Transition to Infant Formula Feeding on Gastrointestinal Regurgitation (TIGER) Study
To compare the frequency of regurgitation and other digestive outcomes between infants who receive an infant formula based on whole goat milk and an infant formula based on cow milk proteins during the transition period from breastfeeding to formula feeding, using predominantly breastfed infants as a reference group.
• healthy full-term born infants (≥ 37 weeks + 0 days and \< 41 weeks + 6 days of gestation)
• birth weight ≥ 2.5 kg and ≤ 4.5 kg
• born from a singleton pregnancy
• live in Bangkok or nearby with no plan for geographical migration before 6 months of age
• for experimental and active comparator groups only: parent(s) has expressed the intention to partially (in combination with breastfeeding) or fully formula-feed the infant and ready to enroll in the study before the age of 4 months/120 days
• for no intervention group only: parent(s) has expressed the intention to predominantly breastfeed (according to study definition) and ready to enroll in the study before the age of 4 months/120 days
• infant has been predominantly breastfed for at least 2 weeks before enrollment
• parent(s) has sufficient Thai language skills to understand the study information, the informed consent, and to comply with the study procedure
• parent(s) is willing and deemed able to fulfil the requirements of the study protocol and procedures
• at least one parent is of legal age of consent