Breastmilk, formula, and regular milk??

Question

Ok every baby i know that is formula fed when they reach 1 yr old they were taken off of the bottle and formula and given regular milk. in a sippy cup. (this is what their pediatricians said to do) well what about breastfeed babies? what if i dont want to breastfeed longer than a year? Do i just switch to a sippy cup and regular milk when my pediatrician says its ok. (most say 12 months is fine)

Answer 1

Yep! Once a baby reaches the 1 year mark and is ready to wean, you just switch right to whole (NOT reduced fat) milk. If you wanted to wean at, say, 11 months, you would switch to formula for the remaining month, but after the year mark it is right to milk.

Answer 2

A baby normally drinks either breast milk or formula until 12 months old. Many babies will also drink a varied combination of breast milk and formula. A breast fed baby who is weaned from the breast before a year old will receive formula in either a cup or a bottle. As early as 6 months a baby can be introduced to a cup. If you want to stop nursing at a year, you can switch to a sippy cup and whole cow's milk. Many babies continue to use a bottle after a year old and will drink whole cow's milk in it. There are many recommendations, but each baby is different. Some take to cup drinking really well and some just like their bottles better. Some aren't too interested in whole cow's milk right at their first birthday and prefer formula or breast milk a bit longer. The general recommendation is off the bottle and on whole cow's milk at 12 months, but you may have to adjust the timing to what fits your baby's likes a little bit.

Answer 3

Hi! What I'm doing is breastfeeding her for a year, then I'm going to START weaning her AT a year. Seeing as she takes bottles like a champ without complaints, I don't think I'll have a problem either. And since breastmilk si good for 3-4 months in the freezer, starting when she's 9 months I'm gonna pump like crazy and gt a huge stock, so that at one year when I stop pumping andnursing, I can gradually mix breasmilk with cow's milk to ease her into it.

I also want to start trying the sippy cup at maybe 7-8 months, so that by one year she can almost be off the bottle. It drives me crazy seeing older toddlers with bottles..

Answer 4

Sure.
You should introduce a cup at meals starting when your baby is 6 months old in the highchair. Take the plunger out of the cup for a couple of weeks so they know and will learn that they have to lift the cup to get the milk out. Thereafter, put the plunger in.

Once your baby is on a cup and is taking it regularly with no issues you are fine to wean at 1 year.

Answer 5

There is no need to take a formula fed baby off formula at one year, and there is mounting evidence that formula should be continued past one year.

If you want to wean at a year, wean at a year. You can either offer cow's milk or formula, or other foods to replace the same components of the diet.

If you want to breastfeed that is the best option for mom and baby.

American Association of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/policies/b/breastfeedingpositionpaper.html
If the child is younger than two years of age, the child is at increased risk of illness if weaned.


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


Extended Breastfeeding Fact Sheet
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/bfextended/ebf-benefits.html

# Nursing toddlers benefit NUTRITIONALLY
# Nursing toddlers are SICK LESS OFTEN
# Nursing toddlers have FEWER ALLERGIES
# Nursing toddlers are SMART
# Nursing toddlers are WELL ADJUSTED SOCIALLY
# Nursing a toddler is NORMAL
# MOTHERS also benefit from nursing past infancy


http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/toddler-foods.html
There is no need for additional milk or (or the equivalent nutrients from other foods) as long as your baby is nursing 3-4 times per day. Cow's milk is really just a convenient source of calcium, protein, fats, vitamin D, etc. - it's not required. There are many people in many parts of the world who do not drink milk and still manage to get all the calcium, protein, fats, vitamin D, etc. that they need.

Answer 6

when my mom breastfed me, i wanted to stop when i was 9 months old, i was already fed regular food as well, but my mother also gave me water, once i got to a year or so, we found out i was lactose in tolerant so i've had 1% milk, but i would talk to your doctor.

Answer 7

unless your pedi is trained on the dangers of cow milk then they will tell you to switch to cow milk at a year if you no longer wish to breastfeed

but babies do not suddenly turn into calfs at a year....how silly is that??!!

if a human isn't drinking human milk then they don't need to be drinking any milk at all....do the research

cow milk is responsible for a host of illness, ailments and such ......it is not healthy nor necessary to drink.....this is why human babies are mean to be breastfed for around 2-5 years of age and then never drink milk again

milk is meant for mammal infants into their "early childhood".....adults don't need to drink milk period