Beating this topic to death.... When/How did you (or plan to) transition to WCM?

numbersgirl08 · May 2014

OR the equivalent if you can't do WCM (some other kind of milk).

itsStackie · May 2014

Waiting to talk to the pedi at the one year appointment.

WasNotWas · May 2014

Ty turned 11 months on Sunday and Monday daycare asked if they could start offering WCM at lunch in a sippy, he has loved it. He still gets his 3 bottles of formula, but drinks milk from a sippy at lunch.

Starting this weekend we will make his mid-day bottle about half as much as usual and will carry that through next week, next weekend we will drop the mid-day bottle and by then he will get WCM during the day exclusively.

That next weekend we will offer milk in a sippy at dinner and follow the same schedule, halving his nighttime bottle until all he gets is the dinner milk in a sippy.

You get the picture with the morning bottle of formula, by his first birthday (ish) he will be 100% WCM in alignment with his move up to the next class at school.

kelly422 · May 2014

I have about 2-3 weeks left of freezer BM so I plan on starting in a week or so. I'll try to do WCM in sippy cups and hope she likes it. I'm hoping to not have to mix it with BM because I'm afraid I'll waste BM that way. If she doesn't like the taste, I'll probably use almond milk and maybe gradually switch her to WCM that way.

Who knows, I guess we'll just wing it!

ilovemarfa · May 2014

I did a slow transition with ds1. He wasn't interested in cows milk at first and would only drink breast milk. I have a feeling ds2 will be the same way. I exclusively pump so I'll pump until I dry out, like I did with ds1 so I'm in no hurry to have him drink cows milk,

momofcatan · May 2014

I've offered her milk in a cup but she has only taken a couple of sips. I still plan on nursing 2x a day when I go back to work so I'm not too worried. Maybe over the summer if I drop a session I'll try harder with WCM.

HeartLikeMine3 · May 2014

We're waiting to transition slowly at one year just because of vacations. It will be easier when we are home incase he has tummy troubles. I have on occasion given him a little in his sippy with meals and he just lets it fall out and doesn't take another drink. That worries me

Diana909 · May 2014

I'm running out of formula and v will be a year in two weeks. I just decided to call pedi and see what they said, so we started the transition yesterday. Im making a slow process.

BC&LM · May 2014

LO will be one in about a week and half. We starting mixing an ounce of WCM into his bottles this week, and we will increase the amount next week and start him on all WCM by his birthday.

dmlk413 · May 2014

I don't know what I'm doing with the whole WCM thing. DD has been refusing her bottles off and on for a couple weeks. I was really nervous to introduce WCM because she has had (and continues to have) a bad reaction to yogurt. DCP has given her milk in a sippy the past two days and she loves it and has had zero reaction to it. DCP is still offering her BM in bottles but I don't know if I should just have her stop and I nurse her at home or what. She eats like sh*t so I don't want her to lose out on the nutrients.

I love DD but every big transition always feels like such a production!

musicalsilver · May 2014

I always had thought we'd do the transition right at one year, but because of my freezer stash, and the fact that I'll probably continue pumping once a day for a while (it's just as easy for me to pump at lunchtime than not), I don't know when we'll make the switch. I think a lot of it depends on how much milk LO wants at daycare. If he keeps up his 12oz/day habit, I'm not going to be able to keep up with that with one pump, so I'll make the transition then.

GraceInCA · May 2014

I've given her little bits of it here and there, and most of anything she drinks including water is now out of sippy cups (except 2 bottles during the day), so I think we're in good shape.

Western Diva · May 2014

Two weeks ago I put milk in his sippies with meals instead of water. He's ebf and won't take a bottle so I don't have to worry about bottles.

cafecreme · May 2014

C is still on 3 bottles of formula a day. I'm really trying hard to replace one of those with wcm, but it's been difficult. I don't think she'll fully be on wcm until somewhere around 13 months.

Murphie82 · May 2014

B is 10.5 months and we've started adding one ounce of WCM to each bottle of breast milk and will continue with that until 11 months and then start increasing the amount of WCM.

The slightly early start is due to my milk supply slowly diminishing and my all-consuming desire to be finished with pumping soon.

MorganWP · May 2014

We switched cold turkey at around 9 months. The product of me and SO forgetting to buy more formula. We asked our doctor about it when I went in for a prenatal check up and she said it was fine.

She had a couple days of constipation at the beginning but the same thing happened to her when we switched her from breastmilk to formula. We gave her some applesauce and oatmeal and she's been fine ever since.

Maelara · May 2014

I had DDs one year appointment today (a month early) and asked my doctor about it. He said because she is eating pretty much everything already, there is no need to wait until she is a year. We are to do it slowly and he even said we don't need to use WCM. She is growing like a weed so whatever we use is fine. I decided to still go with WCM as I'm on a low fat and low carb diet and she eats what I eat. I feel she needs more fat than what she gets from what I make. We are going to do 2 OZs of WCM to 4 OZs of formula, starting tomorrow :S I'm so nervous!

PinkPuffyHeart2 · May 2014

I started doing 2-4 oz of WCM in her sippy once a day around 11.5 months. Then up to 5oz after a few days... And the most she ever got is 8oz, today. I didn't think she would drink it all. We still nurse 5x a day and she eats 3 solids meals plus snacks.

daffy2k · May 2014

She started taking sippy cups of WCM occasionally around 9.5-10 months. At that time she was still nursing as often as before, just would have the milk as a drink here and there to get her used to the taste. We've been offering it more and more lately (11 months now) and she seems to prefer a sippy of WCM to nursing during the day. She still nurses before naps and bed, but we are actively weaning as of today. Twice this week she has decided to play tug of war with my nipple using her teeth. Today DH happened to walk into the room as she did it. I shrieked and started crying, then DD started crying. DH just stood there in shock. Afterwards, he sort of pulled me aside and asked what we needed to do to wean her because clearly this isn't working anymore.

weddinginthecove · May 2014

LO has been getting half and half bottles 3 times a day for a few months. We switched him cold turkey, which made him suck so we backtracked. We plan to give all WCM as soon as these last couple cans of formula are gone. He also gets milk in a Sippy cup throughout the day. He does awesome with a Sippy cup and gas since he wAs six months old, hut I find when there is milk in it he doesn't drink half what he would if it was water. Just wondering for those of you having milk exclusively in Sippy cups, how much are they actually getting at one time? What are you doing, if anything to get them to drink it all.