Re: Formula milk info needed

[Guest guest]

Hmm, well AFAIK most brands of formula are different from place to

place [the brand not the milk] so I doubt you could get eg Aptamil in

Dubai. Basically it's OK to change formula, although it's not

recommended to do it all the time. Many ppl find that the first

formula they try [chosen for price, availability of sachets/ready to

feed, recommended by friend etc] doesn't agree with their baby and

they have to switch once or twice.

I don't know the legality in Dubai but in the UK I believe that all

formulas have to have certain proportions of most nutrients so are

more or less the same [although one brand may have a new ingredient

that the others haven't invented yet such as the LCPs which now seem

to be in all the milks]

The one thing I would suggest is that she try and avoid formula made

by Nestle/Carnation because of the massive boycott against them for

the unscrupulous marketing of their product which has lead to the

deaths of millions of babies in the poorer countries [and, arguably

in richer ones too] I know most NCT types know all about this, but

just in case!

Anwen

[Guest guest]

>I have been asked by someone who is soon to adopt a baby from Vietnam

>to find out some information about formula milks.

>

>The baby will be 11 weeks when she collects him and as far as she

>knows is being fed on ?Nak. Does anyone know whether that formula is

>unique to the Vietnam and whether it has a UK equivalent. Is it

>likely to cause the baby any difficulty if she has to change him from

>Nak?

I've heard of Nak and don't think it is exclusive to Vietnam - I

think I saw it listed in something from Baby Milk Action - I suspect

that paradoxically they might be a useful source of information on

what brands are available where.

How very exciting! (A friend of mine when she adopted her first child

had *one* day notice of the arrival of a 10 day old baby (they'd not

long been accepted onto the waiting list)). It rather put into

perspective the trolley dash round Mothercare World DH and I had to

do half an hour before closing (pre-eclampsia induction scare at 36

weeks)

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jennifer@...

Vaudin

[Guest guest]

>I have been asked by someone who is soon to adopt a baby from Vietnam

>to find out some information about formula milks.

>

>The baby will be 11 weeks when she collects him and as far as she

>knows is being fed on ?Nak. Does anyone know whether that formula is

>unique to the Vietnam and whether it has a UK equivalent. Is it

>likely to cause the baby any difficulty if she has to change him from

>Nak?

I've heard of Nak and don't think it is exclusive to Vietnam - I

think I saw it listed in something from Baby Milk Action - I suspect

that paradoxically they might be a useful source of information on

what brands are available where.

How very exciting! (A friend of mine when she adopted her first child

had *one* day notice of the arrival of a 10 day old baby (they'd not

long been accepted onto the waiting list)). It rather put into

perspective the trolley dash round Mothercare World DH and I had to

do half an hour before closing (pre-eclampsia induction scare at 36

weeks)

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jennifer@...

Vaudin