difference between stage 1 and follow on milk?

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SignoraStronza · 29/01/2013 12:16

DC (7 months) is pretty much ebf but will take a bottle on the very rare occasion we have to leave her with MIL. Initially I left her with ebm but have used the odd carton of stage 1 milk.

I recently bought the hipp organic stage 2 powdered milk box and looked at the ingredients and nutritional info, comparing them to s1 carton and couldn't see much difference.

Am now a bit confused as to what I should be giving her. She had very little in the way of solids so far so not sure if I should still be using stage 1.

Or am I just over thinking this and are the separate 'stages' just a marketing ploy so formula can be aggressively marketed by the formula companies to infants over 6 months?

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ceeveebee · 29/01/2013 12:37

I think your last paragraph pretty much sums it up. I just used stage 1 until 12 months then went onto cows milk - I do supplement with vitamin D though now no longer on formula

Gingersnap88 · 29/01/2013 13:53

As above, there is no real difference. Some claim to have more iron etc but babies cant absorb most of it. It's perfectly find to give your baby stage 1 milk all the way through along with a healthy diet

JiltedJohnsJulie · 29/01/2013 13:56

Also, the NHS don't recommend follow on milks at all. They recommend first stage till 12 months.

tiktok · 29/01/2013 17:10

Stage 2 is not normally 'follow on' milk.

Stage 2 is less-modified milk - protein is less altered. Otherwise the same as stage 1. It is marketed for babies from newborn as well, like Stage 1.