Is anyone planning on using whole milk instead of follow on milk at 6 months?

[donnalou]

I'm just really interested in this. It wasn't long ago when most people breast fed and then went straight on to whole milk and didn't even bother with Formula. Is anyone planning on doing or have done this?

 

[fairy3853]

Stalking this thread as I would aslo like to know the answere

 

[baby_mama87]

Ive seen mixes views on this, A lot of people have also said don't bother with follow on and just stick to first milk until LO is 12 months apparently follow on is a bit of a gimmick so the companies can advertise I'l be using formula until LO is 12 months but will probably use whole milk with foods and cereal when I wean him.

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[donnalou]

Yeah follow on was just invented so formula companies could get round the ban on advertising formula. A lot of the research has been done and paid for by formula companies as well. When you do a search on it, all that comes back other forums like this. Hear say is not enough for me!

 

[readytotry]

There is a study mentioned in this article if you want something more than hear-say.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8674967/Cows-milk-too-salty-for-babies.html

 

[readytotry]

Yeah follow on was just invented so formula companies could get round the ban on advertising formula. A lot of the research has been done and paid for by formula companies as well. When you do a search on it, all that comes back other forums like this. Hear say is not enough for me!

Agree with you about follow on milk but that doesn't mean that you should use cows milk instead of regular formula. I think they are seperate issues really.
NHS choices has some stuff on this.

 

[calliebaby]

Babies can't process the nutrients in cow's milk until around the age of one.

 

[freckleonear]

Cow's milk shouldn't be given as a drink until 12 months (it's fine in cooking after 6 months). It doesn't contain the right quantities of vitamins and minerals for proper development and large quantities can cause intestinal bleeding in immature digestive systems.

 

[kat2504]

I agree with previous posters. Some years ago people were told cows milk was ok from six months but now new guidelines say that babies shouldn't have it before their first birthday as they can't process it well enough. It is perfectly ok to stick to stage one infant formula until that time if you don't want to use the follow on milk as the normal stage one formula has everything they need (apart from obviously they need solids too from six months)

 

[special_kala]

Cows milk is not ok until 12 months as their drink. It just doesnt have the nutrients babies need.

You dont need to use follow on milk. stage 1 is fine.

I dont know why anyone would even consider it apart from it being cheaper which is a stupid reason.

 

[Chezzz]

I probably will introduce it around 6 months, after its been boiled and cooled..
I was given cows milk at 6 months.. so were all my siblings.. friends etc.
Im guessing people older than me too..
My yougest sisters only 9.. and she was on cows milk at 6 months, rest of us are 14, 16, 18 and were all fine.. never had any problems.. I had more problems keeping formula down than cows milk!

 

[kat2504]

My mum let me ride my bike with no helmet on. This was common in the 1980s, people didn't worry about it. Fortunately I did not become an accident statistic neither did my brothers.

Plenty of other children did though.

If something has been proven to be unsafe due to better research then why carry on doing what people used to do before they knew better? Once upon a time people thought it was ok to smoke in pregnancy, now we all know better.

Cows milk contains a lot more salt than breastmilk or formula breastmilk substitutes and more of other substances too. It is too much for immature kidneys to handle. It also does not have the right nutrients and does not have enough iron. It can cause internal intestinal bleeding in a small percentage of babies which can lead to anemia. Boiling it will kill bugs (although milk has already been pasteurized so this is not necessary) but it will not change the nutritional profile.

Human babies need either human milk or a safe alternative (formula) until they are over a year old and able to enjoy cows milk as part of a balanced diet. I don't care what they did in the old days when people also dipped the baby's dummy in some brandy to make it sleep

 

[donnalou]

My mum let me ride my bike with no helmet on. This was common in the 1980s, people didn't worry about it. Fortunately I did not become an accident statistic neither did my brothers.

Plenty of other children did though.

If something has been proven to be unsafe due to better research then why carry on doing what people used to do before they knew better? Once upon a time people thought it was ok to smoke in pregnancy, now we all know better.

Cows milk contains a lot more salt than breastmilk or formula breastmilk substitutes and more of other substances too. It is too much for immature kidneys to handle. It also does not have the right nutrients and does not have enough iron. It can cause internal intestinal bleeding in a small percentage of babies which can lead to anemia. Boiling it will kill bugs (although milk has already been pasteurized so this is not necessary) but it will not change the nutritional profile.

Human babies need either human milk or a safe alternative (formula) until they are over a year old and able to enjoy cows milk as part of a balanced diet. I don't care what they did in the old days when people also dipped the baby's dummy in some brandy to make it sleep

I take your point but would really like to see some evidence of this. Too many surveys have been done by formula companies and research regarding too much salt how can they be sure what else the child was eating? I'm sure we have all seen small babies eating crisps etc

I'm really surprised that there is not more information avaliable on the net.