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to-dee
to-dee | June 2007

How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?

Hi,

I am currently breastfeeding my one year old and I am looking to start a gentle weaning process, he has 3 feeds in the day and one at night.

He already has cows milk on his cereal and I use it in things I cook him but he just doesn't seem keen on drinking cows milk.  He went straight from breast to cup ie no bottles and drinks water no problems and he is very good eater.  He has taken a few sips of cows milk but shakes his head and won't drink it.  I know breast milk is sweeter so I guess he thinks it tastes yuck?  I was wanting to get him drinking cows milk before I started weaning him. 

Any thoughts, advice or experiences would be very gratefully received.

Dee



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stacey79
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | stacey79
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?

i had the same problem with my daughter perserverence is the key i tried for about 2 weeks a bottle/cup a day even if she spit it out keep trying eventually she will take it good luck

 



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lucyryan
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | lucyryan
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?

hiya hun, what i did with lucy was warm her cows milk because she really made a fuss when moving her from formular to cows milk once given warm she started to drink it, dont know if this will help but worth a try .

good luck hun xx



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MummaBear
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | MummaBear
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?
I started by adding it to her cereal along with the breast milk from around 15 months or so then went to full cow's milk just on her cereal.  Then I started giving her a cup of milk with her breakfast, just a small cup and breastfeeds throughout the day.  She's never been too keen on cow's milk and only has it on her cereal and sometimes she'll ask me for a cup of milk but not often.


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mum2EandJ
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | mum2EandJ
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?

if you post this question in the breastfeeding group section, you'd probably get more replies



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kharma99
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | kharma99
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?

Hi Dee,

My twins were on formula but this is how I changed them over as I had the same problems! 

With your breastmilk (say 200ml), place say 175ml of breastmilk and 25ml of cows milk mixed up for 3 days to see how it goes.  If all is ok, then use 150ml breastmilk and 50ml cows milk mixed up for 3 days etc.  Then 125ml breastmilk and 75ml cows mixed up etc etc and just keeping following the pattern.  Hopefully by the end of the month, he/she should be on cows milk & hopefully onto 1-2 bottles a day!

The problem I had when converting to cows milk which does sometimes happen with children is that the cows milk can make them constipated which is what happened with my twin 1 but all worked out in the end.   

Good luck



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      to-dee
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | to-dee
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?

Thanks I will re-post in the BFing section

I should have also mentioned that I am a poor expresser of breast milk.  I have a good supply but expressing just never really happened for me so the mixing option is a no go.  Your idea would have been great otherwise so thank you anyway



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           MummaBear
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | MummaBear
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?
I get you there, I was really bad at expressing.  It would take me then entire day to get 50mLs for her cereal in the morning, sometimes I didn't get that, it was more like 20 so I had to use boiled water and milk mixed together.  It would have taken me a week to get 200mLs.


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           MummaBear
5.00 (Excellent) | June 2007 | MummaBear
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?
I get you there, I was really bad at expressing.  It would take me then entire day to get 50mLs for her cereal in the morning, sometimes I didn't get that, it was more like 20 so I had to use boiled water and milk mixed together.  It would have taken me a week to get 200mLs.


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                to-dee
June 2007 | to-dee
Re: How do I make the change from breastmilk to cows for one year old?
Thanks everyone.  I have tried the warming a few weeks back but that didn't seem to help ...I guess I will just keep trying


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