when can you give premie cows milk?

[staky89]

Hiya. My little girl was born at 28+6 and turned 1 in December. I was just wondering when she can have cows milk? Can she have it now or does she need to wait until her corrected age?

 

[AP]

She can have it at 1 actual age according to my pead but we waited quite a while before changing. There's no rush really (although formula is a bit more expensive, granted!)

 

[AmyB1978]

I didn't ask our Ped but decided on my own to wait until she is a year, adjusted. Same goes for medications/foods/etc, I'm using adjusted, not actual, age just to play it safe.

 

[rbourre]

My daughter was 11 months actual when we switched to cows milk. It was early, but she was fighting formula and hardly drinking any. I picked up a 1L cows milk and gave her a little bit and she loved it. She had cows milk during the day and flavoured toddler formula at bedtime for a couple of months. Her weight shot up right after we switched her to milk because she loved it and wanted to drink it a lot more than formula.