Breastfeeding, formula feeding and afterwards...?

Question

So when mothers choose at 1 year of age to stop breastfeeding or formula feeding. Then where do their babies get their nutrients? Do they just feed their children what we eat or what? I know people that do this but i just dont know how their babys get full.. Whats your take on it? and is 12 months too young for regular food and no more milk on a daily basis?

Answer 1

When babies turn 1 they can have whole cow's milk. You can get whole milk with DHA for added nutrients if you like. One year olds also get nutrients from meals, up to 3 a day with small snacks in between. This is when it is important to teach good eating habits. Never give them junk food, fast food, or candy. Instead feed them fruits(cut into small squares or peeled and quartered grapes), steamed vegetables, lentils, oatmeal, cheese, yogurt, etc.
You can also add flax seed and wheat germ to their oatmeal or yogurt for added nutrients.

Answer 2

Most mothers don't suddenly stop formula, the change has been gradual since the baby began taking solids at about 4-6 months of age. At first, a little cereal is added to the diet, but milk/formula intake is about the same. By the time the baby is a year old, breastmilk/formula consumption is down to 16 ounces/day and the rest of the nutrition comes from a well -balanced diet. Some parents switch the baby to cow's milk or soy at this point. Some opt for a formula especially for toddlers. And some continue to breastfeed well past the first birthday.

Answer 3

12 months is an arbitrary stopping point for breastmilk. There is no biological reason to stop nursing at 12 months, it's purely a cultural thing. In fact, in most places in the world, children nurse until they wean themselves, which happens somewhere between 2.5 to 7 years.

I don't stop nursing at 12 months. I got to 12 months and thought, "How is it possible that your milk is perfect for 365 days and then on day 366 it becomes terrible and rotten?" That just didn't make logical sense. So my son weaned himself at 30 months.

Once children self wean, they do not need any milk. You don't see cows, or horses, or any other species continue to drink milk once they have weaned. Cow milk is a convenient way to get fats, proteins, and other nutrition, but it's hardly necessary past a certain point in the baby's life. Cow milk is a preference.

Yes, the child just eats what you eat. As soon as baby is reaching for food and able to feed themselves (which happens around 7-9 months) they are ready to eat the food that adults eat. Children know when they are hungry and when they are full. You offer them a selection of healthy foods and the child will eat.

Answer 4

well at 12mths you don't stop giving them milk, you just start to switch them off breast/formula milk and onto cows milk so they are still having 2 bottles/cups a day. As well as 3 meals a day plus snacks inbetween. You can feed them exactly what you eat at this age just in smaller portions obviously and cut up finer. You can also start giving them things like eggs that you wouldn't have before.

The older they get the more solid food they need for nutrition and less milk but they still need milk daily for calcium just like adults. Whenever and whatever you eat your baby should be eating now, if not more often.

best of luck and I hope that clears it up for you.

Answer 5

The World Health Organization recommends all mothers breastfeed their babies for a minimum of 2 years. This ensures not only vital and key nutrients during a critical period of brain development, but also live cells and antibodies to a number of viruses a child and mother come into contact with. (In addition to the countless other benefits).

I still nurse my 22 month old son and sometimes give him cows milk as well.

Answer 6

It really depends on the needs of your child. Some children do perfectly fine being weaned by age one, others need to have formula or breastmilk for much longer. Many children are able to begin soft foods by the age of one that are very healthy, remember that mothers mashed foods for the infants long before the invention of prepackaged baby foods.
The childs doctor really needs to be consulted before any major changes in diet are made, to ensure the best foods are being provided.
My oldest child was breastfed, supplemented with formula and began soft foods before the age of one, all on the advice of his doctor.He had no problems, but others I have known were unable to do this with their children due to food allergies or delicate digestion.
Again, the childs doctor would need to be consulted about any diet changes.

Answer 7

My sister in-law switched her one year old to cows milk and he is eating everything that her family is eating just in smaller and finer portions. He started eating table food at about 9 months though, but still kept drinking his formula. She said that baby foods just didn't fill him up as good.

Answer 8

well, when they are first born- 2 oz thats it, then 4, then 6... they know when they are hungry, and trust me, so will you!
I have a 1 in a half year old, he eats all the time, snacks and still gets milk. Your pedia will tell you what to feed your baby, every child is different.

Baby food, I did at 4 months, and I would mix rice in his bottle ( witht he Docs Permision) Breast milk is the best way to go untill you can anymore! I dried up because I pumped, and we gave him infamil, and he loved it.

Answer 9

At 1 year the baby is switched to cows-milk. You can still give them bottles (or sippy-cups) of cows-milk throughout the day.
Just more solids. The milk is no longer their sole source of nutrition, just like it isn't ours.
At 1 year the baby can pretty much eat what we eat, just chopped in smaller portions (ie; fruit, meat, vegetables, etc.)

Answer 10

its up to you but 1 bottle a day at this age is fine but if your child eats wat you eat they will b fine