when swiching from brest feeding to a bottle.. what milk supplement is best subtatute of brest milk?

Question

tryin to ween my 15mth baby boy who has been always brest fed n olny just started showing interest in a bottle..

Answer 1

We had heard that an equal mixture of goat's milk, carrot juice and water was a nutritionally close as you can get to mother's milk. The carrot was messy and could be hard to find, so we stuck with the goat milk alone - started it at a dilluted strength. For 15 months, I would start 1/2 water 1/2 goat milk - we would make it from Meyenberg powder (http://www.meyenberg.com/) and store it at full strength, then mix with warm water in the bottle (warm was important to our breastfed girls).

All natural, better than formula or cow's milk, never had any ear or croup problems. It was a great way for dad to participate even during breastfeeding and we instrumental in weening.

Peace!

Answer 2

Skip the bottle, he doesn't need it.

At 15 months he can go straight to a sippy cup.

Getting him to drink cow milk will be your bigger problem. Breastfed babies don't like cow milk because it tastes sour to them. If he won't drink cow milk, there are other things you can give to him: calcium OJ, whole milk yogurt, soy milk, etc. There is no milk supplement that's a better substitute. I recommend that you consider pumping and feeding expressed milk for a little while, or just don't stop nursing and offer diluted juice or water in a sippy cup.

Answer 3

Why switch to a bottle? Many children never use one at all. At 15 months, you can offer milk, apple juice, or water in a sippy cup. Also, if you can continue nursing him until he's ready to stop, you'll both have an easier time of it. I honestly don't know how parents get through the 'terrible twos' without nursing.

Answer 4

I agree with bec - go right from the breast to a sippy cup, if you can. If your son is already 15 months and has gone without the bottle, I say - just try to go without. I see the bottle as more of a "crutch". It took me a while to get my daughter off of the bottle after I weaned her from breast milk. Sippy cups will better prepare her to drink from a regular cup, they are easier to clean up, and they don't cause blisters that babies can get from sucking on a bottle. As far as what milk to use, we started our daughter on whole milk at 13 months. She took to it right away. But if your son doesn't take to it rigt away, try mixing it with 3/4 breast milk, then after a few days, go down to 1/2 breast milk, and so on until he is on 100% whole milk. Good luck with everything!

Answer 5

Your physique is only commencing to offer customary breast milk, only before now you have been generating colostrum, a especially nutritious type of pre-milk. females's bodies are astounding whilst it includes nursing their toddlers. The greater your toddler breast feeds, the greater milk you will produce. you're particularly delaying the upward thrust on your milk once you pump because of the fact the pump isn't as powerful at emptying the breast as your toddler is. Introducing formulation will additionally shrink your milk production. i'm assuming you opt for to fill your toddler up at night so he will sleep longer, yet regardless if he's getting breast fed or bottle fed, his tummy is little and it is normally possibly he will awaken each and every a million-3 hours to consume at this youthful age besides. in the experience that your substantial undertaking is that your toddler isn't getting sufficient milk breast feeding, then I advise you breast feed solely and on call for to boost your milk production. It now and lower back takes countless weeks on your milk production and your toddler's desires to verify up. blending your milk and formulation is often completed once you're arranged to wean from breast milk to formulation. It won't make your toddler any fuller, despite the fact that it won't injury something.

Answer 6

If your son is 15 months he should not need a bottle, switch him straight to a sippy cup! You can pump breast milk in there for a little while then just switch to regular milk!! Good Luck!!

Answer 7

At his age you can switch him to cows milk or goats milk in a sippy cup. Consult with his pediatrician.

Kudos for breastfeeding to 15 months! Great job!

Answer 8

Organic milk is most suitable

Answer 9

I used Hienz for my first when I couldn't BF, I did not have any problems with it.

Answer 10

there is no 'substitute'