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When and how to transition to whole milk?
Mrs.Talala
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A is supposed to move up to the older room at daycare at about 12 months. ?In order to transition she has to be done with formula and bottles. ?Her daycare teacher has been asking me when we are going to start introducing whole milk.? ?I guess I just assumed we would start at a year but now I am feeling the pressure of a deadline at daycare. ?I don?t care if she doesn?t transition at exactly at 12 months but I don?t want her to be super behind because she is one of the oldest in her current room and I want her to be with her friends who are moving up now. ?
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So my questions are, when did you start the transition to whole milk and how did you do it? ?Did you transition to sippys at the same time??
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Re: When and how to transition to whole milk?
First, I'm sorry that your daycare is putting such pressure on you to ditch the bottles and formula. I wouldn't like that at all.
We started the transition to whole milk between 12-13 months. DD was bottle and formula free by 13 months. We only gave her formula in her bottles because we didn't want to transition to milk in a bottle and then have to ditch the bottle. We figured it would be easier to ditch the formula and the bottle at the same time. We introduced a sippy cup at around 7 months (with water) and then when we decided it was time to get rid of the bottle, we just started to put milk in her sippy cups instead of just water. Eventually, we just had to go cold turkey with the bottle. Luckily, DD only had a rough 1-2 days and then never looked back. I'm pretty sure that's how it went, things get a little hazy after a while.
Good luck!