The4BellsLondon

Mine went straight to cows milk after breast feeding ... Although now even that seems frowned on

biddyk8

I stopped at 6 months or I would have done the same. I will try to last the year next time so i can skip formula full stop.

The4BellsLondon

That was at 8 months - (1995) daughter wouldn't touch any formula but would drink cows milk - midwives n health visitor were fine with it! But I was using cows for porridge etc at 6months

Did same with son in 1999 - health workers were apoplectic !

Hey ho - kids still fully functioning !

ninaDGBCA

I breastfed but our baby got the odd bottle. She loved the Hipp Organic in the UK but hated every single on we tried in Canada until a friend recommended Shoppers Drug Mart LIFE Brand low iron formula. It's also fairly inexpensive , the iron levels are still similar to the UK ones. She accepted that straight away.

Have you had a look at the British Superstore http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatal...and_goods.html if you can get your formula there

HGerchikov

That really made me chuckle. The advice seems to change on a weekly basis, but babies have been the same for generations. I put mine on solids from 3 months, advice at the time was 4-5 months (I think it is now over 6), given both kids were so hungry they practically ate the spoon I think it was the right decision. Despite the terrible parenting, they seem to have grown up ok.

ninaDGBCA

It was 6 months for a while but when I had my last daughter in October 2011 they told me it's down to 4 months again

biddyk8

Back to 6 months here My daughters' 10 months. We waited the 6months but she wasnt interested at all before that.

Our doc says cows milk from 9months. She wont drink it at all so far though

ninaDGBCA

haha I was told cows milk from 12 months. Our daughter wasn't interested in solids until she was 7 months. I almost had to force it on her. But she did like the cows milk immediately once she turned 1. Seems the rule is : solids between 4 and 6 months and cows milk between 9 and 12 months depending on where one lives And I guess all babies are happy and healthy!

biddyk8

Dont think we will ever like cows milk here. I dont drink it myself, and i was violently ill any time I had dairy when I was pregnant with her. So I'm just happy she doesnt have a total intolerance

ninaDGBCA

Our first daughter didn't like cows milk and the health visitor advised me to mix it with formula and just increase the cow milk ratio bit by bit to get her used to the different taste and less sweetness and it worked. The 2nd and 3rd daughter loved cows milk straight away. Kids eh?!

elpato

Hey all, today went through CBSA in Montreal. I had Hipp Bio formula with me, six cans, and the idiots said that the department of agriculture states that formula for babies over one year old is not allowed into Canada. This was confiscated. I was so mad at this utter nonsense. the guys also said that the 20KG per person allowance of baby formula is 20KG OR 20 CAN$. What utter dross is this??? Their attitude is completely unhelpful, they don't know what they are talking about and there is nothing you can do as they just do what they want and you have no recourse.
so be very wary as you may just come across an idiot and lose all of your consignment. if you have printed regulations bring them with you as they will not allow you to see what regulations they are quoting from and you need to be able to force them into complying with their own regulations. I have rarely been so angry, I hate bureaucratic idiocy.

PMM

Hi


1. From http://www.beaware.gc.ca/english/brirape.shtml

Infant formula

commercially packaged
milk based or non milk based, (dry/liquid) formula
for personal use only
sealed
up to a maximum of 20 kilograms per person

Siouxie

They may have been confiscated because you didn't declare them (if you didn't), which is a requirement other than importing from the US.

http://www.beaware.gc.ca/english/brirape.shtml#a5

I've not heard of the restriction on formula for over 1 year olds. Very strange!

bats

They do

elpato

Thanks for reply. All declared, all packaged as per requirements. the quote you give me is what I had read when last time our whole family came back from europe and we had 30 kilos of Hippp Bio with us - the same stuff. We went through after the guy did a weight and sniff test.
So beware - CBSA border guards are incompetent and have no accountability.