Follow-on / Hungry baby milk

[Ditsy79]

Hi, I just wanted some thoughts please. Sorry for rambly post!

I have a 9.5 month old who was EBF until 7 months - I went back to work when she was 8 months and put her on to bottles of Aptamil First Milk. We have been doing baby led weaning, and she is now eating pretty well and has reduced her milk slightly (she stops when she has had enough milk and pushes the bottle away) - she is still on 4 bottles a day (6oz, 5oz, 5oz and 7 oz).

She is at nursery full time, and seems to eat quite well there.
When I picked her up from nursery this evening, one of the staff (not her main key worker) said she wanted to speak to me as my daughter is 'always hungry'. I was a bit shocked as nobody there has mentioned this before, and they have even suggested reducing her milk as she isd eating so well.

Anyway, the staff member today wanted to know why she was still on first milk because (apparently) she should now be on Hungry milk or follow-on milk - I said that first milk is what the HV advised, and can be used until they're 1. She insisted that my daughter should be on milk for older babies by now. I know she is talking absolute tosh, but I just wanted to check and get your opinions.

My daughter does not cry between feeds/meals, doesn't seem to want more milk, and stops eating when she's had enough. So I have no idea why this member of staff is insisting that she's hungry.

You are right, she is talking tosh.

Aptimil is fine and at a year you can switch to full fat cows.

Follow on milk is sugary marketing baloney.

They are talking bollocks. Stay inthe milk she has. You can switch to cows milk at a year

I can't understand why she says that your dd is always hungry but then says she isn't eating enough. Surely if she was hungry she would eat everything and demand more?

You are completely right on the milk front. According to these guidelines there is no need to move from first milk. They recommend that you swap to cows milk at 12 months.

It might be worth checking with the nursery manager why this member of staff has brought this up with you.

Thanks for your thoughts everyone. I spoke to her main key worker at the nursery about it when I picked her up this evening - she said she has no worries at all about my daughter's eating, and that the other member of staff 'likes trying to give people advice' but that we shouldn't take any notice!

Follow on milk doesn't contain any more sugar than first milk - it's just the 6-12 month one. Lairy I think you're talking about the toddler milk which is very sweet and marketed at over-ones.

OP you're fine. I wouldn't worry. First milk is fine.

the only reason I switched to follow on milk was because it was cheaper and you could get offers on it unlike the first milk. First milk is fine up until 1 year at which point you can switch to cows milk.

It seems cheaper but usually has a bigger scoop, well that's what I found with Cow n Gate- sneaky! I used first milk then straight onto cows at 1yr.

Could you talk to the nursery manager? Their staff really shouldn't be giving out incorrect advice like this and worrying parents.