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My oldest’s pediatrician told us to cold turkey. But our daughter was not having it, so we slowly switched her over about a week. It has more to do with what your baby will tolerate. Some will be fine just switching while others will be resistant, both are normal behaviors.

I had to slowly transition my oldest, took about a month before he was strictly drinking cow milk because his poor tummy was not tolerating the dairy well.

My oldest I did a slow transition, but he probably didn’t need it. It was harder to transition him from bottle to sippy cup than switch from breast milk to whole milk! So probably just depends on the baby.

I agree- it all depends on baby. You can start with one ounce mixed in with formula then do half and half then all cows milk over time. But my daughter refused any bottle or sippy cup and was breastfed. When we tried to switch, she absolutely refused milk. I even tried flavored milk and different brands like target vs trader joes- nothing. The pediatrician told me i could just give equivalent of dairy throughout the day like yogurt, cheese, or put it in cereal, etc to make up for it because they cant do oat or almond milk until 2.

I would start half and half, mix both and slowly go fully cow milk

It's supposed to be a slow transition starting at 12 months.

My babies pediatrician actually told me today that within the week to two weeks before her first birthday I should slowly transition her giving her 4-6oz of either breast milk or formula with 1 oz of whole milk and then a couple days later change that to about 4oz with 2 oz whole milk etc. but the only issue I have with that is my daughter will literally drink water out of a bottle or sippy cup even whole milk but will literally gag at breast milk wether it’s freshly pumped, frozen, or out the fridge so I think we’ll have to cut cold turkey 😅

My question for the cold turkey is what changes over night for baby. I find it so weird. Like on June 13 she can’t have milk but on June 14 she can 😂 The only reason I ask is because I’m exclusively BF and Pumping and my supply is starting to tank. I’m barely producing enough and my baby is 10 months. I can probably push myself for another few weeks or at least till she is 11months and I don’t want to start combo feeding. So I’m wondering if at 11months I can add cows milk to meet baby’s needs. Eg she drinks 4, 5oz bottles and I make around 17oz a day. Can I add 3oz of cow milk to meet her 20oz a day?

@Keisha I don't see the harm in trying it. I may do that myself. I don't have enough and bought one container of formula. She's taking it but it's expensive and she's 6 weeks from being 1 and weighs 24 pounds...way more than most 1 year olds

During that huge formula shortage, the American Academy of pediatrics had actually changed the rules that if there was absolutely no formula left that babies could actually drink milk starting at six months (depending on some other factors) They don’t recommend it though because it doesn’t have the essential nutrients/vitamins that formula has aand could hurt there stomach more over long periods of time. So you could always talk to your pediatrician about it, but technically it doesn’t happen overnight lol.

@Keisha it’s so funny because I think about this when they say, “no blankets or stuffed animals until 1” so 11 months not okay, but 12 it’s okay 😂

@everyone lol go look up Eat Play Say on instagram and buy her weaning handbook! Loads of info on this