To wonder why anyone buys that 'Growing Up' milk stuff?

[bubbleymummy]

No one expects to get their iron content from milk - you get it from the food you eat alongside it (although you shouldn't really drink milk alongside a meal anyway because calcium inhibits iron absorption) so why would you spend money on this product? Does anyone on MN buy it? If so - why?

I'm still hiding behind my pillow, tbh.

Apart from you Serenity. You're a good sort. You just need to embrace your inner Astley.

Sorry

I like to make up words. real worlds don't fit when you're thinking about... Poor 'ol rick eh?

I've just reported my own post again

I appreciate made-up words. Whatever happened to Rick? He didn't want fame according to Pete Waterman. Fair enough.

He did do a lovely song called "Cry For help" with Gospel singers. There should have been / should be more Rick Rolling on Mumsnet IMO.

I bet he wasn't fed toddler-milk

Baskingseals - I never said it was first milk and I don't see what ff or bf has to do with it at all. I've clarified several times that I am talking about growing up milk which is suitable from 1 year onwards and is promoted as an alternative to cow's milk.

Serenity - I have checked actually - way before this thread was started. It is something that I am conscious of because I was a vegetarian for years and now we only eat fish occasionally. Despite this, yes, we do meet the iron requirements, maybe not every day ( my children can have fussy days too! :) ) but certainly over the course of the week. If I was concerned, fortified long life milk would be the last thing I would turn to - not just because me and my DCs don't drink cow's milk! :)

Given that so many cereals and bread etc are fortified now I actually think people are less likely to be deficient in iron. These are included in most people's diets without them even consciously thinking about iron content. People also eat a lot more meat. (unless you're a vegetarian of course! :) )

My last para is in relation to the need for a fortified milk alongside all these things but it is also possible to meet iron requirements without any type of fortified cereal.

Serenity, if we were all managing without enough iron in our diets since the beginning then maybe we should question whether we actually need that rda at all. Surely if we weren't getting the iron we needed we wouldn't have survived or we would have adapted to survive without it - ie our need for it would have decreased. It doesn't make sense that we all of a sudden need more than our food can provide given that we have even more food and a greater variety of food now than ever before!

YANBU.

I gave this to DS alongside breastmilk for a couple of months post one-year of age, and cows milk until I realised it was just a vehicle for formula companies to market their product, i.e. to get-round the ban on advertising formula for babies. Total swizz.

The only reason 'growing up milk' exists is as this vehicle.