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Well after talking to our CHN about this issue, I thought I'd post about what we have since found out if that's ok.

We were basically advised that after 6 months, there really isn't any need for babies to be on any 'gold' type formulas as they can obtain extra nutrients from their solid foods. So after that, we decided that we would switch to a cheaper variety, and we made the transition from S26 Gold to Heinz Nurture Follow-On and have had no problems whatsoever. We made a gradual transition over the course of about a week to make sure that his bowels didn't get too upset from the switch as the 6+ month formulas apparently have a greater milk fat level in them which can upset them a tad.

Making this change is saving us around $10 per week which is great! S26 is around $19 - $20 per tin, and Heinz is around $10 - $11.