when to start with cows milk?

[leedsforever]

I know they recommend 12 months but when did you start giving your LO cows milk instead of formula?

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[Christine33]

i have making up ali's porridge with it and he has it with his meals too (pasta etc). i plan to give it as a drink when he is one (in less than 2 months time CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!). The nursery he goes to give it to the children as a drink at snack times but i am not sure to do it before 12months, i a bit of a bore when it come to rules etc (scarde of my HV lol).
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[Ratty]

I've been pondering the same thing. They say cows milk plus sippy cups instead of bottles at 12 months. I don't want to shock him and do both at once so I'm just debating whether to try swith to sippy cups first or the cows milk.

Also, the formula he gets has a stage 3 Milk for young kids with is an alternative to cows milk. Now sure whether I should use this or normal milk.

Sorry, I know I'm not helping u, I have the same questions.

Trying milk with his cereal for the first time tomorrow morning though, will see how it goes.

 

[leedsforever]

I also use it with cereals and stuff and shes fine on it

no christine CANNOT believe how quick our LOs will be 12 months

I personally think i may try it before 12 months... I mean my HV said when I asked her about the fact she only has 2 bottles at 7oz and it says on the tin to have at least 16oz and she said its fine cos her diet is very nutricious (sp?)!!

Good luck tomorrow ratty

 

[AppleBlossom]

To get her used to it a couple of times I have given Grace cows' milk instead of formula but I still intend to use formula mainly for a while yet

 

[Vickie]

We'll give it to Hannah in a sippy cup at a year. Honestly don't see switching being a problem as her formula intake is also very very low

 

[leedsforever]

yeh i dont think courtney will mind either... shell drink or eat anything

I might try her with it a couple of times like you then bexy!! Did grace like it? x

 

[Christine33]

see i think ali will love it as a drink as he loves milky things so i am pretty excited about when i will give it to him. i will give him a sippy cup of cows milk on his 1st b'day at his party lol! awww bless, aren't they getting old now! he's great fun at this age, a right character. wonder what my next bubba will be like (sorry of topic kerry - i am so terrible at doing that!!!)

 

[leedsforever]

no worries... off topics are fab

I cannot believe your pregnant... its great

courtneys good with beakers now so Im sure she will take really well without bottles..! Gosh this time 9 months ago, I was sterlising like ALL day, making up bottles, and a zombie
now shes crawling around my legs and screaming daddy every second

 

[ryder]

I have been using it to cook with for Jasmine for awhile now and will liekly give some in a sippy before a year because I have been told switching helps with reflux.

 

[leedsforever]

I have been using it to cook with for Jasmine for awhile now and will liekly give some in a sippy before a year because I have been told switching helps with reflux.

ooh really?!

thats interesting!! I totally forgot to ask my HV when I saw her last

 

[mommyof3co]

We let them have stuff with it cooked in before a year, but never plain whole milk..or put into stuff and not cooked before a year. Landon was 12mo, Casen was 13mo and Hayden was like 16mo (he had problems with dairy though)

 

[ryder]

I have been using it to cook with for Jasmine for awhile now and will liekly give some in a sippy before a year because I have been told switching helps with reflux.

ooh really?!

thats interesting!! I totally forgot to ask my HV when I saw her last

ya, I would talk to a specialist about it... but here alot of peds recommend switching earlier...