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Yet more examples of Milupa's underhand tactics

73 replies

milkymouth · 25/08/2005 20:06

Twiglett picked this up. It's for health professionals. Ordinary mortals aren't allowed on. They want to know exactly what people's statues is within the world of infant feeding.

Looks like they offer heavily logo'd freebies too.

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giraffeski · 25/08/2005 20:37

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giraffeski · 25/08/2005 20:37

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milkymouth · 25/08/2005 20:38

Yes,I do know who she is.

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giraffeski · 25/08/2005 20:39

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giraffeski · 25/08/2005 20:40

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milkymouth · 25/08/2005 20:40

No

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aloha · 25/08/2005 20:49

Well, I think it's interesting. And yes, I do find medical information interesting. It has helped me enormously in my career and in my life. I have just written an article about dyspraxia for which I have accessed proper professional sites and I hope my article will help and inform other parents and carers and teachers of dyspraxic children. OK, you aren't interested in the issue of child health but that's your prerogative, it does not mean it is uninteresting in itself. If it was totally uninteresting there wouldn't be any posts on this thread apart from yours, would they. And at least I post under my own name!

serah · 25/08/2005 20:52

apologies for the brief hijack but I could find no suitable dolls Giraffski

Do you want me to keep looking???

caligula · 25/08/2005 20:57

Thanks for posting the link milkymouth, I think it's very intereting.

Gobbledigook, no, there's no must about it, you don't have to look, but I found it interesting and so did most of the other posters on this thread.

I find it really funny that there's a whole load of bullshit on other threads talking about people who are interested in this topic "bullying" others and shouting them down, but as soon as we start talking about it, coming on to any thread to tell people how boring they are for discussing it.

What on earth is wrong with you people? D'you have shares in Milupa or something?

And any amount of posts saying yawn, boring or anything else won't stop me discussing this. In fact, I feel like starting another 10 threads on the subject just so that people who think it ought not to be discussed can all come and post "yawn" on it, but Extras is just about to start.

giraffeski · 25/08/2005 21:04

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edam · 25/08/2005 21:09

The formula milk that's closest to breast milk, is it? Wonder what evidence they've got for that claim.

hunkermunker · 25/08/2005 21:19

I was just about to post this exact link - "the closest to breastmilk"? That's an illegal claim for a start.

And for those of you not interested in this, go and talk about potty training or something and let those of us who are interested talk about it. It's not as if the thread has a misleading title, is it?

babaworshipper · 25/08/2005 21:41

If you click through the tour you can get more info than I have ever seen on first milk, surely that is not on?

suedonim · 25/08/2005 21:46

I'm very interested in this - have had my education broadened over the past couple of days! I was amazed at this claim in one of Mears' links about formula v cowsmilk. "But, in fact, there are no clinical studies which show that there is any difference between babies fed cow's milk and those fed formula."

Gobbledigook · 25/08/2005 21:50

Suedonim - that quote is not in enough context to understand. Does it mean there are just no studies (so if there were perhaps there would be a difference)? Also, when it talks about the difference between babies fed cow's milk or formula are they talking about after 12 months when cow's milk is introduced?? Because babies under 12 months wouldn't be on cow's milk would they? And if there is no difference after 12 months I don't understand why that's shocking - why would you give formula after 12 months anyway.

What am I missing?!

suedonim · 25/08/2005 21:56

It's from Mears link, Gdg, which I'll cope Here It's just a snippet dropped into the article, about half way down the page.

caligula · 25/08/2005 22:15

So does that mean there's no need to spend a fiver a tin on formula if you can't bf, you might as well just go out and buy normal cows milk? (I hadn't read that bit so carefully the first time round)

Surely it can't mean that, can it?

suedonim · 25/08/2005 22:28

I'm not sure what it means. It just jumped out at me when I read the page. When I had ds1 in 1975 I followed advice and weaned him off bottles & formula and onto cows milk, boiled, diluted and with sugar added.

suedonim · 25/08/2005 22:28

By 6mths of age, I meant to say!

Tinker · 25/08/2005 23:18

I had cows' milk from 6 months. With A and D drops added.

naughtynaughtynoonoo · 25/08/2005 23:33

alhoa is your comment about posting under your own aimed at me

this is my name found this website today looking for recipes for flapjack made with maple syrup. it was the third site that came up and had exactly what i was looking for.

which incidently was lovely so thankyou whoever talkingtree was or is.

marm1te · 26/08/2005 09:47

no i think that was aimed at 'miloopa' or 'milumpalaumpa' or whatever she is calling herself- she is a regular poster who has changed her name just to post yawn on the thread.

Please don't be put off by what has been going on on the site in the last few days, it is normally calmer, more fun and less arguuing!

giraffeski · 26/08/2005 09:48

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Enid · 26/08/2005 10:04

thanks milkymouth

weird that people are so anti this subject cropping up in active convos

personally I dont like reading all the random smiley crap threads that people insist we post on to keep us all 'smiling', but there you go.

CarolinaMoon · 26/08/2005 11:06

The claim about formula v cow's milk has to mean there just aren't any clinical studies - i.e. proper research, doesn't it? Untreated cow's milk is known (anecdotally) to be very bad for small babies, hence the need for formula to be invented in the first place - babies who couldn't be breastfed used to be fed cow's, sheep's or goat's milk and often died because of it.

I read it as saying there's just not enough evidence in this area to make a fully informed choice. Some of the points made aren't quite right though - e.g. a link to juvenile type one diabetes was suggested by one study, but others have been unable to replicate that and Diabetes UK (the national diabetes charity) has decided it won't advise against formula feeding on the current evidence.