ughhhhhh i got elijah some hipp organic follow on milk in an attempt to dissuade him from bf'ing (half hearted must try harder...) and holy sh*t is it meant to taste like that??????????????? its bloody awful, no wonder he wouldn't touch it!!!!!!!

anyone want some follow on milk?

I think all formula is yucky - I don't know why Tyler still prefers formula to lovely creamy cows milk

it was just so synthetic tasting i couldnt get it out of my mouth bleaaargh

How many feeds is he having a day now Mari?

Why dont u give him cows milk have i missed something?

Ive never tasted formula. but ewwwww

Id just stick him on cows milk Mari, way cheaper too

i only got the formula to see if it was more ummmmm breasty for sleepytimes

he does love normal milk though, but hes still having none of the bottle so i will have to get a better plan

just 2 suse, one at naptime and one at bedtime - although he did start pulling my top up while i was asleep looking for 'nini's' which i am currently combatting.....i read an interesting article and it said 'would you be able to sleep well if you were right next to the best restaurant in town, and it was always open and free?' which i thought really illustrated one of the reasons eli is still not sleeping through.

my main reason for not wanting to bf just now though is he is teething again (chewing.......) and im really not producing very much milk since af came back, so it seems like the right time, but i do need a plan.

anyway as i said theres an open packet of formula, the scoop and a sealed packet sat here if anyone wants it after my lovely review

Lol awens a C&G girl. What about a beaker instead

Ah right, the only thing I can suggest is to cut it back slowly - just going to one feed a day then obviously none.

Libby stopped BF at 13 months and didnt have any milk as a drink from then on and she's fine.

If he's happy having cows milk then brilliant! Would he maybe have it from a cup in the morning or at night? he may then not want the breast milk

he will drink milk from a beaker but this is his 'milk' cup http://www.tumtumtots.com/products/catalog/tumtum-tiny-beaker.html

he looooooooooooves it if he can swipe it off the draining board he will and run and get the milk from the fridge.....yeah i don't think he needs milk at all (not bf, formula or more cows milk, he drinks over a pint even before yogurts etc a day), i just thought it might be a nice 'replacement' in his routine?! ugh i dunno im going to read my new toddler sleep book hahaha

Yeah he's obviously having it as a comfort thing and becuase its routine, it'll be tough to break it so good luck!

thanks, i don't mind bfing him at all but a) its getting really sore atm, b) he doesn't need it at all and c) its getting time consuming when he doesn't need that amount of parenting....i realised that at the moment im spending about 22 hours a day with him

mariheartselijah wrote:

thanks, i don't mind bfing him at all but a) its getting really sore atm, b) he doesn't need it at all and c) its getting time consuming when he doesn't need that amount of parenting....i realised that at the moment im spending about 22 hours a day with him

Do you spend the other two rocking gently and gibbering at all?

Arwyn has that formula, I think it tastes fine

haha i try and spend them asleep tbh mario!

its awful pixel, maybe i did something wrong i seriously couldn't get the taste out of my mouth

i think the hipp one is the worst. we tried it and Immi hated it. Maybe its something to do with it being organic? Cow and gate much nicer.

im not going to bother buying anymore now we have established he isn't going near a bottle - its cows milk or nothing!!! (says shes who bf him to sleep again last night ho hum)

No it is just disgusting. Mind you breast milk is supposed to be as well.

bm is just like sweet water really, not much like milk - not synthetic though it was sort of plasticky