Give Aptamil to 15 month old - good idea or waste of money?

[extremelychocolateymilkroll]

My dd is 15 months and I give her Apatmil follow on milk for 1+ because, as it says on the tin, it is "nutritionally superior to cow's milk." Do you agree or do you think it's a waste of time and money?

Waste of money. I have heard that follow on milks can contribute to constipation as well, as they have high levels of iron in them. They are a bit of a con I think, and totally unnecessary. If you are concerned, use cows milk and vitamin drops.

Waste of money.

IMO, waste of money, especially if your DD is healthy and no allergies, etc.

I reckon organic milk does the job just as well.

is she malnourished? Not keen on solds? Not eating any protein?

In those cases sounds reasonable to me.

But otherwise - prob waste of money

Oh, forgot to mention the salt content on those follow on milk too!

Not just a waste of money, but also why would you give a processed product where a natural one would be just as good/better? (NOT meant to be an anti FF statement by the way!)

Hi,

I gave my duaghter follow on milk (although was cow and gate baby). My health visitor advised it as she was below weight and there are vits and mins in the follow on milk.

Most of my friends went to cows milk and they had no probs so i guess its just up to the individual circumstances. Hope that helps

Waste of money. As long as she is eating a balanced diet you don't need anything "nutritionally superior to cow's milk" - she will get all her vitamins and other nutritional requirements from the food she eats.

Thanks very much for all your replies. I had to give her some formula when she was a week old before I cracked the breastfeeding and a paediatrician advised using formula with prebiotics which was why we chose Aptamil and have continued with it. I just wasn't sure if she was getting an added bonus with the prebiotics in the formula or if these prebiotics would be present in a good, balanced diet.

Hi Extremelychocolateymilkroll,
I don't think you are wasting your money, if you can afford it. Any good peadeatrician (not a "health viistor"), will tell you that up to 18 months old, is good(not indispensable, but good), of course is superior to cows milk. Somebody mention the amount of salt, it has he amount safe for the age, and much more salt is on the other crap that is available for kids, like rusks, rice cakes, pots...etc. You are just given his some milk!! salt is necessary for the organism in the right proportion. My boy is 16 late months old, and I still give it to him, it won't hurt your pocket a few pounds more for a couple of extra months.
Good luck

My daughters PAEDIATRICIAN and health visitor believed in follow on milk due to added vitamins and minerals as i said earlier. But THE PAEDIATRICIAN also had her on food supplements due to a failure to thrive. She is now a strong 8 year old and it didnt do her any harm

I believe in it IF a child is not eating well.
For a child eating a good diet though it's unlikely to be necessary to supplement the diet with "follow on" milk and cows milk will do just as well.

If your DD is happy on it then it'd be worth continuing.

The follow on milk is very sweet and can mess with their taste buds in my view - ie the more sweet stuff you have, the more you want and it can make veggies etc seem rather bland. Much better to go au naturel IMO

Thanks again for all your messages.