??? about switching from formula to milk

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-13-2003
??? about switching from formula to milk
3
Tue, 08-03-2004 - 2:21pm
any advise?

My dd is 14 months and eats whatever we eat now. She hasn't touched baby food in months, but loves her bottles of formula. She doesn't need it anymore does she? She can drink milk right? What kind of milk do I give her? Is it supposed to be a fattier milk like homo or something else? I am also assuming I should start mixing some milk in the formula and wean her off? How does this work!!!

Thanks

Lesley

Photobucket

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-12-2003
Tue, 08-03-2004 - 2:32pm
hee-hee, this is one of the easier questions i've seen lately! you just start giving her milk instead of formula! use whole milk (more fat, use until 2 i think) and unless she hates it and won't take it i dont think you need to do anything special like mixing it with formula. do make sure you warm it up if she's used to her bottles warm though.

dd is allergic so she doesn't drink it, and ds hates the taste, so we had a whole mess of issues, but i think it should be simple without those! if she doesn't like it you can do what our ped suggested and mix a little karo syrup in with it. that didn't work for us so we had to try a couple other things, ending up with root beer. (don't laugh, ds had FTT so we HAD to get him to drink it, and that was the only thing that worked!)

have fun!

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-06-2004
Tue, 08-03-2004 - 7:42pm
I belive it is 1 year old when they can start real milk. I also think it is Vitamin D, no skim of 2%. The baby needs the fat in Vit D.
Have you talked to your ped? They might also give you a suggestion.

Lilypie Baby Days

Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-29-2003
Tue, 08-03-2004 - 9:59pm
i did mix and wean..... i didnt want major tummy upsets, or diarrhea, or them just hating it....so about every 3 days, i added another oz of milk and took out an oz of formula...... and i did that in a sippy cup.not a bottle.... worked great...