switching to cows milk
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Personally I’ve given my baby only whole milk through foods- for example a smoothie that helps with digestion or Mac and cheese. That’s what I would recommend until your baby’s digestive system matures. Whole milk can cause constipation and my baby gets very cranky when she has gas.
Whole milk causes constipation and 1 day I tried cooking with it most of her food she had terrible gas and didn’t sleep a minute during the night only crying from pain. I got scared and I am continuing only with formula until her system matures so she can tolerate it
My 1yo is fully on regular milk now. But we had to go lactose free milk. He can handle any and all dairy except the whole milk. So we use fairlife and he’s done AMAZING with the switch. Whole milk was giving him the runs. But for the transition we did half formula, half fairlife for about a week. I had full intentions of doing it in increments over a month. But our son switched himself after 3 days of doing half formula, half regular milk. So we went from half and half to a full regular milk bottle. Fast forward we are almost a month in and he’s doing great with regular milk from sippy cups now. Personally I think that fairlife tastes so much better than regular milk lol.
But every baby is gonna be different. So don’t be too hard on yourself. Do what’s best for you and your little. And consult your peds if you feel uneasy about the transition or need some guidance 🤍
I started a formula milk mixture at 11 months. It was like 3/4 formula and 1/4 milk. After a couple weeks I'd do half and half mixture. Couple weeks after that I did 3/4 milk and 1/4 formula. He's on straight milk now, has been for about a week.
We went straight into it. I know this, my son will drink it more when I warm it up so I’ve been warming it up for him. But his body is still not used to it. This is a weekend his body is still not used to it. he still being constipated, even after giving him apple juice and pear juice
We started with half formula/whole milk then switched one sippy cup to all whole milk just to see how her tummy tolerated it. Whole milk can be constipating, but she didn’t have any issues.