Formula vs Cows Milk?
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Topic: Formula vs Cows Milk?
Posted By: Snappy
Subject: Formula vs Cows Milk?
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 3:15pm
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Hi ladies
Jackson is one now and I've been thinking about moving onto Cows Milk, but I have heard formula is better for them. Im so confuzzled and I just dont know which way to go! We dont have any family allergies to milk, so I dont have to worry about that,. I assume if formula is better than cows milk then plunket would be recommending we stick with it? Also, does it work out any cheaper/more expensive? ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 3:33pm
| We found it more convenient and cheaper to stick to formula so we have. He just has cows milk on cereal and anything like that. Milk in our fridge always seems to go off before the expiry date which really annoys the hell out of me so it's nice just having formula and I'd rather not have to have a more sizeable stash of milk. We only need 1 2L a week. |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 3:38pm
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Issy is still on formula ... we dont drink full milk, although Ive just recently started buying a small bottle of "real milk" just so she can "have a go".
I think I just like the convenience of formula (and I know she will drink it lol). She does drink the real milk .. but she has it in a sippy cup as opposed to a bottle. Her formula is given to her in a bottle (and she has two a day, morning and night) ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 3:56pm
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Just try him with say 50mls and that way you can gauge whether or not he likes it. Cooper was fine with it and loves it now.
I'm the opposite, I couldn't wait for him to stop Formula it was and still is so damn expensive (IMHO) I buy a 3 litre bottle and it lasts a week, he has two bottles a day and we also use it on his Weetbix. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 4:14pm
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We drink the green lid stuff at home so I assume I will have to go out and buy him his own little dark blue lidded bottle. Hmm.....
------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 4:23pm
We use about 5L a week and that's without the girls having it in their bottles 
We're still using formula here. We only moved Aoife onto Dairy formula a few weeks ago and Eimear is still intolerant to all dairy. Cows milk is pretty hard to digest, personally I prefer letting their tummies develop more before giving them cows milk. But both my girls were prem and got reflux from dairy when they were younger so I'm going to hold off for another while. |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 4:23pm
Ok another question (sorry to threadjack Kaiz ) If I were to wean Maddi now, (who has never been formula fed in her life) would you still recommend going to formula?? She wouldn't be fully weaned just during the day....------------- 
 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 4:34pm
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Where you wanting to wean her direct onto cows milk Daizy? ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 7:00pm
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Harry's on cows milk and we find it heaps easier and cheaper than formula (well isn't HEAPS cheaper but is a bit, and I love just being able to pour and heat).
We buy the 3L bottles - a dark blue one for Harrison and light blue for us. They never go off - he has 2 ish bottles a day and milk on his weetbix. Although I have to say that Harry didn't like the taste of cows milk at first - I just did the whole mixing with formula thing, and within a couple of weeks he was on only cows milk... so if Jackson doesn't like the taste of cows milk now it doesn't mean he can't be encouraged to like it  if that's what you decide to do.
Daizy - if it was me I'd probably just go straight onto cows milk, but it's entirely up to what's right for you. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 9:45pm
When Caden is one, we are changing him to cows milk. Formula is so expensive! And like liz said, it will be nice to be able to just pour and heat, I'm sick of having to shake the crap out of cadens bottles to get the formula to dissolve 
We buy the 3L bottles, and use light blue, but will use dark blue for Caden. ------------- |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 9:52pm
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I think I might just go straight to cows milk, thats all we did for Keira and if she's it still having bf's during the night (although I want that to change!) she'll be getting anything extra from that. -------------
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 28 April 2009 at 9:58pm
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We went straight from BM to cow's milk at 12 months old.
We had a sample sachet of formula which we tried her with, but she wouldn't have a bar of it. So cow's milk it is 
600mls a day (give or take, depending on her appetite). So we go through 4-4.5L a week, costing about $6 a week. Based on that, we worked out it would cost us about $17/week on formula. Plus I like the convenience of pour-and-heat. ------------- 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 9:53am
| This may be really blonde but I don't get how pouring and heating is more convenient than taking warm water out of a tap and giving it a shake. Wouldn't heating take longer? lol |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 10:50am
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I find it quicker cos with formula I'd have to wait for the tap to get hot, put water in, make sure it's the right temp, make sure it's exactly 200mls, get out the formula, add 4 leveled scoops of formula, and shake for ages and it always had little lumps.
With cows milk I just get it out of the fridge, pour into the bottle up to about 210mls and then heat for 50seconds in the microwave. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 10:55am
| Hmmm our tap takes about 10 seconds to get warm and then I'm not that exact with the amount of water or anything and I shake it as I'm leaving the kitchen and its never got any lumps in it. |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 11:35am
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I have to use boiled water from the jug as we live rural and are on bore water, so we use cold boiled water and heat in it the microwave for 1 min on medium, then add the powder and then shake it for ages to get rid of the lumps. I really hate formula lol. ------------- |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 12:08pm
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Is you think standard formula gets lumpy you should try Soy
I just use a knife / fork and stir it up, works a treat, gave up trying to shake it months ago |
Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 12:56pm
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We've done the maths on cow's milk vs formula (and we have to get the $24 HA formula) and it turns out cheaper to have Dom on formula than cow's milk with the current price of dairy. But then Dom can't have a lot of cow's milk because he has the cow's milk protein intolerence.
Oh...and you should never use warm water from the tap that comes from your water heater which you should never drink from because of legioner's (sp?) disease and all the other health risks. Just use the cold water and add a little hot water from the jug instead, takes no time at all. |
Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 29 April 2009 at 1:38pm
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I did the maths for us and it works out cheaper for us to use cows milk rather than formula.
I remembered reading a post somewhere by kebakat so when I was thinking of switching we did the sums and for us personally it was cheaper on cows milk but def think it depends on what formula and how much milk etc they drink so well worth doing the calculations. Am not entirely sure which is better though. I was always going to keep DS on formula as liked the notion that he was getting all the extras that formula has but he has such a healthy appetite that I didn't think it was an issue. if I had a fussy child I would def stay on formula longer. -------------  
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