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nikkitheknitter 
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 2:58pm |
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I've been meaning to post about this for months but keep forgetting!
Is it worth paying the extra for junior milk or is it all a nasty marketing ploy to get mothers to pay more for milk???
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james
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 3:16pm |
personally i wouldnt pay extra for milk we gerw up on it andwe r fine i thinks it a personal choise 
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 4:44pm |
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We use that for Jayden as he is a fussy eater and what he does eat can not be condisered healthy, but he loves a drink of milk. So plunket suggested we try it as it has extra vitamins in it. We also use the iron fortified one. It probably does come down to personal choice.
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 4:56pm |
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Isn't it vanilla flavoured? This is what put me off, if kids get used to the vanilla flavour then they might not be so keen on plain stuff!!
Plunket nurse said it was not worth it, just a marketing ploy!
I could never get Quinn to drink milk anyway so never bothered!
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 5:09pm |
we wondered the same thing and came to the conclusion it wasn't worth the extra $$ and most likely just a scam for parents. 
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 7:11pm |
Are you talking about normal milk or formula milk??
Arna was on blue milk on her 1st birthday!! Couldnt wait to stop paying $15 a week for formula!! She only had half a glass with breakfast and a bottle before bed so didn't go through much at all...
One week buy Junior and the next buy say Blue milk and compare the labels... or stand at the supermarket for hours working it out
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 8:13pm |
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excuse my ignorance but is the junior milk bottled like the normal milk?? I buy the boys toddler formula which can last them upto 2 weeks - also use it for making custards etc. I found this cheaper for me as the boys LOVE milk and we go thru the normal milk quite fast as I love milk too lol. Although if have run out of formula i just give them blue milk.
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Posted: 22 February 2006 at 8:28pm |
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Junior milk is bottled milk - just got extra "stuff" in it for the lil ones.. about 20c or so more then the blue stuff
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 7:04am |
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Anna, it's not vanilla flavoured it just tastes like normal milk. We think of it this way if it didn't contain extra vitamins etc as stated, then they can't advertise that it does. Just like iron enriched bread for children, it has to contain more iron to be able to use that selling point
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 7:30am |
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it does have the extra vitamins, but they are surplus to requirements because a childs food intake isnt just milk.
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 10:14am |
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I think it would be worth it as someone said, if you have a fussy eater. But personally Jake eats a wide range of food, he just has blue milk too. P.S plamy ladies, BP has milk (dairy dale) 2 for $5
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 10:55am |
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Oh and countdown have Giggles nappies (Bulk pack) for $13 something... Usually $10 for one pack!! Haha
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 11:15am |
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Thanks guys. Might just stick with the normal milk as Han eats quite a range of food.
It is only a 30c difference (or around there) if you are buying anchor milk but I live with my sister and her stingy boyfriend who insists on buying budget milk, which makes the price difference a lot bigger! I'm sure Han's getting all the right stuff anyway, not fading away, that's for sure!
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 9:02pm |
I would spend the extra 30c on the Jr milk, but only because I drink Calci-Xtra which isn't good for toddlers so I'd have to buy Maya her own milk anyway, might as well buy the good stuff.
But that's assuming she would drink cows milk! She is no longer allergic, hasn't been for about 5 mths, and eats icecream and sometimes yoghurt, but refuses cows milk. Perservered with it for about 6 weeks, till the dental nurse told me she had calcium deficiency lines on her teeth  Bad, bad mother!
So now I am back to paying $3.50 per litre for rice milk, and resenting it every time I buy it!
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 9:17pm |
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Dairy dale must be at all bp's I buy it here too! Saves me heaps as we go through 6X2L a week
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Posted: 23 February 2006 at 9:54pm |
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We have dairy dale at the local dairy as well.
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Posted: 26 February 2006 at 2:43pm |
I gave Ella the toddler milk when I first put her onto cows milk, then asked around incl the plunket nurse and decided to just stick with the dark blue. We drink quite a bit of milk too and don't have enough room in our fridge for the toddler milk + ours
p.s why is anchor milk so much better? waste of money if u ask me we must be stingy too as we buy the budget milk from pak n save! :)
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Posted: 26 February 2006 at 5:58pm |
I get mine from the cowshed...  It does come out of our pocket when you think about (every 2l we take out is 2l less in our pocket) but I think we only lose like 20c a litre... anyway that has probably confused you all... and is random so ill shoosh now
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Posted: 26 February 2006 at 8:27pm |
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lol Lena..
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Posted: 26 February 2006 at 10:01pm |
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Yeah I was suppose to type as well that arna gets juior milk because we get ours from the shed... I am so lost tonight!!
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