to think toddler milk in a carton with a straw is...

[fluffles]

.... well just kind of weird

i'm not sure what it is that weirds me out about it but it just seems odd..

am i being unreasonable?

I think you are, yes!

Someone will pipe up and say its a rip-off, fair enough, so are lots of things though. All those fancy Innocent tubes of pureed fruity gubbins etc - why not just eat an apple? Etc.

What's your beef with it?

YABU

Well, I think its marketing ploy, probably a bit of commercial toot, but i've bought them and found them rather handy to be honest.

I think I know what you mean- if the child is big enough for a straw drink, surely it's big enough for cow's milk.

you know what? I bloody love the idea. beats Ribena or Froot Shoots.

If they would only do normal cow's milk in a carten, my children would never get anythin g else whilst out! (Too old for 'toddler milk' and won't touch it)

i don't know why i find it odd.. i suppose i don't really know what toddler milk is for.

if you're out and about and your toddler is thirsty do you not give water or if they're hungry then food?

i think i thought that toddler milk was for nutrition and/or bedtime in which case why would you need to have it 'on the go'.

(note: quite obviously i don't have a toddler so someone will have to enlighten me)

I'd think they'd be quite handy and be a bit "grown up" for the child - especially if older siblings are drinking juice cartons.

I did give my DD "follow on" milk for a year though as I was concerned about her actual food intake and wanted to be certain she got enough iron etc so I am probably a marketing mug.

Do they not do cow's milk in a carton then? I used to buy it for DD but it must have been overseas....

"i think i thought that toddler milk was for nutrition and/or bedtime in which case why would you need to have it 'on the go'"

Its also (sometimes anyway) for first thing in the morning - toddler wakes, chuck them carton of milk, go back to bed, go back to sleep

ie no going down to a cold kitchen?

Hmm. I agree you wouldn't necessarily use it on the go when out and about, generally toddlers will drink other drinks for thirst by that kind of age...

You can buy UHT cows milk in a carton.

They do - they have cow's milk in a carton at my DD's nursery although I've never seen them in the shops. I give DD cow's milk now - she had follow-on up to being 2 years old and I would definitely have used cartons with a straw if they'd been available.

They can be found in nurseries and schools - but not shops. They are seriously missing a trick here.

Sloany, where?

Bear with, will find a link...

'Toddler Milk' is a weird concept full stop! I second other posters - cows milk in a carton is just as good at toddler age!

I agree - to get regular milk in cartons with straws would be excellent. No need for 'toddler' or 'follow-on' milk.

CoolMilk is one of the companies that does school milk but I'm hopeful sloany will find a link to something more commercial.

Here we go

There are flavoured ones but also a semi skimmed one. Ocado do them, I think (they certainly do some Moo brand) and Sainsburys.

There may well be a fresh version, I've never actually looked.

Thank you!