Cow or Goat milk at 9.5 months??

[tigerlilly905]

Hi Ladies,

So, a bit of background - I'm preg. and BF'ing and my supply has dropped quite a bit over the last 6 months.  I am still able to provide some milk for DS, but not enough for his requirements.  My dear SIL has been pumping extra BM for him, and I also have a friend of a friend who has graciously become a milk donor for us - so he is still able to get BM.  Unfortunately it's still not enough for him to be exclusively on BM, and I have to supplement at least one bottle a day with Organic Formula. 

Now that DS is getting older, I'm wondering this:  Would it be possible to introduce Homogenized Cows or Goats milk instead of the FF?  I still want DS to get as much BM as possible, but I'm REALLY not a fan of FF - and am only supplementing with FF out of necessity.

DS is 9.5 months - takes 3 bottles a day (approx 7oz each bottle, 2 BM, 1 FF) eats from all the food groups and has been fine with cheese and yogurt... He eats plenty of fish, eggs, avocados ect. for healthy fats and I make all my own baby food, so I'm pretty confident his nutrients would be covered.

What are your thoughts?? I'm pretty sure my Dr. would say no milk until 12 months, just to stick with the recommended guideline. But I've read that some mom's have started their little ones on cows/goats milk as young as 7 months? Thanks!

[Lolly]

You can use cows milk in cooking  from 6 months but you should use BM or formula for feeds until 1 year because cows and goats milk isn't nutritionally comparable to BM or formula as a food.

If he was 11.5 months then I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue - I would stick with what you are doing for a couple more months then switch to cows milk personally.

Laura

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

If it was me, I would stick with the formula for a couple more months, maybe starting to wean slowly onto milk?  Since you already know dairy isn't a problem, it would just be getting your LO used to the different taste.  I know we started letting Masyn try whole milk by 10.5/11 months, but didn't all out switch until she was 12 months old.  Not sure on the goats milk, since he already is good on dairy, I'm not sure if there would be a reason to go for it.

[tigerlilly905]

Thanks ladies, my gut told me I'd probably have to wait as well.  I guess we will keep doing what we're doing for another month or so and reevaluate. Thanks again.