When did you start using follow on milk?

Question

My 6 month old boy is being weaned and at present Im still using the SMA white (for hungry babies) as he not really having that much solid. He has started to take less milk when I have increased the solid and wondered if I should start him on the follow on milk instead. Any advice much appreciated

Answer 1

i weaned at 4mos. she was on hungrty milk at 2mos. i use aptamil. i started her on aptamil 3 at 6mos - the reccommended age. but by that age she was used to spoon feeding, but formula made up about 80% of her daily intake at that age.

Answer 2

i started my little man on follow on milk at 6months if thats any help

Answer 3

Follow on milk is unnecessary and was invented by formula companies to get round the ban on advertising infant formula. The only reason it might be worth getting is that is sometimes price-promoted, whereas it is illegal for them to price-promote infant formula.

Answer 4

sorry i cant really help on this  Coz i  breastfeed my son . he's now 12 months old ,is still breastfed and also drinks cows milk now too . never thought about putting him on follow on milk .

good luck

Answer 5

a year when she was one

Answer 6

my daughter is 6 months and once i have finished my last tub of cow and gate stage 2 i am moving her onto follow on which will prob be in about 4 or 5 days time

Answer 7

My baby was on the Aptamil Hungry baby formula.He has just turned one and I have just changed his milk now to the follow on formula.

He is fully weaned now though so maybe I left it a bit late but he was happy on his other formula so I just left him.

Ask your health visitor for their advice.

Answer 8

Don't bother with the follow-on milk, it's got nothing in it which isn't already in the SMA White you say you're using (which is what I use too).

Follow-ons are just a way of getting you to continue buying formula past the time you need it.  Stick with the White until he's a year and then change to Cows Milk as the main drink.  Your HV will probably say the same!

You can use cows milk to mix his cereal etc now.