Can I give both cows milk & growing up milk?

[NewMummyx]

Hello,

My daughter is 13 months & takes growing up milk with her porridge on a morning & then has a bottle before bed. (Sometimes wants one in afternoon)

I'm wondering if I can use cows milk in her porridge just for ease & then growing up milk for her bottles as I've been told it has more nutritions ?

Also does anyone have any tips on baby taking milk from cup? She takes water fine but will only take milk from a bottle. Does this matter to much?

Thanks so much x

Given that pharma manufacturers aren't known for their full disclosure, I'm not giving too much credence to research sponsored by a follow-on milk manufacturer. And I am not a big pharma universally bad type person.

Follow on milk is really not necessary. And the iron thing is a bit of a fudge anyway because iron in milk products is poorly absorbed compared to haem iron in meat. Milk impedes the absorption of iron. This is seen as some as an argument for adding iron to formula, but the best milk source for young children is breast milk. Unfashionable but true. And I say that as a mum who only fed one of my children myself - other was formula.

I didn't want to give follow o because I didn't want to be complicit in an industry that historically has put profits about the health of poor children with dirty water supplies. I don't think that is particularly weird.

Profits above...

If I’m reading it right, the number of children studied is so small, I can’t see how it has much credit. It’s purely my opinion but surely large studies are more likely to give more accurate results? For example, this one on Bfing exclusively for 4 months and the effect on upper and lower respiratory infections and gastrointestinal infections studied over 4100 babies.

It’s purely my opinion but surely large studies are more likely to give more accurate results?

A sample size in an RCT is generally based on standard statistical calculations driven by (1) the number of comparison groups, (2) the targeted level of assurance . As far as I can see, it is not uncommon for RCTs with two variables (e.g. toddlers having follow-on formula vs toddlers having cow milk) to have sample sizes of hundreds. The RCT in the link above analysed multiple comparison groups (duration of breastfeeding - never; partial for

She's your daughter you can do whatever you want and what suits you both best. My daughter was on cows milk exclusively from 5months, she's 11 now and she is a strong and healthy giant of a child.