Second age milk: milk and milk on growth

Baby is 6 months: it's time to milk "on" or second age milk. Intended to ensure the growth of his baby until one year, and accompany him on dietary diversification, it will then be replaced, about 12 months of baby's milk for growth. Here's what to know about these baby milks.

What milk 6 to 12 months? Follow-on milks

Around 6 months, you start giving baby vegetables, fruits and to discover new foods. Despite this diversification of food, milk (breastfeeding or not) must remain the basis of feeding your baby.

The follow-on milk provides the child what he will not find in his newly diversified diet:

- Essential fatty acids;
- Iron;
- Vitamins (C and D).

Namely :

- Over 30 years, we recommend follow-on milks in France;
- Experts believe that babies should drink a minimum of 500 ml per day;
- The second age milk costs more than conventional milk. However, it is essential for the proper development of baby until its one year;
- There is milk in the second age briquettes disposable handy, sold in supermarkets. No need to think about water and the powder!

Follow-on milk or cow's milk?

Compared to cow's milk, follow-on milks contain:

- less protein (cow's milk classic includes 50% more, or excess protein is a factor for obesity);
- Moreessential fatty acids : they are necessary for brain development of infants;
- Minerals in the right amounts (twenty times more iron);
- Vitamins (C and D absent from cow's milk).

And after the milk away? Milk growth

To 10/12 months, it is time to milk growth. This milk adapted to the needs of toddlers should accompany your child until the age of 3.

Growing up milk, like milk now:

- Rich in iron;
- Enriched with vitamins;
- Rich in essential fatty acids;
- Depleted proteins.

Namely :

- Why do we talk of growing up milk? : between 1 and 3 years, baby grows about 20 cm ;
- In France, children consume 1-3 times more protein than medical recommendations: milk growth helps balance the excess.