Switching to Cow's Milk/Weight Gain?

tisk*notme

Any correlation?  My lean LO needs to gain weight.  We were finally given the go ahead to switch to Cow's Milk.  Anyone notice weight gain with this addition.  Wondering how much it will help?  TIA.

DiscusCoach

Same exact situation - she has gained two pounds in 3 months! Yeah!

tisk*notme

DiscusCoach:

Same exact situation - she has gained two pounds in 3 months! Yeah!

So you are saying that weight gain was due to the Cow's Milk alone?  That's great! 

vermont7

We also need LO to gain weight but LO will not drink more than a few sips at a time. We've tried everything - warm, cold, flavored, fancy cups, etc. Nothing. Good Luck!

war_eagle

That is when DS really started to gain in percentiles.  He steadily lost the first year (not weight, but percentiles), but is now back up to the 40th.

slukd79

I don't know if I can attribute it purely to switching to cow's milk, but my LO did jump from the 25th percentile at her 9 month appt. to the 35th at her 12 month. (I was doing 1/2 breastmilk, 1/2 whole milk at 11.5 months and then 100% whole milk at 12 months+.)

Rosieoutlook

We have a thin little guy and would love to pack a couple pounds on him but he doesn't like cow's milk very much. We mix it 50/50 with Kefir for now and he drinks about 5 ounces a day at most. He likes water more and still nurses frequently.

Kingston54

Our pedi recommended giving LO cow's milk since he's between 10 and 25th percentile for weight.  He's still BFing 3x a day.  He doesn't like the cow's milk and I'm fine with not giving it to him.  I've been giving him whole milk yogurt and some string cheese instead.