You may want to talk to your doc first, but one poster said her doctor had her mix in whole milk iwth the breastmilk because she was in a similar situation.
The other poster was Genyaf, and this is what she said: "Thanks, everyone. After talking to his pediatrician we decided to start adding just a little cow's milk today. 4 to 4 1/2 ounces of bm and 1 ounce of cow's milk. We're only 17 days from his birthday anyway so I think it will work out okay. I think we'll just do that for a week or two and then start gradually increasing it after he turns 1. I appreciate all of your adivce."
You can find the post by going to "see all" in the 6-12 month section, and looking at the post called "almost a year but still sort of a newbie" or something similar. Good luck!
You may want to talk to your doc first, but one poster said her doctor had her mix in whole milk iwth the breastmilk because she was in a similar situation.
"Thanks, everyone. After talking to his pediatrician we decided to start adding just a little cow's milk today. 4 to 4 1/2 ounces of bm and 1 ounce of cow's milk. We're only 17 days from his birthday anyway so I think it will work out okay. I think we'll just do that for a week or two and then start gradually increasing it after he turns 1. I appreciate all of your adivce."
You can find the post by going to "see all" in the 6-12 month section, and looking at the post called "almost a year but still sort of a newbie" or something similar. Good luck!
My first daughter was formula feed and we took her off the bottle and started her on whole milk at 11 months old in a
I wouldn't hesitate to go ahead and make that transition since you're only talking about one week.