1 year old?

Question

my boy will be turning 1 dec 13th just wondering if i should take him of formula now i know i should but he loves is formula milk aswell as is foods. when did you take your child of formula or did you keep him on it for longer also how many bottles is your child having a day thanks

Answer 1

About one year we took ours off formula. I eased them off of it though. 1 ounce regular milk / 7 ounces formula. Then I gradually got them to 50% milk & formula, and so on.
I wouldn't just take the formula off them suddenly. I'd gradually take them off. It makes the transition easier for them. The whole process took about 2 weeks.
I don't remember how many bottles they were on daily, sorry.

Answer 2

Well, you should start trading the bottle in for a sippy cup (or a regular cup, if you're adventurous & don't mind scrubbing the floor 10x a day & doubling your laundry). Start off with just one or two meals a day with the sippy cup, preferably when he's in a good mood so that he doesn't mind trying something new. Taking the bottle away at nap time & bed time is the hardest part, but also the most important so that his teeth don't rot.
With the formula, you should probably take him in for his 1 yr check up first, but I've never heard of any Dr. recomending forumula beyond 1 year old. Take him off the formula slowly though-mix 3 parts formula to 1 part whole milk for the first few days, and then 2 parts formula to 2 parts milk, etc. until he's totally on milk.
Good luck.

Answer 3

I started to mix the formula in 'parts'. For a few days it would be 7 ounces of formula, 1 ounce of milk. Next it would be 6 ounces formula and 2 ounces of milk.....and once it got down to about 3 ounces of formula and 5 ounces of milk for a few days that would be the end of the formula.

At the same time, if you're still warming up the formula you're going to want to stop. It's not any fun AT ALL having to warm milk up every time for a bottle. You're going to want to start changing that *before* changing the mix on the formula/milk.

And make sure that you use whole milk. Babies need the fat from the milk for brain development. At about age two it is safe to switch to 2%. Once both of my kids are 5 or older I will be switching to skim milk.

To help my kids get used to eating 'real food' to get full, I started cutting back on the bottles. I did do something everyone can yell about, but my kids went to bed with a bottle. They could have a bottle for nap time and bed time, but not for 'awake' time. During those times they were allowed sippy cups.

Once they realize that they don't need the milk to feel full, meal time will be much better.

Answer 4

My little girl is 15 month and I give her 2 bottles of formula; 1 in the morning and 1 at night. During the day she has cows milk, juice or water. I give her formula cause it's still good for her but u don't have to if u don't want. Some kids don't like formula once they have cows milk like my son. So it's up to u.

Answer 5

About 2 weeks before our son was a year old, we ran out of formula... so what we did was get whole milk (best for their brain development doctors told us), along with Stage 2 formula- I'd put a tiny tiny scoop of that in with the milk- he took it just fine, however we still have to heat it up-not nearly as much, but a little. Then at his year doctor's appointment, they told us he doesn't need the stage 2 formula, so go ahead and give him reg. whole milk instead of adding it. Also- at that year appointment, they said to have no more than 2-3 servings of milk per day... so we do one in the morning and one at night- it took maybe 3 days to get him on this routine since he was having all of that milk before. Also right after his one year doctor appointment- they had told us too that he needs to get on a sippy cup, because if you wait until 15 months or later, it will be VERY hard to get him off of the bottle.... this took us 3 days... we gave him NO bottles, and he would cry for it at first (he had sippy cups all along with juice and water, so he knew what they were and how to use them).... but then he'd take it after crying for maybe 5 min. at most- I sit down with him as I did with the bottles - him in my lap and feed him that way... so I stuck with that same way so he knows it's time to eat... and this all worked. He didn't fuss after that 3rd day at all.

Goodluck! :) I was super nervous about this transition, and really had no clue what to do.

Answer 6

workin in a nursery i know a child that was on formula until they were 2 years old. this is farrrrrr to long. but there was no talking to her. move them on to normal milk it shouldnt be a problem and he should like it just as well. give him some normal milk now even so that he gets the taste and u will see if he likes it.

Answer 7

Why dont you try that new formula, its called NEXT STEP. Its more of a complete source than milk, for the iron, vitamin C, and vitamin E that 9- 24 months need.

Answer 8

put in a little milk in with the formula and continue to put more and more in till you have the whole bottle full that way he can get use to it without having much of a wierd taste and never drink it

Answer 9

Nicole your family doctor (or the nurse at your doctor's office) can give you the best information on that. There are a lot of factors involved like- how well your child is growing, how well he tolerates regular milk (trust me you don't want to deal with milk allergies), etc. I wish you the best and congratulations on getting through that first year!

Answer 10

You should get him off of the formula, and feed him solid foods now. Both my boys were on solid foods at 8 months old.