Urgent warning for parents about the new Aussie formula after a baby boy suddenly became sick and taken to the hospital

The parents of a seven -month -old baby claim that his health deteriorated and was malnourished after switching to a new vegetable baby formula that had labeled the wrong dose.

The Melbourne Family turned to Coco2 – An Australian company that claimed to be the world’s first coconut-based baby formula ‘ – After learning their little boy, lactose intolerant was to cows milk.

The parents claimed that their son started to show worrying symptoms a few weeks after he started the formula.

“He did not reach any of his milestones of seven months, he did not sit upright,” the father said 7News.

“He would look sick, he would get up, he would drink, he would go to sleep and then wake up again in half an hour because he is hungry and we would feed him again.”

By February the baby was listless, he lost and had ‘lost all his color’.

‘His lips started to crack. He was stretching around his nose and eyes and so we just went to the doctor and he introduced some blood tests, “said the father.

However, the tests did little to relieve the panic of the family and they went to the Royal Children’s Hospital in their desperate search for answers.

Their worst fears, including blood cancer, were excluded, but doctors struggled to limit what was wrong.

In the end they advised the family to try a new formula and the baby recovered quickly.

“One that we got from that formula, he almost improved the first day,” said the father.

‘It’s good with our child, he’s fine

“We don’t think there are long -term problems,”

A report from doctors in the Royal Children’s Hospital suggested that the baby’s disease was probably caused by the formula.

“The Coco formula that they previously consumed had made a mistake in their size size and did not provide enough food per feed – this is the likely cause for their considerable weight loss and malnutrition,” the report said.

Coco2 recently updated his serving recommendations after correcting the error in his creature.

“We contact an important update with regard to the Coco2 Baby Formula Batch that you bought,” an e -mail explained to customers.

“Due to natural variations in bulk density, we have discovered that the recorded scoop contains slightly less powder than normal.”

The company advised parents to add 50 percent more formula to their baby’s bottle.

“This adjustment is easy to ensure that your baby receives the right portion size and all the nutrients they need,” said it.

“We sincerely offer ourselves for some confusion or discomfort that this may have caused.”

A sticker with the updated serving recommendation has also been added to in.

Coco2 has assured that the formula is safe after the company has started an internal investigation into its production and compliance teams.

“There have been no medically confirmed reports that babies became seriously ill because of the Coco2 formula,” said it.

“Coco2 was developed by food specialists in the field of babies and remains unchanged and safe when used as prescribed.”

The company also stated that a recall was not required because the problem was related to dosage instead of the formula.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Coco2 for more comments.

Coco2 developed in Queensland, was praised as the world’s first coconut-based formula and ‘a breakthrough in vegetable diet for babies’ when it was launched seven months ago.

The $ 42 formula is described on the company website as a ‘clean, coconut -based option’ for babies with ‘milk protein allergies or sensitive belly’.

It comes in three products and phase one formula for 0-6 months, the second for 6-12 months and a ‘toddler drink’ for babies of one and older.

But the new formula led to a warning from experts for parents to check with their doctor before they switch.

‘I would wait as a professional for [a] Growth study to come out before I went out and recommend this formula to a family that wanted to feed their baby, said “pediatric allergy dietician Ingrid Roche.

“Some babies have really high nutritional needs and we know that (certain) formulas are good for growth for some children who have really high nutritional needs.”