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Cow's milk?
Hi all
Daisy-Mae is 10.5 months now and has NEVER liked formula milk! Couldn't BF so she's always been on formula, much to my dismay!
I think that my HVs said to move them to cows milk as a drink when they are 12 months, but as she's dropped nearly all of her milk feeds now (NOT my choice!), I have been thinking of giving her a drink of cows milk in a cup in the afternoon. She has cheese, but very little other dairy products - she's not keen at all on yoghurts etc I tried her with a small amount (less than 1oz) yesterday in her free flow cup and she loved it!
Is there any allergy issue with giving cows milk? Do any of you have any experience? Would I be doing the wrong thing if I did it?
Thanks as usual for brill advice!
C xxx
Daisy-Mae is 10.5 months now and has NEVER liked formula milk! Couldn't BF so she's always been on formula, much to my dismay!
I think that my HVs said to move them to cows milk as a drink when they are 12 months, but as she's dropped nearly all of her milk feeds now (NOT my choice!), I have been thinking of giving her a drink of cows milk in a cup in the afternoon. She has cheese, but very little other dairy products - she's not keen at all on yoghurts etc I tried her with a small amount (less than 1oz) yesterday in her free flow cup and she loved it!
Is there any allergy issue with giving cows milk? Do any of you have any experience? Would I be doing the wrong thing if I did it?
Thanks as usual for brill advice!
C xxx
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Helen x
Have you tried mixing made up formula milk into solids? I used to add it to broccolli puree to make it creamier and a little more 'fluid'. Or there are dry cereals/porridge which require made up milk. That's how I got my LO to take on more formula milk as he started to drop his milk feeds.
I think having cows milk is better than having no milk at all.
Shell xx
[Modified by: floss78 on February 14, 2010 11:12 PM]
C xx
i think the only reason it is advised that you don't give cows milk as a drink is because it will replace formula drinking but as your dd won't drink formula anyway, i guess this won't matter. you can give cows milk in cereals and cooking before 12 months so there can't be any danger in it. my mum said that back in the day i was on cows milk at 6 months - nothing wrong with stopping formula feeding then and it did me no harm. obviously, not suggesting people do this!!!!! xx