When can i go to whole milk?

Question

I have have a 7 1/2 month old and i nurse him and subsitute formula when he stays somewhere and i can feed him....My husband was drinking whole milk one day and gave him a drink and he loved it, he keep wanting more....He never had an allergy to it either, but i was wondering when i could wein him from the breast and go to strickly whole milk and what kind is the best? LIke organic or just the plain...

Answer 1

i would suggest waiting until a year because they're still needing breastmilk...(nutrients) and the whole milk is strickly for the fat intake... which can wait until a year old. i don't know much about the organic stuff but i don't see what's wrong with the regular milk...? ask the doctor..?

Answer 2

Whole milk is bad for your husband AND your child!! Try to wean your HUSBAND off whole milk by keeping an empty gallon jug and filling it with 2% to start with, let him drink that for a week or two, then use the 2% jug and fill it with 1 %, and finally, you can buy good skim milk with lots of protein in it at Braum's if you have one, or some grocery stores offer extra protein milk--and this extra protein skim is what you'll want your 7 1/2 month old to drink. Whole milk is full of fat and very bad!! And you can continue formula for your baby, and give him 4 to 8 oz. of milk twice a day or so, and also give him a little juice and LOTS of water to drink (often babies won't drink water; you can try KoolAid?)...but they need to get off the formula and onto just milk when they are about a year to a year and a half, depending (is he getting fat? If so, cut down on the formula and let him have skim milk, very little juice, and lots of water!) You can wean him from the breast right now if that's what you choose; if not, you can go slowly, and have just a night feeding until he's nearly a year old; at that point most people in the U.S. think that's the right thing to do. But DEFINITELY wean your FAMILY off of whole milk and you will all feel better; and I highly recommend the new butter/margarine substitute Smart Balance--it tastes terrific, acts just like butter/margarine (not as soft as margarine), but after only one month using it, my whole family felt lighter, better, digestion better, etc. I'm not a health food nut at ALL!!.....but I do like soy milk as well, it's quite good and nutritious, you could offer your baby (and your husband LOL) Vanilla, or Chocolate, takes a bit of getting used to but it's good; the baby will love it for sure LOL!!! Good luck!!!

Answer 3

You can give your child whole milk at around one year old. If he's like 11 months old and you run out of formula or something dont go out and buy more, you can give him whole milk at that age. I wouldnt give him a whole lot at the age hes at now because it could upset his belly. When you do want to switch to whole milk a good idea would be to start mixing milk and formula. 2 oz. of milk to 6 oz of formula to begin with and gradually add more and more milk as time goes on. That way he'll get used to it. As for your question about what kind, I just give my child plain old whole milk from the store.

Answer 4

Doctors recommend doing it around the age of one (12 months) our doctor told use we could start the transition around 11 months. I would check with your pediatrician, but thats what I've heard and done for all 3 of my girls.

When you start the transition you can mix 1/2 milk and 1/2 formula or breast milk to ease the transition but you may not have any problems doing so.

We use organic milk, I think its healthier and has less junk added to it and I also think it tastes better.

Good Luck!

Answer 5

Hi, like someone already wrote, it's very important to start whole milk at a year old. :) You wouldn't believe how many extra vitamins and nutrients are in breast milk and formula. But, you could always ask your doctor. I do know that a friend of mine, her daughter started whole milk a little earlier than a year. I will say what everyone says, ask your doctor. :) Good luck!

Answer 6

Whole milk can be introduced at 1 year. Breastmilk or formula needs to be the main source of nutrition until 1 year. Then at 2 years they need to switch to lowfat milk

Answer 7

Organic whole milk is best if you can afford it, and you should wait until your child is at least one year. At his one year check up, your doctor will probably check his hemoglobin to be sure his iron level is high enough as well. If the iron is OK, then Whole milk should be fine after age one.

If your child starts having ear infections after age one, it could be from the cow's milk. Switch to goat milk or soy milk or soy baby formula if the ear aches start.

Answer 8

My doctor told me around one year. I waited until then before switching my daughter from formula.

I'm not sure it has as much to do with a possible allergy as the fact that younger babies might not be well equipped to break down everything in the milk.

Regular whole milk from the store is fine. Organic will cost you a lot more.

Answer 9

Always check with your Doctor first. I was told by my daughters pediatrician not to introduce whole milk until after the age of one years old. Any younger and the baby may develope milk alergies.

Answer 10

Pediatricians recommend that you wait until 1 year of age to introduce whole milk. I don't know if i would do organic or not...i don't think it's fda regulated like regular whole milk. Whether or not it is pasteurized, hormone free, etc. etc. But, Dr's say to wait because of an enzyme in milk that is harder for an infant to digest. He'll be one soon enough, so hang on! :)