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follow on milk

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fishmother · 28/04/2011 10:15

My DD is coming up to 6 months and I'm about to go back to work so we are moving over to formula.

Does anyone know what the difference is between first milk and follow on [6 months plus]. I've been told that it's just a way of advertising the brand, in which case I might as well buy the follow on as I have some money off vouchers [by crikey formula is expensive].

Anyone know?

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Cosmosis · 28/04/2011 10:17

follow on was invented so they can get around the advertising laws as far as I know. I'd buy whichever is cheaper personally!

moondog · 28/04/2011 10:20

You can still breastfeed you know.
Saveb yourself a tonne of money too.

MooM00 · 28/04/2011 10:21

When it comes to Hipp from sains the difference is about £1.84. If follow on is cheaper then buy it, and if first milk is cheaper choose that and don't get worked up about your baby getting used to the taste of one brand as bf babies are use to all sorts of tastes in milk.

Cosmosis · 28/04/2011 10:24

I was just about to come back and suggest keepign bf - I have jsut started back at work and Ds is quite happily feeding when I'm there and not when I'm not. if you don't want to express at work your supply will get used to that pretty quickly. Might be something to consider? I am too tight to buy formula Wink

Pootles2010 · 28/04/2011 10:24

My ds is 9 months, went back to work at 8 months, same situation as you, we'd bf up to that point then went on to formula. BF'ing supporter woman said first milk is closest to breast milk so go with that.

Obviously its not actually like breast milk, but its designed to be closer, iyswim.

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fishmother · 28/04/2011 10:55

Thanks. I plan to carry on breast feeding in the evening and at night, but not quite sure how DD will cope without any food between 8am and 5pm?!

I can't express at work and would rather not spend my evenings spending hours attached to an expresser to get 2 measly ounces [have expressing ishoos]

Think I'll try the follow on, and see how it goes.

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Cosmosis · 28/04/2011 11:04

DS (7m) just refuses milk when the cm offers it, he just has solids and water with her. Obviously it depends how established on solids she is when you start as to whether this is an option.

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fishmother · 28/04/2011 11:38

Ah, we've not started weaning yet - want to wait till 6 months [2 weeks time] to do blw. I guess we'll just have to see how it goes. Out of interest Cosmosis does your DS sleep well / through?

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Cosmosis · 28/04/2011 11:43

We started off blw at 5.5m (after he reached out and grabbed some of my pasta in a restaurant!), but as soon as he started with the cm, went on to spoon feeding because of the milk refusal. He was refusing spoons for me, but was happy to be spoonfed by her and now by us as well. If he was happy taking milk from her, then we would have carried on with the BLW but it just didn?t fit. He still has a lot of fingerfoods though.

His sleep has always been shit, but that?s not a feeding issue, it?s a sleeping issue. He only has 1 feed at night, hasn?t started reverse cycling if that?s what you?re getting at.

ShowOfHands · 28/04/2011 11:51

Find one that suits. The only 'problem' with follow on (ignoring all ethics and advertising ishoos) is that it's chock full of stuff that first milk isn't so can constipate a baby. Probably the added iron I'd imagine. Not necessary with a baby who's also still bfing and has started on a healthy diet.

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