till what age is my baby suppose to drink baby milk and what happens if i give my baby regular milk?

Answer 1

12 months is when you usually stop giving a baby formula. Unless, for some medical reasons your doctor decides to keep them on longer, or change them to cow's milk earlier. If you give your child milk too soon, they could have an allergic reaction or become ill. I would recommend talking to your doctor first before switching.

Answer 2

Baby milk is supposed to be given till 1 year, but you can give it after 1 year too. Regular milk can cause him stomach problems, because it contains too much fat for a baby, but if you really want to give him regular milk there are a few rules to follow. It still has to be powder, and you have to mix it with water that has been previously been boiled with rice in it. I will give you the receipe
- Put 1 tablespoon of rice in 1 litre of water and leave it there 12 hours, after that put more 1/2 litre of water and boil it until you can smash the rice and the water goes down to 1 litre, then use a bolter to separate the rice from the water and boil that water a few more minutes. With this water you can prepare the regular powder milk. Use 10 grams milk powder and 100 ml water prepared like in the receipe i gave you. This is for babies up to 3 months.

Answer 3

Hi!
I am a mom of four and the owner of a juvenile products company, so I speak from experience. Babies should not be given cow's milk until 1 yr of age. Nor should they have any dairy products of any kind, or eggs or meat until age 1.
Ideally, breastfeed exclusively for 6 mos. That means nothing but breastmilk. After this age, introduce simple fruits and vegetables. If this is not possible, use a formula that is recommended by your pediatrician. Still - no food until 6 mos.
I recommend Nutramigen or a soy formula because this prevents allergies to cow's milk later in life. If your baby is allergic to anything, usually you will see colicky symptoms or vomiting.
E-mail anytime with questions. Best wishes!
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Answer 4

Babies up to 12 months are supposed to drink breast milk or formula. Regular milk doesn't have enough nutrients in it for a growing baby. Read the labels on both regular whole milk and infant formula, then you'll see the difference.

Answer 5

Pediatricians/baby books and articles say whole milk can be introduced saftely at 12 mths. They make toddler milk however that is closer to breastmilk that has the added nutrients growing babies need, up until 3yrs. Where we live it comes in a powder, just like normal baby formula would, and also in liquid form. Of course it's more expensive than whole milk, but whenever we can find a good deal on it we still buy that for our 20mth old daughter. As far as when to stop offering whole milk and going to 2%, that I don't know. I wouldnt think before 3yrs though as toddlers need the extra fat to keep up their energy levels. Unless your toddler has extra weight to shed I suppose! I'll have to ask that at her next Dr visit which is next week.

Answer 6

Babies need to be fed nothing but breastmilk or infant formula until 6 months of age. After 6 months you can gradually introduce other ("solid") foods, but breastmilk or infant formula should be their primary source of nutrition until 12 months.

Once they reach 12 months, you can start to introduce cow's milk. Some babies (like mine) aren't ready for it that early, though. We didn't really start feeding it to her regularly until recently, and she's 18 months old. She's still nursing, though, and she's getting those nutrients from cheese, etc.

If you feed a baby cow's milk before she's ready, she'll have terrible gas and diarrhea, and will be really fussy and miserable. They can't digest the proteins in cow's milk until they're older, and as I said, with some babies, 12 months isn't yet old enough.

You want to give the baby whole milk from 12 - 24 months, because they need the fat. After that, you can switch to whatever your family normally drinks (skim, 1%, 2%, etc.).

Answer 7

You aren't supposed to give a baby whole milk until they turn one. Their stomachs are immature and can't break it down anyway and it can lead to allergy if you introduce certain things too early (peanuts, milk, shellfish, etc.) My son is 16 months and will just now drink straight milk. I have been mixing formula and milk and slowly reducing the amount of formula I put in. I guess he has to get used to the taste. And as far as formula goes, I still give him a bottle (about 7 oz. with cereal in it) at night to help him sleep. Good luck.

Answer 8

Babies are supposed to drink baby milk(formula) until 12 months of age. Formula is iron-fortified which helps to build healthy red blood cells.Giving your baby cow's milk(regular milk) too early keeps them from developing iron-rich blood. Ask your pediatrician for more advice or to see if you need to change your baby's formula.

Answer 9

DO NOT GIVE BABY REGULAR MILK - babies stomachs can not handle the lactose, they will have major problems. Wait as long as you can, atleast until 12 months. Only breatmilk/formula until then. You can start water and watered down 100% fruit juice when they start eating solids, around 6 months.

Answer 10

Most babies only require formula until 1 yr but as the pediatrician to be sure about your baby personally. Most babies switch to regular milk at that time. It wouldn't hurt him or her if you give them baby milk later, but it's costly and unnecessary in most cases as by 1 yr, they are able to get nutrients from others foods they're eating.