Does 2 weeks really matter? - formula to milk

posvane

DD2's birthday is March 9th. She's on formula and will be switching to milk. Does waiting the two weeks really matter or can we start weaning her off now? Believe it or not, I forgot when we started with DD1.

posvane

Oh, I guess I should have put *Do* instead of Does. 

katlizabeth

My thought would be that it doesn't matter. 

*BlackSheep*

katlizabeth:

My thought would be that it doesn't matter. 

This, DS pedi said anytime between 11-12 months so I would do what you think is best. Good luck

skio

Nah. Nothing magical happens at 12m that makes babies suddenly able to tolerate cow's milk. Try mixing it in with formula now if you want. I'm pretty sure I'm going to start mixing CM with BM within a couple weeks because my stash is dwindling. 

JumpingJudahBean

I would probably just mix formula and CM and start out slowly to get LO used to the difference in taste/consistency. If there is going to be an intolerance there will be one whether you wait 2 weeks or not.

AmyNicole622

For what it's worth DS has been drinking milk out of a cup since 10 months. He still nurses and is only practicing with the cup but if there's not allergy, go ahead. 

casirdms

Two weeks is not going to make a difference to if there is an allergy or not. I would go ahead and start mixing it to get him used to it!

monlyn9

We will probably start a week or so before her birthday, with replacing one of her bottles (probably the afternoon bottle) with milk. We won't mix, just give her milk. We never mixed with DS and he switched with no issues. Only advice our pedi gave us when we switched DS was to start off with a small amount per day (4 oz or so) and increase over about a week as the CM can sometimes be hard on the tummy at first.

RayRay007

Naw, we introduced it at 10 months, and started replacing bm/formula during the day two weeks ago when DD started daycare. Now, if she didn't like milk or showed signs of intolerance, or if we had concerns about her weight/health, it'd be a different story.

ITGurl0626

AmyNicole622:

For what it's worth DS has been drinking milk out of a cup since 10 months. He still nurses and is only practicing with the cup but if there's not allergy, go ahead. 

My LO will be 11 months next week and as of last week I have been mixing in WCM with her formula.  I put an ounce or 2 of WCM with her formula once a day.  My pedi said that was fine.

 

Soon2BMRS615

My ped told me we can start giving B WCM now and he is 10 months.