What age can i start giving me baby milk. my aunts baby is 2 months and drinks it but her baby has to.
2007-08-12 14:55:05 · 10 answers · asked by heather c 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
The regular time it's till they are a year old, but some moms do it earlier at six months. I really don't know what do you mean by your baby's aunts has to; two months it's way too early!!
2007-08-12 15:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by happy2bmom 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
12 months old atleast for cows milk (later if a family of milk allergy). I have heard of some babies having to have milk very early like that for medical reasons but milk can cause a lot of health problems as well if given to early so it is always best to wait as long as you can before giving milk.
2007-08-12 22:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by momof3boys 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming you are talking about cow's milk, and a child should not have any until they are at least 1 year old. Until then, they should have breast milk or formula. Make sure once you start giving them milk, that it is whole milk until they are 2 years old.
2007-08-12 22:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by TeggieMcG 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't give a baby cow's milk until 1 year. Before that it's soy or breast milk - rice milk's probably fine also.
2007-08-12 22:12:32 · answer #4 · answered by Alexandra R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't get it. Do you mean cow's milk? Baby's should not have cows milk until 12months old. Thats what i have been told and my youngest is 15months. i breast fed her for 13months and she went straight on to cows milk.
Babies tummy are not equipt to have cows milk until around 12months, thats why they made formula for mothers who can not breast feed. mothers milk or formula should be the only source of nutrition for a young baby as cows milk does not give the right nutrition.
2007-08-12 22:16:39 · answer #5 · answered by Moz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy:
The only acceptable alternative to breastfeeding in the 1st yr is formula; water can cause hyponatremia, and whole cow's milk is not nutritionally complete
end quote.
Therefore, the infant should not have cow's milk used in place of formula or breast milk.
For further details see your pediatrician, also see the web site:
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec19/ch266/ch266c.html
2007-08-12 22:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Baby's should not get regular cow's milk until they are a year old. Then they need whole milk (aka vitamin D) until they are about four.
2007-08-12 22:03:50 · answer #7 · answered by Sarah 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you're supposed to wait until 12 months. Although most of my family started around 10.
2007-08-12 22:02:14 · answer #8 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 months. It's not as nutritional as breast milk or formula.
2007-08-12 22:04:52 · answer #9 · answered by cogecojelly 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's best not to give them milk till they are 6months and during that month you ween them off of they baby milk to regular milk.
2007-08-12 22:02:36 · answer #10 · answered by Krystal A. and baby D. 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋