When do you switch from growing up milk to cows milk?

[LadyOfWaffle]

DS has been having growing up milk since he was 12 months old, but it just says 1+ on it so unsure when you stop giving it.
Thanks

[hunkermunker]

Now.

It's marketing guff.

Babies can have cows milk from 12m.

[LadyOfWaffle]

O, I just checked their website and it says 1-3...

[moondog]

Yeah.
Do you know it's seven times more expensive than regular milk?
Think of what you could spend that one...make up, books, CDs, wine.

[goingfor3]

Cows milk from 12 months. Growing up milk is just a way for formula makers to get around formula advertising laws.

[moondog]

Of course it does Lady.
They want to kepp on milking you dry!
(Geddit????)

[LadyOfWaffle]

It can be a challenge to ensure that toddlers get a healthy, balanced diet. A toddler's diet can fail to provide the levels of nutrition which are important at this key developmental stage. At 1 year old it is recommended to have at least 350mls milk or 2 dairy portions per day. UK research shows that:

84% of children have below the recommended daily intake of iron, and 16% are at a serious risk of a an iron deficiency
72% of children have below the recommended daily intake on zinc, and 14% are at a serious risk of a zinc deficiency
95% of children have below the recommended daily intake of Vitamin D
Growing Up milk is the latest development in the Aptamil range of milks. Aptamil Growing Up milk is specially formulated to complement the diet of a growing toddler and is nutritionally superior to cows' milk. It helps to meet the increased nutritional requirements of toddlers aged 12 months to 3 years.

What is in Aptamil Growing Up milk?

28 essential nutrients
Fortified with 28 essential nutrients, Aptamil Growing Up milk contains 40 times more iron, 9 times more essential fatty acids (omega-3 and omega-6) and more vitamin A and D than cows' milk to help support toddler development (Food Standards Agency (2002) McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods, Sixth summary edition. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry).

Prebiotics
Prebiotics help support your toddler's natural immune system and are added to the full range of Aptamil formulas.

That's what throws me, I mean they can't make it up, can they? I don't mind spending the extra money for it...

[dd666]

swap slowly i do warn you cows milk can make dc's ill it makes my dd 18mo constipated and it makes my niece sick!!!

[LadyOfWaffle]

I don't think DS would like makeup, CDs or wine

[wildwoman]

Please don't slag it off completely, yes for most babies itscompletely unnescesary but fo r a few extreme fussy eaters out there it can be very reassuring to know they are getting extra iron etc.

[hunkermunker]

LOW, it's marketing guff, honestly.

[hunkermunker]

Give them a vitamin supplement if they're very fussy. But please don't buy into this spiel.

[moondog]

Lady,do you really think there are many malnourished children in the UK?
Do you really think they all suffered before Aptamil came along?

The ad men would be rubbing their hands in glee if they could hear you. It is nowt but a heavily overpriced and processed dervative of a perfectly good product, namely cows milk.

[moondog]

My dh (healthiest man alive) has a zinc deficiency. Apparently. So doctors said when they ran loads of (unnecessary) teats on him when they thoguht he had broken his back.)
So wot?
It aint killed him

[goingfor3]

Add some vitamin drops to your childs milk, it's much cheaper.

[LadyOfWaffle]

O. If it was the same price as cows milk would you feel the same? I feel bad taking him off it, but he does eat pretty well, everything I would eat and things not even I would eat!

[moondog]

Oh go on then, be daft and waste yer money.
Even vitamin drops a waste of time.
They need nowt but good food.

[LadyOfWaffle]

O, would vitamin drops do exactly the same then? That sounds a better option, less 'mad made' IYSWIM. I am a sucker for it, but I can't help it - PFB

[goingfor3]

Even if it was the same price as cows milk it's still better to give your child fresh milk. It's like giving your child processed vitamin fortified chicken nuggets instead of a fresh chicken breast.

[wildwoman]

LOW do what you like its your child!

[Camillathechicken]

if he eats a balanced diet, he doe not need anything like that, nor vitamin drops.

you are a marketing man's dream !

why feel bad taking it off him? he doesn't know what it is!

[LadyOfWaffle]

Yeah... I guess so. I'll get him some drops then for his milk, help put my mind at rest

[LadyOfWaffle]

Well, it smells nice, like custard

[moondog]

Everything about it is designed to appeal to you and feed off the ever present paranoia and insecurity that all mothers feel. The website,the smell, the packaging.

It's not actually about the babies at all which is quite sickening really.

[Camillathechicken]

amen to that moondog