Milupa Aptamil First Infant Milk

I was introduced to the world of Aptimal when we discovered that our baby was not putting on enough weight at his 6 week check up. We were told to supplement his feeds with formula. We had been told at our antenatal classes that health visitors were not allowed to endorse particular formulas, but that there were some that were thought to be far superior to others. Luckily, I had a friend whose health visitor was happy to flout this rule. She said that Aptimal was one of the best breast milk substitutes on the market. This knowledge in hand we started out with Aptimal ready made cartons (also reviewed). These made life so much easier in the early days ...  Read the complete review

I have initially started both of my children (now 34 months & 4 months) off on SMA Gold which I think is the best known formula food. There are many different makes and I initially went for SMA as it was what we were given in hospital, it was the only one I'd heard of and it seemed to be the cheapest. First impressions were good although after a week or two I found that both children were constipated so I decided to look for an alternative to see if it made a difference. After having spoken to a few of my mum friends I chose Aptamil as it seemed to be the most popular alternative and it said it was the closest thing to breast milk. Don't get me wrong I ...  Read the complete review

Having breastfed my baby for three weeks and then that not working out due to lack of milk, I bottle fed him SMA Gold, he then developed really bad colic and SMA wasn't helping, I got recommended Aptamil and never looked back. Aptamil is an infant milk for babies from birth, it was designed in Germany and is now available worldwide. Aptamil first became available in the UK in 1983 and is now a one of the most respected brands of baby formula. Aptamil is a whey based infant milk and is designed to give your growing baby all the nutrients and vitamins he needs to grow and develop. It is suitable from birth up until baby is 12 months old although ...  Read the complete review

Following the birth of my daughter I was given Cow and Gate First milk whilst still in hospital. The milk seemed very watery and my daughter didn't take to it. I reviewed baby formula and decided to give my daughter Aptamil First. It's a lot thicker that other formulas and most reviews state that it's the closest to breast milk. My daughter immediately began draining her bottles and didn't lose any of her birth weight. She has continued to put on weight and is now a healthy 12lb at six weeks. She did suffer with colic in the first few weeks and I did swap her onto Aptamil Comfort. This is a little thicker and it helped with the colic. Aptamil state that if the colic ...  Read the complete review

After breastfeeding didn't work out as we planned we had to switch to formula and after a recommendation from a friend we decided to go with Aptamil. It has 'immunofortis' which basically means that it has prebiotics in it, which makes it closer to breastmilk. My daughter took to this straight away after being breastfed for 2 weeks so it can't have been too different in taste to my milk. It did make her a little constipated for a few days but after talking to a few other Mum's it sounds like this can happen with whichever formula you decide to use. I find it very easy to use as the tub of powder comes with a palstic scoop and a ...  Read the complete review