Little Baby Becca

Hmmmm...😉

Hmmmm...😉

Hmmmm.... 😉

A few years ago my dentist commented that the cavity in my front tooth is not common in adults and the hygienist added it's usually in kids and babies from drinking sweet juices in bottles lying down and falling asleep with it in their mouth. I quickly responded that I usually don't have juice in a bottle, mostly formula. Then we all had a good laugh. Of course they didn't know I was telling the truth. Then a few weeks ago I had bi-yearly blood work done. I went through chemo almost 30 years ago so the blood work is very thorough. In reviewing it with the doctor he commented on a particular enzyme that hadn't been there 6 months ago. He said it is from something I ate around the time the blood was drawn. He said it is not harmful and nothing to worry about, it is actually something they add to many baby formulas to help with digestion... My check-up went well and I'll see him in 6 months. Looking back, I had spent most of the weekend before the blood draw in diapers and had slept in the playpen Saturday and Sunday night, so I most certainly had several bottles of formula including that Monday morning before returning to the grownup world. My blood was taken that Tuesday afternoon...😉

Here is my answer to a similar question a few years ago, and it is still relevant today...😉 It's expensive... My wife actually tricked me into drinking formula. We were having a baby time weekend and on a Friday night she gave me a bottle of warm milk before bed, it was a little sweet so I thought it was Almond milk or something. In the morning I had another with breakfast and a few more during the day. By Monday morning I probably had 20 or more bottles. All weekend she would ask me if Baby Becca enjoys her formula? I would just giggle and keep drinking... Thinking it was almond milk. It wasn't until later in the week I found the can of formula in the back of the cupboard. It was then I realized I had actually been drinking formula all weekend. I was so excited, I mixed myself a bottle right away. It didn't taste quite the same, but I enjoyed it. I didn't say anything to my wife and waited for our next baby time. She finally told me it was real baby formula, she was adding a little honey to it and didn't expect me to actually finish the first bottle. Then she kept it going, offering me more than usual, expecting me to figure it out, even asking me if "I was enjoying my formula" and I still didn't figure it out.. I told her I had found the can during the week, but didn't use the honey and I still liked it. Now I drink plain all the time. So to actually answer your question, if you don't care for the taste, (most adults don't), try adding a little honey or vanilla. Like I said before, it is expensive. I would suggest trying a premixed "one shot" before investing in an expensive can. You can find them at Walmart or almost anywhere that sells baby formula. Remember it is made for growing babies so it is not a fat free food and should only be an addition to your diet not a nutrition source. Don't let anyone scare you about there being too much iron and getting iron poisoning, it is just not true. The average baby formula contains .4mg per ounce, the recommended daily standard for an adult is 45 -60mg/day. To even get close to that you would need to drink 122 ounce per day, that would be about 14, 8 ounce bottles a day of formula. And that is just the recommended max per day. Still a long way from overdosing on iron. Of course this information is for a healthy adult, everybody is different with different dietary needs. Do your own research. Have fun with it and enjoy. Some people use "Ensure" and similar adult nutrition drinks to simulate formula in their bottles. I like my bottles warm so for me formula is the best.