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We received our trial package last week. My baby is just 5 months old, exclusively breastfed but we are weaning slightly early on Paed's recommendation.

We received 2 boxes. 1 of Banana Bedtime & 1 of Sunshine Orange along with a weaning spoon and 2 discount vouchers. Is it just me or has the Sunshine Orange changed in the past few years? I don't remember it having such a high milk content? The weaning spoon while a good idea is very hard and the baby isn't a big fan of eating from it The long handle would be handy for feeding a baby from a jar but I'm not sure my wee fella will like the hard texture.

We put the hard spoon to one side and started with Sunshine Orange over the weekend. I had to dish it up in a very liquid form as we've not fed him from a spoon before. He nearly drank it. The next batch I made a slightly thicker texture and he is beginning to adapt to it. He likes the Sunshine Orange but his favourite is the banana bedtime tbh. It has a strong banana scent and thickens very quickly so at the start when adding to the water less is more.

All in all I'm happy with the cereals and I will buy them again.

I was delighted to hear we were selected to give Milupa products a try.
I knew my son Evan(4 months old) was ready to be spoon fed as he was dribbling, chewing on his fist and his toys, he also stopped drinking his bottle if anyone near him was eating! The very 1st solids that I tried him on was a jar of food, which I only gave him 1/3 of. He did like it but then wouldnt drink much of his bottle so then his feeds were all over the place, so needless to say I stopped.
I received two boxes of Milupa, one Sunshine Orange and one Bedtime Banana. A spoon also came in post which I though was great! It was a smaller spoon than what I had purchased and Evan found it easier to take his food from it. It was easy to spoon feed him and he got excited when he knew what was coming. I tried him first of all with Sunshine orange along with his breakfast bottle. It took him till the third time to get used to it as I think he found it a bit bitter(he'd shiver and pull a face) but now he loves it and will need to buy another box tomorrow. He wasnt too fond of the bedtime banana, he kept spitting it back out, so I gave up after a few try's. When he eventually did take 2 spoonfuls though there was no getting his bedtime bottle into him, I would probably recommend trying this in between feeds instead.
I was aslo quite surprised to find that both products contained iron and vitamins which made it easier for me to test it. I went onto Milupa's website to check out the recepies and I will be giving them a go....
I would really recommend anyone starting weaning to try this product as it is so easy to prepare and inexpensive and does last longer than you would think.
I hope this has been of some help to anyone thinking of using this product and happy weaning! :)

I received my milupa products for the trial the other week. I recieved fruity bedtime and creamed porridge. Which are from 6 months onwards. I also got a spoon and some money off vouchers.


I began to use them straight away. I have been trying for a while to get my little girl into a routine with feeding and weaning. At 4 months old she would watch me eat and mimic me so i knew she wanted to have something more than just bottles. The very first thing i started weaning with was actually the milupa banana cereal. She absolutely loved it! I also introduced some veg, yoghurts and rusks into her meal times. I was struggling maping out a clear food routine until recently when i recieved the products but now i have set meal times with me and earlier bed time which is going great. I was actually worried she wouldn't get the vitamins milk gives so i'm glad i have the milupa for some meal times as it has all them in it which was the main reason i was able to get into a good feeding routine with her. I love it for its handiness. It's literally ready in seconds rather than minutes so takes no time at all. so there is no rushing around and panicing when your baby is hungry and looking for food.
I think out of the 2 products my little girl loves the creamed porridge, it actually smells like cream or ice cream to me, I'd probably even eat it myself cos it smells so yummy. She eats a good big bowl of it everyday so i'm definately going to be buying this from now on!
Other than feeding her the milupa i have also been feeding her mashed up veg, some little jars of food too... but mainly stuff i've prepared myself as i like to know what she's eating. I also give her the odd yoghurt which she absolutely loves.


I think i started out weaning her in a wrong way. I'd start off with the food and i found she was full then and didn't take a bottle so i rearranged a few things and i now give her 4 bottles and 3 meals, one bottle on its own in the morning when she wakes, then her creamed porridge for lunch and her bottle at the start and end of that feed. Then in the afternoon i give her rusk and a bottle. Then she'll have dinner and some water. And then bottle before bed.
I'm definately going to keep up buying the milupa cereals cos she loves them so much, I'm going to even try a few recipes on the milupa website, i found it a couple of months ago when i originally tried to wean her.
Great products and i'd definately recommend any mammy to try them out when they're weaning first.


Oh and lastly, i'd recommend getting flexy spoons to wean with because i found that the hard spoons made it hard to feed my little girl with. Flexy ones let them get more of the food into their mouths and are soft on their gums.
Thanks for including me in this great trial

I was delighted that we got the chance to give the Milupa cerals a chance with my son. We got the Sunshine orange and the Banana bedtime cerals along with a spoon and vouchers. My little man was born big and still is big but has never been a hugh fan when it comes to his bottles he only drinks 4 bottles a day since he was 2 weeks old he is very lazy. At 4 months he started to look for bottles 2 hours after a feed so I desided to try him on solids to see if that helped we started him on creamy porrage from cow and gate and he wasnt interested at all. So we desided to leave him for another 2 weeks thats when we got the Milupa cerals and he loves them cannot get enough of them. I started him on the Sunshine Orange first and for the 3 nights gave him the Bedtime ceral but stopped as he wasn't taken his nighttime bottle for me and was waking during the night hungry. Last night I didnt give it to him and he drank his bottle and slept his usual long hours 8pm-8am (very lazy) I think we will wait another week or 2 before giving him the bedtime ceral again as it filled him up alot. I feed him his ceral 2 hours after his bottle and he gets his bottles every 4 hours. I will definitly stick to Milupa food he really enjoys having his sunshine orange and gets very excited when he see's his bowl. It is quick and very easy to prepare but I find you will use more Milupa ceral foods than other brands as you dont have to add in as much water as other brands therefore you use more ceral. Which would be hard for some parents that have hungry babies as Milupa cerals are the most expensive on the supermarket shops

I started to wean my little one at 5 and a half months. I knew she was ready as she was very interested in what we were eating, chewing all around her and most importantly hungry still at night. Before being selected for this trial, I had already purchased some Milupa cereals to use as part of the weaning process and was delighted to receive my creamed porridge and fruity bedtime cereal as every little helps these days ! It is so easy to prepare and very portable meal when on the move, especially with 2 babies under 2. I havent noticed any preference for either product, she enjoys both blends and seems to love her food. I usually give the creamed porridge in am, veg / fruit for lunch and the fruity bedtime for tea. Along with the milupa products, I have been introducing pureed veg, fruit and will start on chicken, meat etc in the next few weeks. I have also noticed she is sleeping must better at night, so that is a plus. I tend to leave the milk feed to before and after, introducing cool boiled water with the feed. if she is not drinking her bottle I sometimes mix it with the milupa. I will certainly visit the Milupa Spoon by Spoon website for ideas as I'm always on the look out for recipes. I will certainly continue buying the Milupa products but will will re-sign up to the website to receive discount coupons as i did for my first. I would agree with other posts that the spoon could be a little softer. I would also find it great if there was a small measuring cup/spoon for the cereal as I find it hard to get the portion size right. Thank you for including me in your trial.

My health care nurse said he was ready for food he was always putting his hands in his mouth and wasn’t happy just on the bottle was always hungry. The first food I gave my soon was milupa sunshine orange and he loved it was a little runny putting the 2spoons of water to every one of milupa so I made it a little thicker the next day he seemed to like that a bit better . Was very happy to know that Milupa cereals are high in iron vitamin C and calcium, I like to know if the food is good and has the vitamins and minerals my soon needs.
It is very easy to prepare but I did find if you go by the box it is very runny and he liked it better a little thicker.
He loved the sunshine orange.
I also gave him milupa fruity rice witch he also liked .he is now on dinners which are all home made Suds and broccoli, sweet potato suds and carrots
I give it to him before his bottle.
I am aware of the milupa website weaning recipes, I found it very good. I have tried the sweet potato something I probably wouldn’t of thought of trying and he really liked it.
I will consider buying milupa cereals, he loves milupa and now my 5 year old wants me it get it for him he tried the sunshine orange and loves it so ill defo be buying it again.

 

My son is 8 months old. The products you sent us for trial were Creamy Porridge and Fruity Bedtime Cereal.

I knew my little man was ready for weaning as he was drinking his bottles a lot faster and not sleeping for as long in the night time. Also he was showing a lot of interest in my food. The first solid food I gave hin was Milupa Baby Rice.

I was aware of the Milupa Brand prior to this trial. My daughter loved Sunshine Orange when she was a baby. The variety is great with the brand and I am delighted to see that the cereals are high in iron, vitamin C and calcium.

I found preparing the food so easy, add a drop of boiled water and away you go.

My baby loved both of the products but really loved the Creamy Porridge, I think this was due to the plain taste of it, but I also add fruit to it such as stewed pear and apple, this adds to the taste and he is delighted then.

Since I started weaning I have been giving him, stewed fruit and veg, steamed ved, stew, mashed banana with porridge or baby rice.

I feed my baby an hour after his first bottle, then usually before his afternoon bottle and dinner time also.

I was not aware of the Milupa Spoon by Spoon website, I will check it out and i will certainly try some of the recipes.

I will definately be buying more of the cereals, they have been a godsend to me as he was a fussy eater previously.

Thank you for letting us be part of the trial.