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My daughter is a year old now and im wondering when i should take her off formula milk? please help x

my son is 2 and a half. He is on cow and gate growing up milk which goes up to 3 years old. I do also give him cow's milk. They say on the adverts that growing up milk has more vitamins in it and more iron. It depends really beause cow's milk is cheaper than formula but formula has more good stuff in it. i think it's up to you. x

Formula is expensive, I took my little one off it at 11 months - saved over £40 a month! I went onto cows milk and she didn't even notice the difference. A few months later I stopped the bottle and just put it in a cup, she was fine with this if I still warmed it up which I even still do now at bed time. She is thriving and now on semi skimmed milk at 2. x

Cow milk is avoided till 12 months because it prevents to absorb iron from the food to the blood. Therefore Formula Milk is recommended.

My son is 3 now & started drinking cows milk at 12months & still loves it. I don't see the point in follow on formula milk. If your child has a healthy balanced diet with lots of fresh fruit & veg, dairy & meat he should be getting all the vitamins & minerals he needs that way, why would he need any extra from follow on milk? Companies like SMA, Aptamil etc just want to sell you an extra product, an expensive one aswell & make you believe you need it!