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Formula v cow's milk v ready made follow on milk?
Hi,
We are in a dilema! Our lo is about to be 1 and I have been told to start introducing cow milk.
But when reading up about formula and follow on milk (she is currently on Aptamil) it says to use follow on milk, rather than cow's.
I have tried her on a little of both, she refuses cow's milk, but will take the follow on milk,,,,, what should I do?
If now is the time to have the follow on milk, then when should we start her with cow's?
What have you all done?
Thanks ?
We are in a dilema! Our lo is about to be 1 and I have been told to start introducing cow milk.
But when reading up about formula and follow on milk (she is currently on Aptamil) it says to use follow on milk, rather than cow's.
I have tried her on a little of both, she refuses cow's milk, but will take the follow on milk,,,,, what should I do?
If now is the time to have the follow on milk, then when should we start her with cow's?
What have you all done?
Thanks ?
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I dont think there is any right or wrong answer though & its down to personal choice. I put Amy straight to cows milk when she was 1 & shes never looked behind her.
Hilary x
How much milk and when does she have it?
thanksxx
daniel didn't have a problem going from follow on to cow's but he didn't like it when we swapped from stage to stage 3 aptimal. what i did was put 2oz of stge 3 with 5oz oz stge, then slowly over a couple of weeks add more stge 3 & less stge 1. ) he took to it no probs. xxx
[Modified by: wenders on October 17, 2007 06:27 PM]
do what you feel is right for your babe.
take care. xx
Grace had her first birthday yesterday and we are starting he ron follow on milk, but are thinking to changing to cows milk as it is all so expensive!
Jain xxxx
thats one good thing bout cows milk. xx
We saw the HV the other day for her 1yr jabs and they said cows milk is OK as her diet is good.
They also told me to drop her afternoon mik and just have the morning and bedtime, she just has water the rest of the time.
The HV also said to only use her bottle at night and to wean her off that, as 1yr old should only use a cup. As I have only just taken her off the afternoon bottle and she won't have her morning milk without the bottle, I will have to do this slowly over time, I think!
Just get annoyed at how much everything costs anyway & then they start saying we need to be giving our babies special expensive formulas instead of the usual cows milk which has been doing them fine for years which in turns confuses parents into thinking that they are somehow doing something wrong if the don't give it to them. Sorry rant over.
[Modified by: Mum_of_Grace_Mae on November 06, 2007 12:55 PM]
thats one good thing bout cows milk. xx
LOL
And breastmilk is FREE.
yes, true but we can't all be fortunate to give breast milk and by the time the child is 1yr, children should be start to weaned off breast/formula milk.... at least that is what the HV told me...
i still give ready carton formula if lo gets up in the night when he has had a no eat much day as i really cant be arsed to go down stairs and faff about warming up cows milk,lol xx
My hv is of no use at all. She told me to give him treacle sponge at 7 months!! I work in a dentist and and if there's one thing my baby wouldn't of been eating at 7 months old it's bloody treacle sponge. Stupid cow!! lol lol
but i dont think its an absolout must if he is having dairy from cheese and yogs etc.xx