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Questions about the transition from formula to cows milk!
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Hi all.
Well I can't bloody believe it but my little Toby is nearly 11-months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After our holiday I have some SERIOUS party planning for his FIRST birthday!!!
It is our intention to start the transition from formula to cows milk when we get back from holiday in a couple of weeks. Did anyone do this earlier than 12-months? How early?
How do we do the transition? Do we do 1/2 formula & 1/2 cows milk or just switch straight away?
Also, did anyone stop sterilising early? How early? I can't wait to pack the bloody thing away and get my kitchen work-surface back!
What is the best way of washing bottlea after? The dishwasher?
Sorry for all the questions!
Thanks in advance, Joo xxxxxxxxxx
Well I can't bloody believe it but my little Toby is nearly 11-months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After our holiday I have some SERIOUS party planning for his FIRST birthday!!!
It is our intention to start the transition from formula to cows milk when we get back from holiday in a couple of weeks. Did anyone do this earlier than 12-months? How early?
How do we do the transition? Do we do 1/2 formula & 1/2 cows milk or just switch straight away?
Also, did anyone stop sterilising early? How early? I can't wait to pack the bloody thing away and get my kitchen work-surface back!
What is the best way of washing bottlea after? The dishwasher?
Sorry for all the questions!
Thanks in advance, Joo xxxxxxxxxx
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Have a great hol and enjoy your party planning, it's such a fun day! x
We changed just last week (Daisy was one yesterday) when the formula ran out... Funny thing is since we're not Aptamil based and she's drinking cows milk, Daisy drinks nearly a whole bottle every night!!
I didn't have any transition - just stopped one and started the other! Stopped sterilising when my HV laughed that I was still sterilising a couple of weeks ago - I also LOVE having my kitchen back! I just pop Daisy's bottles in the dishwasher now and they come out fine - just dry them properly with kitchen roll..
Good luck and happy hols!
C xx
I just hope his little sister will be as good as he was lol x
We stopped sterilising a few weeks ago actually and have just been washing them by hand. x
She said to stop buying formula when they are 11 months (2 weeks time), finish the tub and switch them over.
They usually have a small amount of milk (only 1 or 2 oz) with their 3pm snack which I never switched to water, so, this week, I have started giving them cows milk instead of formula with their snack and they love it. They were the same when I stopped boiling their drinking water and started giving them tap water - I think they like the fact that it's cold from the fridge.
I asked her about doing 50/50 cows milk and formula and she said to just switch them over all in one go
xx
I still havent packed my stereliser away, its on my to-do list this weekend....
I do warm milk but lo does only have 1 bottle at bedtime
Also - I started switching to cows milk at about 10 months and now she is on mainly cows milk (she has one beaker of formula a day - and will do until the tub runs out) I asked my HV about it and she said that I did the right thing, her weight and diet are both good - so cows milk is actually better for her. (formula can make them constipated - especially if they dont need the extra iron).
Go for it.
Nx
sorry for being thick x
"ice cream headache" lol
My lo is 8 months and for the last month I have not sterilised if I am feeding him the milk straight away. If I'm going out and storing the water in the bottle for over an hour I still sterilise it.
I was putting them in the dishwasher but found that the bottles and teats were becoming discoloured. Now I rinsed them when they have been used and then in the sink soak them in really hot water (usually while I make dinner) and then clean as usual.
xxx
we sometimes put the bottles etc in the dishwasher but as has been stated, they can get discoloured. I have orange TT bottles etc now as they went in once with some plates that i'd had spag bol - i can only assume it was the tomato etc that has coloured them! oh well they are different.
re sterilising i will probably wait until 12 months and then just wash up by hand or put in the dishwasher if there is space.
xxx