Formula to cows milk

[NewmumLou]

Now that Josh has turned one i would like to wean him off the formula and onto cows milk. Any tips on how to do it as i tried giving it to him and he turned his nose up at it????

[Astrolady]

I used to dilute it with water, and then slowly increase the amount of milk to water over a few weeks.

Love

[narelle]

this is what i did for my kids when going from formula to cows milk (DD 4 & DS 17 months)

100% formula
3/4 formula - 1/4 cows milk for a couple of days then...
1/2 formula - 1/2 cows milk for a couple of days then...
1/4 formula - 3/4 cows milk for a couple of days then...
100% cows milk

this worked really well for my kids, but i did find my kids did not like and also vomited on full-cream cows milk, so i after speaking with the maternal and child health nurse i gave my kids REV (NOT skinny milk). we have had no ill effects from REV.

good luck!

[NewmumLou]

thanks heaps girls i will give it a go this week!

[Jodie259]

I'm weaning my son off formula... And did a similar technique to Narelle. I blended 1/3 milk with 2/3 formula, then 1/2. I've been doing this for a few weeks now... and he has adjusted really well.

When I first tried to give him straight milk to drink - he wasn't interested. But funny enough, he has cereal with full cream milk every morning and woofs that down!

[Jodie259]

I'm weaning my son off formula... And did a similar technique to Narelle. I blended 1/3 milk with 2/3 formula, then 1/2. I've been doing this for a few weeks now... and he has adjusted really well.

When I first tried to give him straight milk to drink - he wasn't interested. But funny enough, he has cereal with full cream milk every morning and woofs that down!

[NewmumLou]

Jodie, same happened to me, i tried giving josh a bottle of cows milk, he wasnt interested and he too has it in the morning with his porriage......