Cows milk

kelly86 · Jan 15th, 2012, 04:38 AM

Hi my daughter will be one in less then 2 weeks time I was wondering when are they allowed or supposed to have cows milk as I would love to try her on just cows milk through the day and formula on a night or will that just confuse her ??

llsarahll · Jan 15th, 2012, 04:50 AM

When Ryan was that age I just changed his morning bottle straight to cows milk and kept formula for night then just over 1 I changed both bottles to cows milk he took to it straight away x

Laucu · Jan 15th, 2012, 05:03 AM

I switched Emma to cows milk at that age - I replaced it oz by oz, so for example instead of making 6oz of formula I would make 5 and then top up with cows milk, then after a few days it was 4 and 2...and so on.

Not sure if that makes any difference really but I wanted it to be a gradual change for her.

babezone · Jan 15th, 2012, 07:29 AM

im pretty sure you can once their 9 months anyway so i would go for it xxx

Mynx · Jan 15th, 2012, 08:22 AM

We put Evie on cow's milk just before her first birthday. She was having 3 bottles a day at the time and I just changed one bottle to cow's milk every couple of days. After a week she was fully on cow's milk.. she seemed to prefer it to formula so we never had a problem with her refusing bottles

kelly86 · Jan 15th, 2012, 09:14 AM

Has it gOt to be full fat milk or can I use semi skimmed as I only.use semi skimmed ??

Mynx · Jan 15th, 2012, 09:20 AM

Babies from 1 year should have full fat... when they're 2 you can change it to semi skimmed

llsarahll · Jan 15th, 2012, 09:27 AM

Yes has to be full fat milk x

sarah0108 · Jan 15th, 2012, 10:29 AM

When i switched Harriet she was 10-11 months. I did it by doing half and half bottles.. making hakf with formula and topping uo with cows milk. Then when our carton of baby milk ran out we just did full cows milk

We had no problems, in fact she preferred the cows milk and loved it being cold x

Mee_Mummy · Jan 15th, 2012, 12:57 PM

DS went to full fat cows milk at about 11 months. We just finished our tub of formula off and just switched. X

Jan 15th, 2012, 04:38 AM	#1
kelly86 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: north east uk Posts: 837	Cows milk Hi my daughter will be one in less then 2 weeks time I was wondering when are they allowed or supposed to have cows milk as I would love to try her on just cows milk through the day and formula on a night or will that just confuse her ??

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Jan 15th, 2012, 04:50 AM	#2
llsarahll Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greenock, scotland Posts: 781	When Ryan was that age I just changed his morning bottle straight to cows milk and kept formula for night then just over 1 I changed both bottles to cows milk he took to it straight away x

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Jan 15th, 2012, 05:03 AM	#3
Laucu Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: UK Posts: 1,089	I switched Emma to cows milk at that age - I replaced it oz by oz, so for example instead of making 6oz of formula I would make 5 and then top up with cows milk, then after a few days it was 4 and 2...and so on. Not sure if that makes any difference really but I wanted it to be a gradual change for her.

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Jan 15th, 2012, 07:29 AM	#4
babezone Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: portsmouth. uk Posts: 4,028	im pretty sure you can once their 9 months anyway so i would go for it xxx

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Jan 15th, 2012, 08:22 AM	#5
Mynx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 8,440	We put Evie on cow's milk just before her first birthday. She was having 3 bottles a day at the time and I just changed one bottle to cow's milk every couple of days. After a week she was fully on cow's milk.. she seemed to prefer it to formula so we never had a problem with her refusing bottles

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Jan 15th, 2012, 09:14 AM	#6
kelly86 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: north east uk Posts: 837	Has it gOt to be full fat milk or can I use semi skimmed as I only.use semi skimmed ??

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Jan 15th, 2012, 09:20 AM	#7
Mynx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 8,440	Babies from 1 year should have full fat... when they're 2 you can change it to semi skimmed

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Jan 15th, 2012, 09:27 AM	#8
llsarahll Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Greenock, scotland Posts: 781	Yes has to be full fat milk x

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Jan 15th, 2012, 10:29 AM	#9
sarah0108 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: May 2009 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 15,258	When i switched Harriet she was 10-11 months. I did it by doing half and half bottles.. making hakf with formula and topping uo with cows milk. Then when our carton of baby milk ran out we just did full cows milk We had no problems, in fact she preferred the cows milk and loved it being cold x

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Jan 15th, 2012, 12:57 PM	#10
Mee_Mummy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: UK Posts: 1,372	DS went to full fat cows milk at about 11 months. We just finished our tub of formula off and just switched. X

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