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Charlie will not drink cows milk!?
I was thinking of changing his night time bottle to cows milk - but he just won't drink it so he his still on formula, he only has 1 - 8oz bottle at night. The HV said if I put him on cows milk he'll have to have vitimin drops? He is 15 months and eats very well lots of fruit and veg so will he really need these or is she just quoting from text books rather than common sence?
& how do I get him to make the change? or should I just leave him with the formula if he's happy to drink only that? We don't really mind him having it - I just though it was about time he changed over! x
& how do I get him to make the change? or should I just leave him with the formula if he's happy to drink only that? We don't really mind him having it - I just though it was about time he changed over! x
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I haven't been told anything about vitamin drops. I thought that once they were over one they were okay on cow's milk if they had a balanced diet. I would be interested to hear what others have been told.
As for vitamin drops. Charlotte has some but only for when she isn't eating solids very well, nothing to do with her milk intake as she has dairy foods too.
As long as he has a proper balanced diet (which I'm sure he has), there really isn't any need for them imo. I know bf mum's are advised to give them once lo 6 months but I thought that was cos they were only being weaned so not getting full nutrients from their solids yet.
My lo took a couple of weeks ot get used to cows milk, he'd have a few sips then refuse the rest - I just kept offering it, and offering it again when he put it down - and now he loves it (just takes him a while to get used to new things!). My friend's little girl refuses cows milk and the HV recommended mixing it, gradually increasing the cows milk and reducing the formula - and we both watched in amazement as she drank a beaker of cows milk at playgroup the other day! HV also said she'd be fine on 1st stage formula til 18 months.
She is on cow & gate plus 1 year milk but it's too expensive! xx
Also - you could try goats milk - we've just put cole on a dairy free diet so eh's on goats milk and i was told its apparently the closest type of milk to breast milk in taste so it might taste more like the formula he's used to