I, too, have had just one premie on Neocate formula. He started out as a Micro-premie, came home at 4 months of age. Mom had been pumping and providing breastmilk for bottle feedings. We worked together and got him transitioned to the breast, but constipation was a constant problem. He had started out with it and it got worse. He was straining constantly to pass stool. Since he was also hypertensive, this was bad news. I expected him to settle down once he was on only breastmilk, no fortifier, but it didn't happen. He was seen by a pediatric GI specialist who felt it was an allergic response after scoping his gut and finding it very congested and swollen. We went through an elimination diet for mom until she was eating nothing but home grown fruits and vegetables, but it didn't help. So he was taken off breast and put on Neocate. There was an immediate change in this baby and he could stool on his own with minimal straining. He is now 9 months old and gaining well. Vegetables and fruits have been successfully started, but even rice cereal caused constipation. Diane E. Perrone, RNC Materna Wellborn Algonquin, IL USA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html