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Pulling my hair out! (weaning to cow milk)

sarahns80sarahns80 member
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I don't know many people that their LO weaned suddenly like my DD. We went from BFing 3-4 times a day to nothing at all over the past few days. Well I have been pumping twice a day (morn and night) to relieve engorgement and giving her a bottle with BM and a little cow milk. I am slowly increasing the cow milk each day so that she will eventually be on just cow milk. Well even when I was BFing for the last 3-4 weeks I was replacing a session with cow milk but she would take a couple sips and not like it. Well she drank the bottles fine with a little cow milk (2 oz. cow milk with 4 oz. of BM)  but this morning I upped the ratio to almost 1/2 cow milk 1/2 BM and she would not take more than a couple sips. I have tried putting chocolate syrup in there too and that doesn't help. I have tried sippy cups and bottles, she drinks less from a sippy. This has been hard and emotional because of the suddenness. Please help.

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Re: Pulling my hair out! (weaning to cow milk)

  • NatPhoto09NatPhoto09 member
    Does your LO drink formula?  When we were transitioning on to cow's milk it took us a good month to finally get him to drink enough cow's milk.  I nursed morning and night and then I would send 2 bottles of formula to DC then I asked for the DC lady to start replacing a bottle with a sippy of milk.  It was a good month before he was completely off bottles and formula. GL
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  • CelticWifeCelticWife member

    We switched to toddler formula, then to milk. We never put milk in a bottle, though, just a sippy. It also isn't a 1:1 ratio when you switch over. LO should get about 16oz of whole milk a day, and if you can't meet that then there are other foods that will make up the nutrients she is not getting from the milk. You can also do more yogurt and cheese.

    Have you tried a better version of milk, or a different brand? Like from a local dairy or something that isn't ultra-pasturized?

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  • jumpersjumpers
    I am slowly transitioning DD to cow milk. She obviously wouldn't take it at first (I've only offered in a sippy). A friend suggested to mix it with yobaby, so I did and she LOVED it. I only do a couple of ounces and a container of yobaby. We offer this once a day, and eventually I will change the ratio. 
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  • mrsolsenk12mrsolsenk12
    As per our pedi we have been doing a gradual transition. We have dropped his lunch time bottle and replaced it with a sippy of cows milk. He still gets 2 bottles (one in the morning and one at night). In a week and half when he has his birthday, we will drop the morning bottle and do just the bedtime one until we use up the toddler formula that we have. How they transition depends on your childs temperment. Some children are really laid back and easy going and make the switch with no problem while others struggle with it. Just keep at it.
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  • SoonerMagicMamaSoonerMagicMama

    We weaned from bf'ing around 8 months, so I have that emotional strain behind us.  But, our transition to cow's milk from formula is not going well.  The little guy won't drink more than a couple of sips of milk from the sippy at each meal.  No way he is going to get 16 ounces of milk from a sippy anytime soon at this rate. 

    I discussed this issue with my pedi yesterday and LO's 12-month appointment.  She was not at all concerned.  She advised to drop the bottles cold turkey and continue to offer whole milk in the sippy at all meals.  She said eventually his little body would crave milk badly enough that he will drink it from the sippy.  In the meantime, she advised he only needs 16 ounces of milk and that yogurt and cheese can be used to replace the milk that he isn't getting quite yet.  She really seemed not a bit concerned and that it would eventually happen.  My little guy is only in the 6th percentile of weight and I'm overly concerned about him missing any nutrients.  I'm going to keep giving the bedtime bottle of half formula/half whole milk until we finish this container of formula and then re-evaluate.  I've dropped all other bottles, though.

    Good luck to you! 

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