what age did you start cows milk
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Topic: what age did you start cows milk
Posted By: TysMummy
Subject: what age did you start cows milk
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 8:26pm
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i know your not suppose to start until 1 but what age did everyone start there toddler? mia only drinks from me and i always said that i would BF until 1 but i need to go to work asap and i have tried every formular (in sachets) and she wont drink it and would rather just start on cows if i can ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: sadie
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 8:34pm
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Definitely not before age one. The makeup of cows milk is really not suitable for tiny babies - not enough vitamin E and iron, and too much sodium, protein and potassium.
It's too much for a tiny infant to digest, and can be dangerous. If she won't take formula then you will have to exclusively express to feed her EBM. Perhaps you could try expressing, and adding a bit of formula to the EBM. By slowly adjusting the amounts you can get her used to the taste of it. |
Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 9:15pm
| My boy developed an allergy to formula so we swapped him onto cows milk about 11 months at my doctors recommendation. We have never looked back |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 9:25pm
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yeah she tends to scream eachtime ....ty started bottle at 9mtns and mia will be 10mnths next week so was thinking i coulod start then...will be seeing plunket next week so maybe will see what she says ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: popcorn
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 9:27pm
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have you tried different bottles/sippy cups?
Or watering down the formula so its a similar consistency to breast milk? |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 9:32pm
yip yip and yip........cant afford anything else.........she drinks water out of sippy but vomits out formular......she will put tys bottle in her mouth that has cows milk in but i think its just cause the fact its his ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 10:03pm
A friend did 11 1/2 months or slightly before. Me, haven't had the luxury of being able to offer cows milk  but cause my bub is skinny I would have tried on with formula or something boosting to give them more nutritious. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 09 March 2010 at 10:07pm
| How many feeds a day is she having? Could you supplement most of them with yoghurt, cheese etc and then just do a morning and night BF? |
Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 10 March 2010 at 9:52am
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3 feeds a day...morning, lunch and dinner.......and no to the yoghurt.......because she refuses to eat solids from a spoon and yoghurt just aint a finger food well to most of us lol....... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: crafty1
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 7:12pm
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We started weaning to cows milk from about 10 months. He was still being bf too and eats really well so i didn't stress about the nutrients etc. He's a little fatty so not short of anything!
I dropped one bf and started one bottle and then 3 weeks later another and then 4 weeks later another so he was fully on milk by one. That way my boobs just slowly adjusted and i had no issues there. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 13 March 2010 at 8:33pm
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mmmm she only eats finger foods so not eating well but she is chunky.......but im thinking i may start slowly too see how she goes and if she doesnt take it then ill wait for a month then try again. thanks ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 9:11pm
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Well i know people will think very badly of this but ohwell.
I started dd at 8 months when i stopped BFing, she wouldnt take to formula. I start 1/2 water 1/2 cowsmilk & slowly got to full cows milk within 4-6 weeks. I would buy Karicase drops from the chemist. They were about $13 and you added a few drops to each bottle which gave the vitamins etc. DD never had any issues with it, she had never had issues with any food. Both DP & I dont have allegies etc either, if we did i wouldnt have done it. -------------  
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 15 March 2010 at 9:19pm
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sabrina0007 sounds like you know what your doing......did she take it from bottle or sipper? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: _SMS_
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 6:54pm
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She takes it from the bottle, she is still only having water in sippy cup. she tends to just play with milk when in the sippy cup -------------
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 16 March 2010 at 7:50pm
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yeah mia does the same...........cross fingers cows milk works ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Blankney94
Date Posted: 27 March 2010 at 10:30am
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We started on cow's milk at 12 mths. We started by mixing 1/2 formula and 1/2 cow's mik for about the first month, so she wasn't onto full cow's milk till about 13 mths old. We've noticed no problems thank goodness. Brooke really loves her milk and we can't seem to get her off three bottles a day down to two! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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