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christy
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starting milk
In a couple of weeks DD will start milk. My ped said she can go right from formula to milk without really a transition. I am a bit nervous that this will mess with her stomach if I don't mix the two for a bit. Did anyone go right to milk? How did your DC adjust to it?
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dm24angel
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Re: starting milk
we mixed for maybe 5 days. babies...all humans in fact are not really supposed to or dont have the stomachs for cows milk, so the first few days , there will be an adjustment. For us it was diarrhea, but it went away after about 3 days.
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| Posted 9/2/08 8:33 AM |
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JenBenMen
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Re: starting milk
I did it gradually. For an 8 oz bottle I did 7 oz formula and one oz milk and then gradually increased the ozs of milk until it hit 8 oz.
This helps ease the transition.
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| Posted 9/2/08 8:37 AM |
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Elbee
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Re: starting milk
Vincent will be ONE on Sept 20th
He stopped drinking formula .. he just refused to drink it. He was down to 7-10 oz per day (with 3-4 oz of those going into his cereal)
So we switched him to milk last Wednesday. Cold Turkey. Ice Cold Organic Whole Milk. He's back up to drinking 16-18oz per day.
No issues at all.
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| Posted 9/2/08 8:39 AM |
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Laura1976
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Re: starting milk
I didn't mix, i just started giving 1 bottle of whole milk instead of her naptime bottle and just slowly switched them out.
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| Posted 9/2/08 9:05 AM |
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Lillykat
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Re: starting milk
My ped told me to go straight to milk too. I ended up switching one bottle out, then another etc. I did it over about 1-2 weeks.
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| Posted 9/2/08 9:25 AM |
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Tine73
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Re: starting milk
Mine told me just to switch cold turkey.
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| Posted 9/2/08 9:30 AM |
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MST9106
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Re: starting milk
Posted by Elbee
Vincent will be ONE on Sept 20th
He stopped drinking formula .. he just refused to drink it. He was down to 7-10 oz per day (with 3-4 oz of those going into his cereal)
So we switched him to milk last Wednesday. Cold Turkey. Ice Cold Organic Whole Milk. He's back up to drinking 16-18oz per day.
No issues at all.
This is great news L!!!!!!!!!!!
We're going to stop cold turkey as per my peds advice probably sometime next week.
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| Posted 9/2/08 9:40 AM |
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metsgirlie
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Re: starting milk
Bella is on Gentlease like Christopher right? I plan to mix since the formula has reduced lactose. I just want to make sure his tummy is ok with the full lactose.
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| Posted 9/2/08 10:29 AM |
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LiveAgain
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Re: starting milk
Posted by metsgirlie
Bella is on Gentlease like Christopher right? I plan to mix since the formula has reduced lactose. I just want to make sure his tummy is ok with the full lactose.
DD is on Alimentum so I plan on mixing them as well
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| Posted 9/2/08 10:51 AM |
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christy
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Re: starting milk
Posted by metsgirlie
Bella is on Gentlease like Christopher right? I plan to mix since the formula has reduced lactose. I just want to make sure his tummy is ok with the full lactose.
This is also a concern of mine. That is why I was thinking of mixing a bit first.
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| Posted 9/2/08 7:56 PM |
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trnity44
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Re: starting milk
Posted by JenBenMen
I did it gradually. For an 8 oz bottle I did 7 oz formula and one oz milk and then gradually increased the ozs of milk until it hit 8 oz.
This helps ease the transition.
We did the same thing. At first, she wouldn't drink the bottle- like she didn't like the taste.
Now, we are fully on milk- this is our 2nd day fully on milk. At least 1 poop per day has been really hard- but usually the 1 or 2 other poops per day are "normal"
ETA: DD was on Alimentum- and I was really worried about transitioning to milk- but it seems like its all going well!
Message edited 9/2/2008 8:22:56 PM.
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| Posted 9/2/08 8:22 PM |
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AlohaMa
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Re: starting milk
We did it cold turkey at 11 months... no side effects whatsoever.
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| Posted 9/2/08 10:09 PM |
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