Milupa Aptamil First Infant Milk

When Jayden was born I knew that I wanted to bottle feed him but didn’t really have any idea about what type of formula to use and which ones were best. A few hours after he was born he was moved into the special care baby unit where he stayed for a week, due to low blood sugars he was fed hourly by a tube through his nose using a regular formula milk, when we were taught how to do this we discovered that the milk was a Cow and Gate brand. However after a few days he was moved onto being bottle fed but we found he would be quite sick afterwards, the nurses suggested we try a different formula ... more

Now my new bundle of joy is here no doubt my reviews will be revolved round him. I was determined to breastfeed but only managed it for 5 days - after a section and him not putting on enough weight I switched to Aptamil and overhearing conversations in hospital that Aptamil was one of the current leaders in formula milk - Aptamil it was. **Packaging Aptamil First Milk comes in curved, rectangular, light blue, 900g box. The company who make Aptamil are "Milupa", there logo is situated in the top left hand corner in red and white. The carton is clearly labelled as "Aptamil" with a cute picture ... more

I had my first baby in August 2009 and my partner and I decided to use Aptamil as our formula of choice, mainly because it was slightly more expensive than the other brands so we didn't think we could go wrong. (Just to confirm, Aptamil is on average about £1.00 more expensive than the other formulas on offer) Obviously I am not a fan of the taste of baby milk, and I think babies themselves will be the best judge when it comes to taste etc, but I was incredibly impressed with the customer service of Aptamil head office. I had bought a carton which when I took the plastic off and broke the seal ... more