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Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Weaning off bottle....help
I'm going to start whole milk tomorrow but I'm not sure how much to give. Is there a science to weaning off formula or just kind of take it slow? Please tell me how you were successful. DD LOVES her bottle so I'm quite nervous about the transition.
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Re: Weaning off bottle....help
I didnt know we started that early, am I out of the loop?
edit: I didnt mean that snarky either...I just wondered when we switch, because I thought it was 1 year. Regardless, I hope your DD takes to the changes well! We have been trying a sippy cup lately and my DD is not having that, lol.
Just go slow. I remember this being stressful for me too, but I had my daughter off of bottles by 13 months with relatively little stress or issue.
I think I started by dropping the two daytime bottles first. So I would give DD a morning bottle and an evening bottle but do the rest of the day with sippies. I would put milk in the sippies and half milk/half formula in the bottles. Then I dropped the morning bottle and just gave a sippy of milk with breakfast. Then I dropped the evening bottle last.
As their solid intake increases, you will notice a decrease in the need for official "feedings" with the bottle. And as you decrease the feedings with a bottle, they will drink more from the sippy at meal time to make up for it.
It seems like a lot, but like so many things it just happens. Yes, you have to make some kind of effort (you can't just keep feeding him bottles 4x per day and expect a change) but if you go slowly it should be pretty simple.
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My thoughts on cold turkey : works for some babies and not others. Just like some breastfed babies can easily transition to bottles and some can't. Give it a whirl and if it works - lucky you! If not, just go slow and it will work out
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I'm trying to start the sippy transition with BM. It's not going well. I've only ever given her water in the sippy, so it's more of a toy than food. This morning I put her BM in a sippy and once she realized what was in there she freaked out (in a bad way). It only lasted about 3 minutes before I poured it back in a bottle. Oh well. That's why I'm starting now.
p.s. Is your pedi on board with the early switch to WCM?
We're starting in 2 weeks and will first do 4oz formula + 2oz milk, then 3oz each, then 4oz milk + 2oz formula, then all milk. Our pedi recommended starting 2 weeks before his 12 month appointment so we can discuss any issues, but there's no rush for him to be drinking all milk at 1 year. She likes babies off bottles by 15 months and he's always been a bottle fighter, so I may just go cold turkey once he's on milk. 12 months of bottle fighting has been enough for both of us!
I know switching early seems to be one of the big things on the Bump, but ditto pp about not doing it before asking your pedi.
I tried putting DD on half milk and half formula at 10.5 months. It did not go well- her iron levels were going low, so we switched back to all formula. I dont plan on trying again until after 1 year. I suggest the same for your LO.
Also, we quit cold turkey with the bottle. She gets her formula/juice/water in sippys.....although the other day she almost attacked her cousin for her bottle, lol !
I got rid of the bottle cold turkey at 9.5 months...the earlier the easier.
I didn't mix in any WCM until 11 months.
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I plan to do the same thing at 10 months. I am going to give 4oz of formula mixed with 2 oz of milk 4 times a day for a few weeks. Then go half and half for a few weeks. Then 2oz of formula and 4 oz of milk for a few weeks...etc... As long as your baby eats well and maintains a healthy weight there shouldn't be anything to worry about. I am also looking into vitamin drops for when we are off formula completely. GL