Where can I buy baby formula cheap? (will trade ferrari for baby formula)

So you want to go cheap on your baby?!? Lol, Im just joking

I honestly had no idea that baby formula would be so expensive! I really am surprised. Makes me wonder what ingredient could make it that expensive...

 

Got tit?

 

Have you heard that druggies love to shoplift formula to sell it for drugs!?
You know it must be expensive when you hear that!

 

We got tons of the competing Similac/Infamil (sic) in the mail. Cans of the stuff. I never understood why- but why question mana from heaven.

 

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We can be pretty cruel, eh !!??

 

Ken:
The ready to feed in 8 oz cans is the MOST expensive. I suspect that's what you purchased. You should consider getting the powder that you mix with tap water. Hopefully one of the nurses from the hospital where your baby was born (or the mid-wife if born at home in the pool) can shed a lot of light on the many expenses of having a newborn.

I found a website that offered a comparison (using 2001 figures) of the different types of formula vs breastfeeding.

" Cost per year1
Breastfeeding (200-500 kcal/d) $300

Formula:2
Powder (1 lb can) $1,188
Concentrate (13 oz can) $1,512
Ready to feed (32 oz can) $1,728
Ready to feed (8 oz cans, 4 pack) $2,376

1. Assuming average formula intake for 1st year of life of 10,800 oz
2. Enfamil with Fe, Von's Supermarket shelf price, San Diego, CA, Dec 2001

Sources: RiteAid and Vons Supermarket

* Based on approximately 900 ounces per month, approx. 30 ounces per day, approx. Six 5 oz feeding/24 hrs
* Ready to feed formula ranges from: $99 to $333 /month and $1,188 to 3,996 /year
* Concentrated formula ranges from: $99 to $234/month and $1,188 to $2,808 /year
* Powdered formula ranges from: $54 to $198/month and $648 to $2,376 /year

Formula Preparation Cost Per Ounce Per Month Per Year
Enfamil Ready to feed 4 / 8 oz cans $6.89 22¢ $198.00 $2,376
Similac Ready to feed 4 / 8 oz cans $11.19 35¢ $315.00 $3,780
Isomil Ready to feed 4 / 8 oz cans $11.99 37¢ $333.00 $3,996
Prosobee Ready to feed 4 / 8 oz cans $7.49 23¢ $207.00 $2,484
Similac-Lactose free Ready to feed 32 oz can $5.49 17¢ $153.00 $1,836
Carnation Good Start Ready to feed 32 oz can $3.99 12¢ $108.00 $1,296
Similac Ready to feed 32 oz can $4.99 16¢ $144.00 $1,728
Isomil-DF Ready to feed 32 oz can $5.99 19¢ $171.00 $2,052
Enfamil Ready to feed 32 oz can $4.99 16¢ $144.00 $1,728
Lactofree Ready to feed 32 oz can $5.69 18¢ $162.00 $1,944
Nutramigen Ready to feed 32 oz can $7.99 25¢ $225.00 $2,700
Alimentum Ready to feed 32 oz can $7.89 25¢ $225.00 $2,700
Alsoy Ready to feed 32 oz can $3.59 11¢ $99.00 $1,188
Isomil Concentrate 13 oz $3.84 15¢ $135.00 $1,620
Carnation Good Start Concentrate 13 oz $2.79 11¢ $99.00 $1,188
Prosobee Concentrate 13 oz $4.19 16¢ $144.00 $1,728
Lactofree Concentrate 13 oz $3.69 14¢ $126.00 $1,512
Similac Concentrate 13 oz $3.59 14¢ $126.00 $1,512
Nutramigen Concentrate 13 oz $6.69 26¢ $234.00 $2,808
Enfamil Concentrate 13 oz $3.59 14¢ $126.00 $1,512
Carnation Good Start Powder 12 oz $9.49 12¢ $108.00 $1,296
Enfamil AR Powder 14 oz $12.29 12¢ $108.00 $1,296
Isomil Powder 14 oz $12.09 12¢ $108.00 $1,296
Lactofree Powder 14 oz $11.79 11¢ $99.00 $1,188
Similac Powder 14.1 oz $12.05 11¢ $99.00 $1,188
Prosobee Powder 14 oz $12.99 11¢ $99.00 $1,188
Neosure Powder 14 oz $13.59 15¢ $135.00 $1,620
Enfacare Powder 14 oz $12.29 14¢ $126.00 $1,512
Nutramigen Powder 16 oz $23.29 21¢ $189.00 $2,268
Pregestimil Powder 16 oz $24.99 22¢ $198.00 $2,376
Enfamil Powder 16 oz $12.89 11¢ $99.00 $1,188
Vons Safeway Formula Powder 16 oz $6.99 6¢ $54.00 $648

Prepared by Sharon Johnson, RN, IBCLC, December 2001."

See ---- you can get almost any kind of help here on ferrarichat. Someone finally asked a question that I know something about!

 

KEN

HAVE TIFFANY BREAST FEED..........

SHES NO GOOD TO YOU FOR A WHILE, ANYWAY

B

 

Yep, there's nothing like getting it right from the tap

However, I do a formula feeding once a day for my baby, and I just priced out some formula.

Yep, $20-22 for the large can of powder (either enfamil or similac). But, I did notice that lots of stores carry a generic brand for about $13.

Since I only do once a day, I am sticking to the enfamil brand, but it's tempting to get the generics at almost 1/2 price. I mentioned it to my wife once, and she gave me the guilt trip about feeding my son generics...

I work in the pharmaceutical industry, and I know that at least with drugs, there is no difference between the brand name and the generics. I imagine it must be the same with these baby formulas. So, if you are really concerned about the price, go for the generics.

Dom

 

LOL...!

 

Kinky.

 

I would think buying in bulk at sams would be the way to go.Although there not always the cheapest on stuff.Ironically I was just in that new Sam's up by you yesterday.We do alot of work up in the burlington area.Good luck with the baby.

 

KdRoss
We have 4 kids, and they were all milked (?) with Similac powder or canned milk between 1990 to 2002. With diapers, we averaged about $300 to 400 every month per kid for their first few years. Most purchases were made at Sam's or Costco. ToysRUs sometimes had a good sale. We had a change bed so we could stock up things in its shelves. These spending will slow down somehow later, but it will jump up again as they start going into teens!

Enjoy the process as it will be somehow fond memory later. (well at least for me) Good luck!

 

Clip coupons from the Sunday Paper. Go to store that honors Double Coupons.
That will lower cost of Diapers and Formula.

Get a Breast Pump. Follow instructions. Not you - her.

When I was in the grocery racket, baby items received the highest % markup.

 

Interesting, Ken. Let's do some math.

As you say, a can is 1lb 9.7 oz, or 25.7 ounces. A case of six cans would then be 6 x 25.7 oz = 154.2 ounces.

Each SCOOP of powdered formula is 0.3 ounces. So 154.2 ounces of powdered formula is actually 514 SCOOPS of powder.

One scoop of formula powder is added to each 2 fluid ounces of water to make the formula. So that's 1028 fl. oz of liquid, ready-to-feed formula, per six pack of cans.

If, as you claim, you did feed your baby six cans in just two weeks, that's 1028 fl. ounces over 14 days, or 73.43 fluid ounces per day.

A very healthy bottle for a 3-6 month kid would be 4-6 ounces. Let's call it 6 ounces, for this calculation's sake. At 73.43 fluid ounces per day, that means your baby is drinking over 12 bottles daily. Which would be astounding, as most babies in that age range take only 4-6 bottles.

Keep in mind that for most kids, a standard can of powdered formula will last anywhere from 1-3 weeks. You're using a can every 2 days?

Wow, your baby must be HUGE.

vty,

--Dennis

 

Get to know a formula rep/salesman, LOL. My wife used to work as a neonatal nurse and knew the reps and we got our formula for our daughter free.

Other than that, probably a wholesale club like Sam's or Wal-MArt are the cheapest.

It is just the beginning of how much the little munchkins cost.

 

I hope she doesn't have you buying that Dreft soap too. Man, what a marketing ploy that one is...