I know, NewMomma11, I was a bit surprised as well when the guy told me it was banned. I was more annoyed though when we went back to the same Spinneys the very next day and the shelf was full of the premade stuff! I've gone back to Aptamil now as SMA wasn't great for my bub so it's good to know that Waitrose Dubai Mall will order it in bulk.
Banned? For the last 8 months I have been only using Aptamil 1 premade formula. My daughter loves it. I get a month supply at a time from Waitrose Dubai Mall. Ali, the manager, will order it upon request and it arrives from london w/in 3 days. There is usually some on the shelf as well. Today I noticed they had 1, hungry milk (2), and 3.
<em>edited by NewMomma11 on 19/04/2012</em>
Thanks DC - when I couldn't find the Aptamil I swtiched to SMA Gold and when I was told yesterday that the Aptamil was banned by Dubai Municipality I decided to stock up on the ready made SMA Gold. Really annoyed now though as it was the Store Manager at Spinneys Motorcity who told me yesterday it was banned and that they wouldn't be getting it anymore. DH was up there this morning and there was loads of it on the shelf!! Arrrrggghhh, so sick of the rubbish you get told in Dubai sometimes. I've made the switch to SMA now and bub has been on it for about a week, so not sure it's a good idea to change back again. I had wanted her to be on Aptamil though :(
Thanks for the offer of the hungry baby cartons though.
Just had a call from one of the Spinneys Store Managers to tell me that the Municipality has banned Aptamil 1 in the ready-to-use cartons. He didn't know why. Anyone know if this is correct and why it would be banned here?
Has anyone seen any Aptamil 1 ready-to-use cartons anywhere in Dubai in the past day or so? Went on a trek to find some the other day - tried Spinneys Motorcity, the Spinneys in the Springs and the Spinneys in Umm Sequiem, but with no luck.
It's so annoying that they have them one day, and then they are out of stock for ages :(