How do I get my 13 month old who is breastfed to drink whole milk?

Question

I STARTED WEANING HER FROM THE BREAST TO FORMULA WHEN SHE WAS 10 MONTHS, THEN SHE GOT ROTA VIRUS AND SHE WOULD ONY HOLD DOWN BREASTMILK, NOW SHE WILL NOT TAKE WHOLE MILK, TO JUST QUIT COLD TURKEY?

Answer 1

Start weaning her by mixing breast & whole milk in a sippee cup. The first week, mix 1/4th whole milk with 3/4ths breast milk. The 2nd week, mix it half and half. The 3rd week, mix it 3/4ths whole, 1/4th breast milk. By the 4th week, she should be used to the taste, and drink it fine.

Answer 2

I gradually phased in the whole milk by combining both in the bottle until finally my children were unaware that they were drinking only cow milk. (I did this over the course of 2-3 weeks.) You'll have to know about pumping and the baby will have to be able to figure out bottles (or sippy cups), however. At this age, babies are pretty resistant to new ideas...

Answer 3

The only way I could do was cold turkey and that was with 3 kids. But I do suggest adding a lil karo syrup to the milk to keep the baby from getting constipated.

Answer 4

let the whole milk sit in a cup and get warmer like breast milk is. being used to the breast milk being warm, the other milk should be somewhat warmer instead of ice cold. that may work, it worked for my son.

Answer 5

Try goats milk for about a month, its easier for babies to digest than whole cows milk.

Then transition her over to 2% milk w/ acidopholous if possible, babies tend to do better this way.

Answer 6

Mix it half and half, half breast and half whole milk, then gradually take the breast milk out til she is only on the whole milk.

Answer 7

Mix a little LOW SUGAR flavoring. Slowly use less and less of it. Make sure you don't call it "milk".

Answer 8

no you have to do half and half either water or formula, and you mite even still warm it up.