Community› The Bump Message Boards› Attachment Parenting
Attachment Parenting
New Discussion

stupid (hehehe) milk intro questions

cindy453cindy453
in Attachment Parenting

Okay, I feel like I should know this, but I truly don't! When I worked in daycare, the kiddos were required to have whole milk at one- it wasn't allowed to feed them formula past one (I think that was the center reg, not state). So- how did the parents switch them over? Just all of a sudden the day they hit 12 months- bam, onto whole milk? Or gradually intro whole milk prior to 1, just not as a replacement for volume of formula/bm?

I'm quite perplexed by this. I have known BF mamas who nurse for the last time on 1st birthday.. same thing- have they intro'ed whole milk before one then?

I'm going to be asking the pedi about this next week... I feel silly but I have no idea how/when to intro milk (in a month or two, not now- lol)

Report Reply to Post

Re: stupid (hehehe) milk intro questions

  • freeburger16freeburger16 member

    I started giving him milk in a sippy around 11.5 months just to try it.  At 14 months he still refuses to drink it, and I have tried EVERY trick I can think of.  I'm starting back to work soon (3rd shift) and was hoping to have DH give him a cup of milk at bedtime since I won't be there to nurse anymore.  So much for that idea!

    Most mom's I know mixed the formula/BM with the cow's milk at first, then gradually increased the milk ratio.  

    IMG_0888edit Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • weddedwifeweddedwife member
    I don't have any plans to stop BF any time soon, but I have been giving DD little sips of milk for the past month or so. I figure it's better to slowly introduce it. I'll probably start giving her little bits in sippy cups soon to get her used to it. I think she'll drink it; she eats & drinks absolutely everything without hesitation.
    Lilypie Fourth Birthday tickers Lilypie Angel and Memorial tickers Lilypie First Birthday tickers
    Report Reply
  • echildreechildre
    thanks for posting...I was wondering the same thing!
    Report Reply
  • SymphonyGirlSymphonyGirl member
    I started weaning DS at about a year by dropping a feeding a week until we only had two feedings left, and then he decided he didn't want to nurse anymore after that.  Anyway, around the time I started dropping nursing sessions we started introducing soy milk (he has a cow's milk allergy).  He HATED it.  We had to use strawberry nesquik to make it taste better to him and then we gradually reduced the amount of nesquik we used until we got rid of it altogether and he finally was used to and liked the taste of it. 
    imageBabyFruit Ticker
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"