When to swap formula stages?

6 replies

Strawberriesandcreammm · 01/08/2023 19:34

Hi all
my 6month is on aptamil 1 I was wondering when he needs to move up? My HV said he can stay on 1 until 12 months but I was reading on the aptamil site and it suggests 2 as well as weaning.

he’s weaning now but not fully, will he still be having his milk as normal with the 2 stage?

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Coffeaddict · 01/08/2023 19:36

1 is fine untill they are 1. The only difference in 2 is legally aptamil are allowed to advertise it.

Also they dont need follow on milk once they are 1 they just have regular milk.

Violet1988 · 01/08/2023 19:36

It's a marketing ploy because they are not allowed to advertise first stage formula. So get round that by inventing a six months plus formula. It's fine to use first stage until you wean onto cows milk at 12 months. No need to ever by stage two.

DanceMumTaxi · 01/08/2023 19:40

Stayed on 1 until 12 months then moved to cows milk.

andlwpan · 01/08/2023 19:48

You can often get better deals on the stage 2 deals, they aren't allowed to do this on stage 1.

ReluctantFishLady · 01/08/2023 19:54

The NHS have some advice about this in their website.

Types of formula milk

Find out the difference between the various types of baby formula milk available in the shops, including first formula, follow-on formula and ready-to-feed.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/baby/breastfeeding-and-bottle-feeding/bottle-feeding/types-of-formula

Rosie50 · 02/08/2023 10:31

andlwpan · 01/08/2023 19:48

You can often get better deals on the stage 2 deals, they aren't allowed to do this on stage 1.

This. You can save a few bob. They are not allowed to do any special offers on first infant milk, as us silly wimmin might decide to pack in breastfeeding if we see a special offer on formula.

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