Has Anyone Used Enfamil A.R. Lipil?

Hi my doc said that this formula was just riced thickned. He told me you are just paying for regular formula, with ceral.

My daughter spit up bad until she was 8 months old and we tried this formula and Goodstart and even Nutrimigen(YUCKY and expensive) and nothing helped with the spit up. So we ended up going back to Enfamil Lipil that we used from the very beginning and just suffered through. She was fussy at first(first 2 1/2 months of life) but got better after that and was a happy, thriving baby and good sleeper until she finally quit spitting up almost to the day she turned 8 months old. Good Luck...I know it is frustrating trying to find the right formula for our little ones. If she's not fussy, gaining weight and doesn't seem to be in any pain, I'd say stick with the Lipil. Once you start feeding her cereal and other baby food it may get a little better. In our case, it got a little better with cereal, but not much. I think the pyloric valve in some babies isn't developed all the way when they are born and causes them to spit up. Until it's fully developed, she will probably spit up. Here are some tips to help with spitting up:
-Feed your baby in the upright position.
-Offer your baby smaller feedings that are more frequent. This is the single biggest change you can make to help reduce spitting up. For example, most one month olds spit up if they take 4 oz at a time every four hours. The same baby will probably be much less "spitty" with 2 oz every two hours - which is still the same total amount of milk in a 24 hour period. Most newborns can only take an ounce or two at a time; most four-month-olds get "spitty" beyond 4 ounces at a time.
-Elevate the head of your baby's bassinet or crib at an angle of about 15 degrees. This gets gravity on your side. (Let your baby lie flat or stand up; a seated position such as in a car seat can actually cause more reflux.)
-Burp your baby well in the middle of and after feedings. "Barracuda babies" who ravenously take a complete feeding in 10 minutes swallow lots of air with their milk.
-Try a different type of bottle. There are new "airless" bottles that reduce the amount of air babies swallow with feedings, available at some of our local pharmacies. These bottles also result in slower milk flow, helping infants to feed slower overall.

Good Luck!
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I'd like to share my experience and hope it may help you out. My youngest son had the worse problem with spitting up. I knew he wasn't lactose intolerant because I breastfed him the first 3 months(and he didn't spit up then, and breastmilk has lactose). So, the Dr. switched our formulas, ran tests for reflux, I held him upright 30 minutes after eating, etc. Still, he spit up so much that we would buy the rags at the auto parts store in bulk for spit-rags! Finally, I got to thinking one day, after all the changes, what is something we haven't changed? Well, no matter what formula he was on, we always bought it in the powder form. I did some research, and the powder form is harder for some infants to digest. Made COMPLETE sense!!! So, I switched him to the Enfamil w/Iron concentrate(where you add half concentrate with half water(I used bottled water), and voila! No more spitting up. Something so simple made such a big difference.

My niece was entirely bottle fed and constantly spit up. Her parents tried everything and had no luck UNTIL they switched to Enfamil A.R. Lipil. I know that the price is crazy, but I promise it is worth it. We instanly noticed a change. In addition to spitting up less, she seemed to eat better. My husband and I have a similar problem with my daughter, except that she gets bad gas and has a milk allergy, so we use Enfamil Gentlease Lipil. We understand the extra expense, but I can assure you that it is worth it.

I liked Similac Advance--a little pricey too-but it's worth finding something they can hold down. Maybe it will work for you too. Good Luck!

I used Enfamil AR Lipil with my second daughter and it helped tremendously with the spit-up. It you haven't already done it, you can sign-up with Enfamil and get great coupons to help with the price.

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We had to use it for one of our twins. He had that projectile spit up after each feeding. Once we were on the AR formula it stopped. He was not allergic to milk nor did he have the reflux.

We had difficulty locating it also and it cost more, too.

Good luck

WE used Enfamil AR for my youngest because she had GERD and that is what the Enfamil AR is designed for. IF you daughter does not have reflux and is not spitting up more then half of what she eats dont waste your money on it. Teh formula is very expensive and does nto work for all babies. It only worked somewhat for my daughter she still spit up all teh time just not as much. Besides that you can start her on cereal soon and that should reduce the spit up as well.

One of my twins had horrible spit up and the only formula that seemed to work well with her was Enfamil AR. I would DEFINITELY say it is worth the extra cost. You may also try using bottles to help reduce gas/spit up, like Dr. Browns. Again, they cost more but were well worth it in my opinion.

You can call the 800# on the Enfamil can and ask them to keep sending you coupons for Enfamil AR and they will send them to you!

Good luck!

After I stopped breastfeeding my son at six months I put him on Nestle Good Start with Natural Cultures. He always spit up even with breastmilk. He started solids and we thought that would help NOPE. So we talked with our doctor and normally they hate to do this, but he suggested we add rice cereal to his formula. It is way cheaper than buying formula that already has the rice cereal added (Enfamil A.R.). I would put 4-5 teaspoons in each bottle you do have to buy different nipples for the bottle. I also tried just feeding him the cereal out of a spoon, but it did not help. After the first feeding the spit up stopped. I also tried A.R. and I don't think it worked as well as adding it myself. The only thing is you have to watch for weight gain. I didn't really care about that because he was spitting up so much he was not really gaining weigth. After about a month on I was able to stop adding the rice cereal.

Yes I had to use it with my son. He would spit up the regular mile and my brest milk. He was not keeping anything down not gaining weight. So I asked my peditricain and she gave me samples to try first before I went out and bought it and it was wonderful. I loved it for him. He did spit up a little but not nearly as much or as often. So then I went out and started to buy it and he stayed on it untill 12mts. It is a little more but ask your doctor and see if she has a few samples. Good Luck!

I used the AR on my son, he too was a spitter. I found that the liquid worked better than the powder. We used it up until he was about 4 months old and then we switched to Nestle Goodstart... it worked alot better and was cheaper.

My daughter spits up quite a bit and the doc suggested the Enfamil AR. It has made a tremendous difference!
I also found that keeping her upright for about 20 minutes or so after feeding helped, too.
Check your ads for sales and definitely get on the mailing list for the coupons. That has helped me to save a lot on the cost.

My 8 year old had bad reflux when she was a baby and that's when Enfamil AR first came out. We used that and it did seem to help with the spitting up. If it's not a big problem, I'd probably save the money myself, but if it's something that's keeping your daughter from getting her required nutrition like it was for my daughter, it's well worth the extra money in my opinion. :-)