Is it ok and safe to take a baby off of formula and put them on 2% or whole milk?
2006-07-05 18:44:10 · 7 answers · asked by M & D 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
I guess it's too late to recommend breast milk, since it sounds like your baby is already drinking formula. However, in case you're thinking WAY ahead and haven't even had the baby yet, I'd like to humbly repeat what you've probably heard from a million other people -- breastmilk is WITHOUT A DOUBT the most healthy, nutritious, compatible and safe food for a baby and its still-immature digestive system and immune system. :)
I was NOT a breastfed baby, because when my mom was pregnant, society was going through a stage of "discouraging" women from nursing their babies. (This was 1972). I don't know why it was like that. :( And unfortunately, my mom didn't know anyone to set her straight and make a pitch for nursing me, so I was never given breastmilk. And I can't help but wonder if several of my past and current health problems might not have been this way, if I'd been breastfed. Of course, there's no way to change things now.
Anyhoo, sorry for the rambling answer. :) I have no opinion about switching from formula to cow's milk, because I don't have a baby, and everyone I know who HAS had babies, has breast-fed them for at least 6 full months.
2006-07-05 18:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by scary shari 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You MUST wait until they are 1 whole year old!! I had asked a few different doctors with both of my kids and that is what they all said! When he/she is a year old, switch them to whole milk. Hope I helped!
2006-07-05 18:49:55 · answer #2 · answered by hotmama3712 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 months whole milk, they need the contain in the whole milk but when they get older than 2% when you go to the doctor and they do a check-up & blood work .
2006-07-05 18:47:28 · answer #3 · answered by ssanchez2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 4 kids and the doctors reccomend not giving milk 2% until they reach 12 months old. If you give it to your kids before that, it could harm your kids.
2006-07-05 18:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by Mary W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to take the baby off when they are a year old and they need to be on whole milk
2006-07-05 18:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually at a year.
usually whole milk.
Ask your doctor
2006-07-05 20:57:41 · answer #6 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
our kid... after the 2nd year. but ask a doctor first.
2006-07-05 18:48:24 · answer #7 · answered by digital321 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋