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Offline Tatumsmom

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Formula to milk??
« on: July 07, 2011, 11:45:39 am »
Logan is going to be a year on the 12th (how did that happen?? :'() Today I gave him his first bottle of formula with milk. I did 4oz formula to 2oz of milk and was just going to switch it one oz at a time. He seemed to really like it....would it be ok to switch faster or would that be to hard on his tummy?

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Re: Formula to milk??
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2011, 12:26:46 pm »
Not sure how it would affect other babies but we just switched one bottle a day at 10months and within a few days ds was on all cows milk.

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« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2011, 12:37:18 pm »
Has he had any problems with dairy before?  I remember going straight to milk with T at 1yr, but he was still BFing too so I don't think he was drinking much milk to start.  I went slow with F because he was a little more sensitive.  TBH I think I would stick to your original plan and do it a bit slower.  Great that he likes it though!
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Re: Formula to milk??
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2011, 13:25:36 pm »
He had been having yogurt and cheese with no problems....I was thinking of doing it a faster because I only have a few cans of formula left and didn't want to buy anymore :P

I never even thought about just giving him a whole bottle of milk......maybe I will try doing it that way.

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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2011, 13:54:36 pm »
Good luck!  He should be fine, but keep an eye out for tummy troubles anyway.  Also, if cow's milk is a bit much for him try goat's milk instead, that's what I've been giving F.  :)
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Re: Formula to milk??
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2011, 19:42:26 pm »
I did it slow with DD1.  Just substituted 1 oz of formula for cow's milk in a bottle for a couple days, then another oz and so on.  The transition from formula to cow's milk took about 10 days or so.  I just tend to err on the side of making any big change like this slowly.