When can I give my baby milk?

Question

My daughter is 11 1/2 months old and her doctor told me that if I ran out of formula within 3 wks of her turning 1 to go ahead and give her milk well the past three days I have gave her milk and at night she would wake up and just scream, so yesterday I got some formula from a friend and gave my daughter only formula and she slept just fine. (She was on milk-based formula and did ok but when we switched her to lactose free formula she did much better but she never had a lot of issues) So should I giver her lacto free milk or try with milk again or should I just stick formula until her 12 month appt. (Please no ask your doctor answers I plan on bringing it up with her doctor on her next appt.) Thanks in advanced.

Answer 1

It may be best to stick to her lactose free formula until you do meet with her doctor. But, trying some lactose free milk probably would'nt hurt. Judging from your question, you really seem to have great instincts with your daughters needs. My answer probably did'nt help you much. :)

Answer 2

The milk may be upsetting her tummy. I don't think its something you can just turn to and drop formula cold turkey. It has to be gradual. She may not like the milk if its cold. Try warming it for 15 seconds or so. Also try giving milk during the day long before bed. Maybe it won't be such a shock for her. She is probably just used to the formula and the comfort of it. If it does not work out to where you can make a gradual change it may make her tummy upset. Its totally different than formula so her making the switch might not be the right time for her and the milk could be wrong for her system. Keep trying then if all else fails talk to the doc. Good luck..

Answer 3

Sounds like she's just having a hard time adjusting to cow's milk. I'd try the lactose free milk or soy milk. My boys were on soy based formula and I thought for sure we would have issues switching to whole milk but we didn't have any. You are fine with giving her milk at this point, but if she's having issues switching, there's nothing wrong with continuing to give her formula for a few weeks, especially before bed time.

Answer 4

My daughter is 10 months and when she was born she spit up so much we had her on prosobee I was told by my dr to start at this age slowing introducing milk to her. I would give her an oz or so in a sippy to see how she likes it and she didn't really.so I asked parents on here what they thought I should do and they told me to mix whole milk with formula to get her use to it. Like for an 8 oz bottle mix half formula have milk then start using less formula till she is use to the milk..again im not to sure her problems so i hope i helped

Answer 5

I had to start my daughter with the Whole Lactaid. It is a lactose free whole milk. Once she got used to the taste and was drinking it daily, I then started mixing it with a little regular whole milk and gradually increased the regular whole milk over a months time. It gave her stomach some more time to get used to the lactose as she was on soy-based formula. She now drinks regular whole milk and LOVES it!!
It's a lot cheaper than lactaid too!

Be sure to tell your doctor the reaction she had with regular whole milk. Mine was very understanding with the process I used and thought it was great that I gradually got her used to the regular whole milk!

Answer 6

I started my son on low-fat milk at 10 months and gradually went to whole. That might help get her used to milk. People say don't switch until they are one, but how does their bodies know that one day they are 11 months and the next day they are 12 months? This isn't scientific, one year is an estimate based on babies reactions.

Answer 7

My daughter was 11 mos. when i switched her to milk either try 2% milk or whole milk watered down but if u had her on lactos free formula then i would recommend lactos free milk (like soy milk)

Answer 8

try half formula/half milk for a couple weeks.

during the transition to milk, my son went through about a week where he was waking up in the middle of the night again. but i made him another bottle and he'd go back to sleep.

now he's on regular milk all the time and he is back to his old sleeping schedule.

Answer 9

What I did with my son is wean him to milk from formula, When I would make his bottle I would just add a little milk to it until eventually he would be drinking all milk. Just start with 2ozs. at a time. And in about a month or so he should be on strait milk and be doing just fine.

Answer 10

It is very common for kids to have lactose intolerance that most will later outgrow. It was suggested to me to switch to goats milk first as it is easier to digest. I like to put it in a blender with fruit to make it more appealing to me- although my child has no problem drinking it plain. Soy milk is not reccomended for little babies because it is a natural estrogen and can tamper with their hormones. Honestly, though- my oldest wouldn't drink milk until she was 2. We kept her hydrated with water (and watered down fruit juice occasionaly) She has never suffered from her lack of drinking milk.