Hopefully bought my last 2 cans of formula

jewelsonu

1 can for our house and 1 for daycare.  This will last us until next week.  I don't want to buy another can. I just want to start him on milk.  How do I do it? Mix 75 formula 25 milk and increase the milk? just hand him a bottle or sippy cup of milk?

skroops

That must be a great feeling to know that you won't have to worry about that expense anymore.  When we transitioned to whole milk, it took a while.  I started out with about 80% BM and 20% milk and did that for a few days, and then just gradually added less and less BM every time.  It probably took about 2 weeks until she would drink straight milk.  Good luck!

wendyj

We were lucky in that he liked milk right away. This is what we did:

AM bottle - 100% formula

lunch - sippy

dinner - sippy

water in sippy cups inbetween

First 2-3 days: 80% formula, 20% milk. Once he tolerated it (watched his poops. They're a little soft/runny when you first introduce whole milk. Gets better as his body gets used to it), we'd change the ratios until we were at 100% whole milk. Somehow it worked out so that he ran out of formula at about the same time. The morning bottle then became milk in a sippy.

With this, we were off both formula and bottles by 11 1/2 months. Oddly enough, I wasn't sad to see the bottles go!

MrsWhiteonWhiteSt

We went "cold turkey" and thankfully he just loved milk... in a bottle. If he gets it in a sippy he drools it out. We started to pack away bottles and then the ped said it's crucial he gets milk- even if it has to be by bottle, so he still gets 8oz before bed.

orangeluck

Great feeling to make that final purchase

It might be different for us since early on G sometimes seemed allergic to milk and milk formula but I just wanted to add that G took in less milk than formula- where she was having 6-8 oz bottles of formula before bed she could only stomach a 3-4 oz bottle before bed without getting sick.   

MelissaSue81

How much milk should they be getting once they switch? I am both excited and nervous about this transition, since Eve is only so-so with her solids (she is starting to reject purees but struggles with many table foods also) so I've been pretty dependent on formula to make sure she's getting adequate nutrition.  That said, I am also hoping to only have to buy formula one more time. (I have almost two full cans plus a small can and a sample can)

wendyj

MelissaSue81:

How much milk should they be getting once they switch? I am both excited and nervous about this transition, since Eve is only so-so with her solids (she is starting to reject purees but struggles with many table foods also) so I've been pretty dependent on formula to make sure she's getting adequate nutrition.  That said, I am also hoping to only have to buy formula one more time. (I have almost two full cans plus a small can and a sample can)

When they start off, they shouldn't be getting any more than 16 oz. of whole milk a day.

kac0807

YEAH! That must be a good feeling!