when can I start to give my bay regular milk?

Question

My baby is turning 1 next week when can I start to give her regular milk

Answer 1

1 yr old is the usual start time - use whole milk (homogenized), and ease her into it...mix it with her formula/breastmilk.

Answer 2

Age 1 year for most children unless there are health issues that would prevent this. My daughter is turning 2 in a few weeks and when we went for her 1 yr check up, the day after her first birthday, the doctor told me to switch her to whole milk in a sippy cup. She said NEVER put whole milk in a bottle, it helps the child associate the taste of whole milk with the cup. I broke daughter in 5 days from formula and bottle. Good luck to you, hope you have as easy a time as I did. BTW, she is potty trained except for sleep time also, at 23 months old. I am a truly blessed parent.

Answer 3

The Dr. had me start my son on Whole Milk when he was 1 and since he was on a milk based formula I was told I didn't have to mix the milk with the formula. My son never noticed a differance.

Answer 4

1 year old is the time to start it. Give your baby a small amount like 3 or 4 oz to see how they handle it and to test if they need soy or skim milk first. If they handle it fine go ahead and start whole milk. They need WHOLE milk till age 2 to 3. then start on a lower fat mik

Answer 5

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Answer 6

At 11 months I started giving my daughter 2 oz of whole milk and 6 oz of formula mixed together this way it would ease her into the transition. Every week I would increase the whole milk and decrease the formula until she was on straight milk. I've heard that just cutting them off of the formula and giving them straight milk could make them constipated.

Answer 7

One year old is the usual time to start giving cows milk to your baby. If she acts like she doesn't like it, mix it with whatever you feed her now (breast milk or formula) and just ease her into it. Doctors recommend whole milk as babies still need lots of fat in their diet at that point.

Answer 8

I think about 2 years and up. That's when I started giving my son regular milk.

Answer 9

formula for the 1st 12 months or breast for at least 12 months longer if you prefer...

then you can switch to Whole milk then at 2 yrs you may switch to 2% milk.

baby cereal at 6 months (start with rice or oatmeal then a month later you can try barley alot of babys cant handle barley very well.)

jarred food or homemade baby food at 7-8 months

Answer 10

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/0/T000100.asp#T031014
SWITCHING TO MILK

I've been feeding my baby iron-fortified formula. When is it okay to switch to whole cow's milk? Research comparing cow's milk and formula-fed infants during the first year of life has shown that cow's milk is irritating to the intestines of a tiny infant, causing infants to lose a tiny bit of blood in their stools, contributing to iron deficiency anemia. There is very little iron in cow's milk anyway, and the iron that is there is poorly absorbed. Concern about iron-deficiency anemia has led the American Academy of Pediatrics, backed by solid research, to discourage the use of cow's milk in children under one year of age. One of America's top pediatric hematologists (blood specialist), the late Dr. Frank Oski , Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkin University (and co-author of a book entitled: Don't Drink Your Milk) advised parents to be cautious and not rush into the use of cow's milk, even during the second year of life. At present it would seem prudent to continue giving your baby iron-fortified formula during the second year of life and very gradually wean him to dairy products, beginning with yogurt. If your toddler generally has a balanced diet and routine hemoglobin tests show that he is not even close to being anemic, then switch from formula to whole milk sometime during the second year, but don't be in a hurry.
NUTRITIP

Dairy Dates
• no cow's milk before age one
• whole milk until two
• nonfat or low-fat milk after two

Answer 11

My doctor told me to give it to my daughter starting at 1. But only give him/her WHOLE milk until he/she is 2!