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Weaning from formula..how??

LisaandBryanLisaandBryan
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The pedi said  its ok to take the boys off formula on their actual 1 year bday which is in 2 months.  I am fine with that.  They are weight a lot they don't neeed to be on it.  They do pretty good with the sippy cup so I'm not too worried abou them drinking milk out of it ...I'm confident they can do it by then but...

They only eat purrees.  I've tried chunkier pureees.  They gag. The only finger foods I've tried really is puffs because I'm afraid they are going to choke. So without formula I know they are going to have to have more "food" but what else should I try?  How do I get over my fear of choking?

I really want them off formula at a year.  I hate everything about it.  the cost, the smell ..it's so gross! :)

 

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Re: Weaning from formula..how??

  • MayDayGirlMayDayGirl member

    2 months is a long time, I would imagine in that time they'll really get the hang of more solid foods. I would start with things like breads that they can mash up good, or potatoes.

    I can't help with the weaning, since I still bf, but that's all I got for food!  I had the opposite problem, Bright wouldn't eat purees but only wanted chunky foods!

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  • CMM05CMM05 member

    I agree that within 2 months, things can change a bit......however....I will also tell you this: you just have to get over the choking fear and let them try things or else they will never learn!

    Babies/kids actually have better gag mechanisms than adults do. Its scary, but they will be fine :)

    Start with "softer" foods:

    -Bananas

    -Avocados

    -Canned veggies (no-salt added.....)

    -Applesauce

    -Gerber makes "graduate" foods that are pretty soft

    -ravioli

    -Cottage cheese

    -Yogurt 

     

    Start by cutting things up really small and it will make things easier on all of you!

    As for the formula......we just quit cold turkey. DS actually started "dropping" bottles and by the time his 1st b-day hit, he was only taking 1-2 bottles anyways.

    We just took them away and gave him his milk in his sippy at all meals and during the day and he was fine....we never had an issue.

    GL!!! 

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  • howleyshellhowleyshell member

    Do they want to hold and touch their food?

    If so you may want to try this cheerios trick so they can learn to move food around in their mouths.  This will help with the choking thing.

    Take cheerios, cut them in half, soak them in water.  No real choking risk.  Then do whole ones wet then move to halves dry and whole ones dry.

    They need to practice.

    Are they gagging or choking?  Chances are it's just gagging and practice will help minimize that.

    I was a 100% paranoid freak about choking.  What finally helped me was taking a quick free CPR course at BRU.  I felt more confident branching out with foods when I felt better equipped to handle it if heaven forbid they did actually choke.

    My approach to getting them on table foods was to feed them what ever we were eating but we used a hand chopper to chop it up and added water to make it the right consistency.  You can literally make every food you cook into a puree using this method. Over time we lessened the amount of water and chopping.

    Both my guys were on 100% table foods by 9 months.  Jace was by 8 months.  You may find that they actually prefer real cooked food over purees once they get to taste them.

    Then... like CMMO5 said - just ditch the bottles and formula together.

    You've got time.  I think they may surprise you with how quickly they learn to eat real food once you feel more comfortable leading them down that path.

    GL! 

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  • dundasgirldundasgirl

    cheerios were a good one.  I like your suggestion Howley...bananas were awesome too.  Reed still loves bananas.

    I also cooked up the foods that he liked in the jar (like sweet potatoes, carrots, apples etc.) until they were very very soft and cut them up into little pieces so he could just pick them up and eat them.  Reed HATED the chunky baby food bottles.  And I tasted them, they were gross big time.

    pancakes...not super nutricious by any means, but a good finger food.  Soft and easy to pick up.

     

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