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Mommy2Boys
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Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
I'm not sure what to do. I tried transitioning him a couple of weeks ago cold turkey. he was miserable...wouldnt sleep and whining. So I went back to formula and over the last few weeks kept adding more milk and less formula. the last 2 days he has been on just milk and again he is not sleeping, seems gassy, constipated, etc. he sucks the bottle right down so i dont think its that he doesnt like it...I think it gives him a belly ache.
Should i just keep him on formula for now or do 1/2 and 1/2 to get his stomach used to it? I've never had a problem giving him anything to eat or drink like this. Maybe his digestive system isn't ready for milk...but formula is milk based  I just dont know what to do. I feel bad for him.
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Re: Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
Sarah had a hard time. I had to do 1 oz of milk and the rest formula, and then after about a week when her system got used to it I'd add another ounce. It took about 2 months to get her off formula totally.
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| Posted 4/16/08 10:31 AM |
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LuvMy2Girls
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Re: Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
It could take a little bit for their digestive system to get used to the milk.
I had trouble with #1, i started with 2 ounces of milk in formula then slowly worked it up until is was 100%.
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| Posted 4/16/08 10:34 AM |
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cgdg61606
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Re: Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
Thomas is now 100% on milk since Friday. He does seem gassier, but I don't know if it's from the milk or the Gerber lil meals I've been giving him. He's been sleeping OK, but has been a little more restless.
Our ped said to trasition by starting with one bottle a day of milk for three days, then two bottles a day for three days, etc., until he's totally on milk.
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| Posted 4/16/08 10:49 AM |
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LMF123
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Re: Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
I have no advice just 
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| Posted 4/16/08 11:11 AM |
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krwm
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Re: Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
I have, its been weeks. I started ds on one bottle of milk and the rest formula then he got sick with a cough so we put a hold on it bc of phlegm issues.
We recently started again and I did it different. We've done one bottle at a time, with 1/2 milk-1/2 formula and worked our way up to only 1oz formula the rest milk. By next week he should be fully transitioned.
I have to say though, when it was just the milk he didn't want it, when it was mixed with the formula we drank it up super quick.
Good luck!
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| Posted 4/16/08 11:58 AM |
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krashnburn
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Re: Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
We've been switching 2oz every 2 days. So the first 2 days in one bottle it was 2oz milk 6oz formula. Then the next two days it was 4 oz milk 2 oz formula. When done with that bottle, we moved onto the 2nd bottle of the day and did the same. And so on until it's all trasitioned.
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| Posted 4/16/08 1:18 PM |
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EmmaNick
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Re: Did anyone else have a problem transitioning DC to milk? Nee advice!
Posted by cgdg61606
Thomas is now 100% on milk since Friday. He does seem gassier, but I don't know if it's from the milk or the Gerber lil meals I've been giving him. He's been sleeping OK, but has been a little more restless.
Our ped said to trasition by starting with one bottle a day of milk for three days, then two bottles a day for three days, etc., until he's totally on milk.
Those Gerber graduate tub meals make DD soooo gassy!
OP, I wouldn't keep flip flopping from formula to milk. I would just keep up with the milk and if he isn't feeling more comfy in a week or so, I would contact the ped.
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| Posted 4/16/08 1:30 PM |
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