1st time mom alert..when should I start weaning Lo off formula?

[Danie1stbaby]

My baby girl just turned 11 months today

when should I start weaning her off formula to 2 % cows milk?

How do I do it?

I hear different opinions

what do you wonderful moms think?

I am so nervous ,I don't want her tummy to hurt

I searched up here,but I may be wording it wrong,so I decided to start my own thread..Thanks in advance ladies

 

[LittleBoSheep]

stalking thread my LO is turning 11 months old on the 11th!!!

 

[Mrs_Random]

I introduced cows milk at about 10 months on breakfast or in cooking but not as a drink until LO was 1.

Up to then he had water only with meals & formula for bedtime & early morning bottle.

If your happy LO has 3 heathly meals plus snacks a day and is getting a wide verity of fruits & veg & foods you could start reducing formula now.

Normally I believe it's reccomended you wait until after they are 1 - & it should be whole milk until they are 2+.

My toddler is 19 months & we only just stopped using formula at bedtime. Stopped using it on a morning ages ago.

My friends LO is 6 weeks older & still sometimes has formula in the day - but she's a very fussy eater.

 

[Amy2701]

My HV told me to introduce it in cereals at 8 months. As for a bottle, when she turned 11 months I started doing half formula and half cows milk, and when she turned 12 months I switched to just cows milk. She doesn't seem to have noticed a difference. X

 

[special_kala]

6 months for milk in cereal etc and 12 for a main drink.

They need full fat milk

 

[kat2504]

I agree - 2% milk is what we call semi-skimmed here. Full fat milk has nearly 4% fat - babies need full fat milk till the age of two.

 

[Danie1stbaby]

Thank you ladies,yep I am definitely a new mom.I thought whole milk would be to fatty for her lol Learn something new everyday

 

[kat2504]

They can go down to 2% at age 2 if they are healthy and have gained weight ok. Then it is either whole milk or 2% milk up to the age of 5. At 5 they can have skimmed milk if that is what you usually have yourself at home.

 

[Chris77]

PJ won't be weaned for awhile. He still refuses all solids so the formula is his only source of nutrition. But, ideally, with a baby that DOES eat solids, my Pediatrician starts to wean at a year old I believe.