairs so we don't have to go back downstairs to feed her. Also harder to keep cold in a diaper bag (unless you get the 2 oz ready to feed bottles). 
Pro tip: to solve the bubbly powdered formula dilemma, we put one or two drops of simethicone gas drops right in the bottle when mixing and it works wonders to stop bubbles from forming!!!

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When we switched to formula we used the concentrated cans.. and prepared one can at a time in a pitcher..if I remember correctly you just mix it equal part water.. much easier then powder and much cheaper then ready to feed!

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Powered is so much cheaper! We make a big pitcher of formula once a day and fill the bottles then they are ready to go for each feeding.

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They gave is the ready to feed at the hospital but we switched to the powdered when we got home. I jusylike it better i guess

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Ready to feed because our baby likes it better. Dr also said babies like the ready to feed apparently it taste better to them a lot of times

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I like the convenience of powdered formula. It doesn't have to be refrigerated and can be mixed when baby is ready to eat. I also like not having to go downstairs to the fridge to get ready to feed formula! 🙂

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We tried the ready to eat, but my little guy never ate as much as when we did the powdered. Then he would get fussy again because he was hungry. I don't know if it was a taste thing to consistency or what, but it never worked for us!

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We used the ready to feed until he was almost 2 weeks old then he was getting constipated & his pediatrician said the powder is better since you're mixing the water with it

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We did ready to feed in hospital and when we first came home .. it didnt sit well with my daughter and seems to ge very common that alot of babies dont do so well on it as compared to the powder

Powdered or ready-to-feed?

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