weaning 11 month old onto cows milk?

Question

I am still nursing her, and she is not at ALL liking the homogenated milk, nor even 2%. I've given it cold, and warmed to room temp, but she makes faces and spits it out. Any advice on how to make this transition?

Any advice would be appreciated!! :o)

Thanks in advance!

reason for this is i am going back to work, and work shift work so I have no choice but to introduce cows milk. Will try to nurse her once a day, but i work shift work, so it's gonna b tough!

Never really thought to add breast milk to it...
she only otherwise gets water to drink.

I feed her a variety of dairy too. Yogurt she loves, she's a cheese HOUND, just having problems with milk.

Answer 1

Maybe because she knows that we are the only animals that drink milk after we are weaned? Maybe she just doesn't like it? Many babies don't like the taste of cows milk after getting the good stuff. Most babies have a hard time digesting cows milk, so perhaps your baby developed a dislike because her tummy hurts after drinking it? A healthy diet should provide her with all the nutrition she needs including the vitamins she would get from milk. You won't harm her if she doesn't drink milk. She will still grow up strong & healthy.

Good luck :)

Answer 2

Mixing with breastmilk is a good idea but if she does not take to that here are a few other ideas:

Make a smoothie with milk and fruit. She may like the sweetness of the fruit with the milk.

Try adding a very small amount of chocolate syrup or strawberry syrup to it. Again it will be sweeter and she may like it a little better.

If she does not take to these ideas just keep trying.

If she is eating a good balanced diet with other calcium sources such as cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, milk based puddings etc. then she will be fine.

If she just simply refuses milk all together then there is nothing wrong with her drinking water and a small amount of juice (no more than 4 oz).

Good Luck and I hope this helps.

Answer 3

First the American Academy of Pediatrics advises not giving cow's milk until 1 year. I know 11 months is very close and to be honest my first started at 11 months...but I'm just giving info.

Keep trying. Also reduce the amount you are nursing and give cow's milk in between meal times or after, and try in a sippy cup. Don't give any juices unless she's constipated and stick to water the rest of the time. Most likely it will take awhile to wean her, mommy's milk is much sweeter then cows milk. Try having someone else give her cow's milk, she may be more willing to take it from them then from you...I mean after all you have been her "supplier" she won't understand why you have cut her off.

Good luck

Answer 4

Start mixing. Start with 3/4 breast milk and 1/4 cow's milk. When she gets used to that, go to 1/2 breast milk and 1/2 cow's until you get all the way to all cow's milk.

Answer 5

Try mixing pumped breast milk and vitamin D (whole milk) she'll need the fat. Start with a very small amount and gradually increase and she'll never no the difference, i.e. 2oz of breast milk-.5oz of whole milk. I breast fed two babies and this seemed to work the best for me. but each baby is different so good luck. also if you only nursed, (no bottles at all) check online they have baby bottles that look and feel like a breast supposed to be really good.

Answer 6

Nurse her when you are together.
Try offering her rice milk or soy milk.
Offer her the dairy milk in a special cup.
Can you pump your milk while at work?
I wouldn't mix your milk with cow's milk. If she doesn't drink it (or not all of it) then your prescious expressed milk gets poured down the drain.
Offer her cheese, cottage cheese, yogurt, smoothies, juices with calcium added.

Answer 7

Mixing is a good idea... many babies reject new foods simply because they're unfamiliar. Mixing with breast milk will slowly make the flavor more familar.

Kids are known to reject a food up to 20 times before deciding they like it. Just keep offering.

Worst-case scenario, she just may not like milk, and you would have to look to introduce her to other sources of calcium, like soy milk, cheese, and yogurt.

Answer 8

Make it slightly warm, and mix it with breast milk. Every day, reduce the amount of breast milk that you mix with the cows milk. And you should always give whole, vitamin D milk to children under two years. They need the extra fat for brain development.

Answer 9

Could you pump some breast milk and mix them and slowly use less and less of the breast milk until you are totally using milk. P. S. It should be whole milk they drink after one years old because of the fat content . The baby needs the fat for brain development.

Answer 10

wait until the child is 12 months it wont hurt because in the body before a year your baby need that formula or breast milk after that give it 2% OK