Follow on milk....

[neadyda]

Is there much difference in cow and gate follow on milk to cow and gate first milk?

OH wants to put Leo on follow on milk now but I wasn't sure if there was any need to?

We did put Jamie on it x

 

[Noodlebear]

I'm not using follow on. First milk is good for babies up until a year old so I don't really see the point in all honesty x

 

[Lissidoll123]

I've always thought this too but stage 3 follow on milk is slightly cheaper and I always thought why would cow & gate produce it if it wasn't any good?! I'm unsure whether at 6 months to keep on the same or move to this one x

 

[Joybell]

I think it's just a marketing ploy to allow them to advertise milk for babies as they aren't allowed to advertise first milk.

We are on Hipp and switched to follow on at 6 months. Reasons-
1. Slightly cheaper (you can get offers on it 2 for £13 etc)
2. club card and boots points haha
3. Looking at the ingredients the only diff I could see was slightly higher calories and some more vitamins (iron etc) so isn't 'bad' for baby. Only slight negative is that it is slightly sweeter so might make them prefer sweet tastes.

It's up to you!

Joy x

 

[rocknrolla]

i think when babies reach 6 months their natural iron level depletes so they need more (hence weaning onto solids around this time). i believe the 6month+ milk has more added iron (and possibly vit d which helps absorb iron..), which is why we decided to move on to it.

 

[rocknrolla]

oh, and we're not going to use the 1yr follow on milk as cows milk is fine then and farrrrr cheaper!!

 

[Irish Eyes]

The NHS recommends not changing at all. Follow on milk has a thickening agent to make babies feel full for longer, however it has less nutrients due to this. They are not allowed to advertise first milk or put offers on it

 

[ktod]

Although it seems cheaper I find the scoop is bigger (in hipp at least) so you use more which offsets the cheapness. However, when its reduced to £5 in baby events I stock up cos that is a bit cheaper.

 

[ke29]

The NHS recommends not changing at all. Follow on milk has a thickening agent to make babies feel full for longer, however it has less nutrients due to this.

Totally untrue. Follow on milk is thinner and less filling to leave lo's hungry for solids. It contains more vitamins and minerals in smaller quantities.

 

[BigAl]

The main reason it was invented is because they can't advertise infant milk. So they create a new product and label it 6 months plus, to get round this. So if it's cheaper I would probably switch Lol

 

[beanie1978]

I've been told by my hv to put Lo on follow on milk as it as vitamin d where stage 1 or 2 don't. Vitamin d is meant to stop bow legs I'm not sure how true this is x

 

[Keyval]

I changed LO to the follow on aptimal milk stage 3 at 7 months it's the same price as the other first and hungry milk though . It says 6 months up on the box . I have noticed its not as thick though as it doesn't clog up in teat when I shake the bottle . Other than that no difference xxx

 

[SmileyKez]

My hv told me there are no nutritional benefits to moving onto follow on milk, she told me to stay on 1st milk when lo reaches 6 months if he is still happy on it.

She also said it is just a marketing tool to allow the companies to get their brands out there!

 

[kimberleyrobx]

It smells better than first and second stage formula milk! xx

 

[Irish Eyes]

The NHS recommends not changing at all. Follow on milk has a thickening agent to make babies feel full for longer, however it has less nutrients due to this.

Totally untrue. Follow on milk is thinner and less filling to leave lo's hungry for solids. It contains more vitamins and minerals in smaller quantities.

Check the NHS website, it confirms it. If it was better for babies then why would they recommend you don't change?

 

[Keyval]

The NHS recommends not changing at all. Follow on milk has a thickening agent to make babies feel full for longer, however it has less nutrients due to this.

Totally untrue. Follow on milk is thinner and less filling to leave lo's hungry for solids. It contains more vitamins and minerals in smaller quantities.

Check the NHS website, it confirms it. If it was better for babies then why would they recommend you don't change?

It's def not thicker . Like I said in my other post the stage 1 and hungry milk clogged the teat of the bottle when I used to shake used to take a lot of shakes to get it out but follow on doesn't .so much thinner . Plus would it not make sense it be thinner Since Your trying to cut the milk down

 

[bubbles123]

I've only used Aptamil so can only speak for that but I stick with first milk as follow on contains a sweetener (maltodextrin) which is not in first milk and I don't want them to get used to a sweeter milk and possibly find it harder to accept less sweet milk like cows milk.
I don't think there's anything wrong with follow on but I don't choose to use it myself.

 

[bubbles123]

I've been told by my hv to put Lo on follow on milk as it as vitamin d where stage 1 or 2 don't. Vitamin d
is meant to stop bow legs I'm not sure how true this is x

You're HV is incorrect, all formula has to have vitamin D by law.

Also, in terms of the thickener it isn't thickened as such but it is a casein dominant milk like hungry baby milk, which is a harder protein to digest than whey, which is the dominant protein in first milk. Therefore follow on should be harder to digest and keep babies fuller for longer than first milk.

 

[Gem_Clem]

I put LO on it at 6 months, it has more vitamins and iron and it was the same price as the other milk so i thought why not? It means LO's getting more iron which she needs and it doesn't cost any more.

I use the cow & gate bottles of ready made formula, it doesn't look any thicker than the stage 1 milk and doesn't fill her up more, shes eats her solids really well