Did you switch to WCM cold turkey or gradually?

rispergirl

My LOs are almost a year and I am sooo ready to switch them to whole milk.  I have a few big formula containers left and I figure when it's gone we're done.  When you ladies switched, did you do it gradually or all at once?  If gradually, how did you do it?  Mix formula and WCM together or do it one feeding at a time?

Mrs.OL

My pedi suggested just switching over.  When we ran out of formula, I gave him WCM and he drank it without any issues.  It was SO nice to be formula and bottle free!

TakYelgif

rispergirl:

  When you ladies switched, did you do it gradually or all at once?  If gradually, how did you do it?  Mix formula and WCM together or do it one feeding at a time?

We did half formula half milk for 2 bottles and whole milk in a sippy til the last can of formula ran out then switched over to Whole Milk.

Karaly9026

I tried to just switch over but my DD wouldn't drink the whole milk. I make her 6 oz bottles so I started with 2 oz of whole milk and 4 of formula and I have been working my way down. I think I can now stop but I am going to finish my container of formula too. I also think I have to heat up the milk b/c my DD doesn't like cold drinks. Good luck with the transition..

beebe929

I still had frozen BM so we just went gradually.  I didn't mix it at all.

ETA: I never put WCM in bottles, just sippies

BoxTer

I can't completely remember, but I think I let her try a little whole milk while we were phasing out the formula. I also never put it in a bottle, just a sippy. It was so nice to not have to buy formula anymore!

efooey

I started giving WCM at 2 feedings (lunch and snack) and then eventually switched over to all WCM - did the switch over about 3 weeks, but we were also on BM so that may be why it was slower.

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yankee42

We did it veeeeeeeeery slowly.. But that's because we were dealing with milk protein allergy we mixed it with formula, starting with 1 oz at a time, and we would do that amount for a day or two to make sure it was tolerated. We put it in bottles at first, because they took a while to get good with the sippys. Joey still can't take milk, even a little bit poor guy can't poop for days if he has even a couple of ounces, we're going to the GI next month to see what to do next for him

blondie75

We did it gradually.  I had a large stash of frozen BM, so it was much more gradual process than was really necessary.  She would get a mixture of BM and WCM at daycare.  Over time I decreased the amount of BM in each cup.

rispergirl

Hmmmm...thanks for the input ladies.  I think maybe I will offer them a few ounces of milk soon and see what they think of it.  Right now they get formula 3 x a day - sippy with breakfast and lunch, plus a bottle before dinner.  I definitely don't want to put milk in the bottles.  So maybe I'll try them at lunch when they are usually in the best mood...