Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

how long did it take for you to be completly on cows milk??

i just went for the 1yr check up and the ped says that most babies dont have an issue with it but DS is completly not having it

we are trying the sippy cup which was introduced months ago and fine with water no such luck

we have tryed warmed cold in a bottle in the sippy cup

all of which he simply refuses please tell me he will transition all i can see is me buying formula for the rest of his life .

how long did your DC take to transition ???

Message edited 1/3/2008 7:40:40 PM.

Re: Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

DD has been off the bottle/formula for over 3 weeks won't touch a drop of milk. Ped says its fine as long as she's eating cheese and yogurt and drinking fluids throughout the day.

Re: Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

I am of no help. I just stated trying transitioning Kara to whole milk. I am putting 5 oz. formula 1 oz organic cows milk in a bottle but I noticed that she is have more bowel movements that are very loose.

She will be 1 on the 25th, I stopped the cows milk today because I'm not sure if it's agreeing with her. Maybe you can try the cows milk in a bottle??

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Re: Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

Posted by babybugsmum

Posted by Charly

DD has been off the bottle/formula for over 3 weeks won't touch a drop of milk. Ped says its fine as long as she's eating cheese and yogurt and drinking fluids throughout the day.

what do you give her when she first wakes up and would normally give her a bottle?? DS seems to love his morning and evening botles and is still having 4 a day or formula

Re: Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

Have you tried a gradual transitioning? With DD we did 1/3 milk with 2/3 formula then 1/2 and 1/2 and then 1/3 formula with 2/3 milk then milk and I had no problems.

The ped said that we could switch cold turkey, but my mom said that when she did that with my brother he was projectile vomiting, so I decided to do a gradual transition.

After we finished and got completely to milk, we transitioned to the sippy cup so that she has 3 a day - one with each meal and then she gets a bottle before bed.

Re: Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

we also did the gradual transistion- it took about 1 1/2 weeks. We did 3 days of 2 ounces milk, 6 ounces formula. then 4 ounces milk, 4 ounces formula for 3 days, and then then 6 ounces milk and 2 ounces formula for 3 days and then we were on all milk and it wasn't even a fight!

Re: Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

I was lucky because I just handed both my kids a sippy with milk and they just drank it off the bat.

In all honesty, just stop buying the formula and give him the cows milk. He may not want to drink it for a few days until he gets adjusted, but that's okay. He will realize that that is what he has to drink and that is it.

I know how hard it is. Good luck!

Re: Please help question for mommies who are/have switched to cows milk..

I started adding an oz. of whole milk at 10.5 months and by 11.5 months he was on whole milk completely. Every week I would add an oz. of whole milk and take a oz of formula out.