Hey lovely,

As you know, DD stopped her day feeds when I went back to work in Jan. My mum/MIL (whomever was caring for her) started offering cow's milk instead - just the basic full cream milk we buy from the supermarket.

She loves her cow's milk now and drinks it frequently during the day. We offer it in a sippy cup (I wanted to make the distinction to her that it was NOT booby milk, which she has always had in a bottle) and we generally fill the cup about half full. Sometimes she'll guzzle down half of the half or more, sometimes a sip or two is enough.

We let her choose how much she wants - and we still offer water as well. I have a mini-Tupperware water bottle that is hers and she now understands water is in the bottle (not a Medela EBM bottle, the Tupper bottle) and milk is in a sippy cup - so she can tell us by pointing and making an "Uh!" noise which one she wants, milk or water.

And when I see her after a long day at work, she still wants booby, then and there. It has not interferred with her morning and night feeds at all.

As for what type of milk, the most important thing is that it is full fat, not a skinny or low fat variety. I'm not too sure about the organic side of things, sorry.

Good luck with all these decisions - I feel your pain hun