milk

Rochelle7 · #1 September 30th, 2011, 05:06 PM

Who here is giving l/o cow's milk at this time?

rainbow_brite19 · #2 September 30th, 2011, 05:22 PM

None here. He is still BFing and any extra milk at this point would negatively affect his anemia, so we are holding off until he is completely weaned from breastmilk.

inyourhonor · #3 September 30th, 2011, 05:39 PM

Bishop's getting whole milk.

lala2007 · #4 September 30th, 2011, 05:39 PM

I am. She really likes it

KMH · #5 September 30th, 2011, 05:44 PM

Claire drinks whole milk from her bottle and water from her sippy...she doesn't get juice or anything else.

mrsjl · #6 September 30th, 2011, 05:47 PM

I am.

whole milk

I<3HelloKitty · #7 September 30th, 2011, 06:55 PM

Ellie gets whole milk or water from her sippy during the day (or once in a while from a bottle when spending the night with her Nana). We still bedshare and she breastfeeds during the night and occasionally during the afternoon for comfort.

Jeanie915 · #8 September 30th, 2011, 08:16 PM

Whole milk here.

krsnow · #9 September 30th, 2011, 08:31 PM

My LO drinks whole milk.

Irish_Wristwatch · #10 October 1st, 2011, 12:51 AM

Ross gets whole milk and some toddler formula, i want to make sure hes getting all the vitamins too, since he gets on kicks when he will only eat certain things

hilachu · #11 October 1st, 2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Irish_Wristwatch

Ross gets whole milk and some toddler formula, i want to make sure hes getting all the vitamins too, since he gets on kicks when he will only eat certain things

this is Liam right now

mommydiva · #12 October 1st, 2011, 08:16 AM

Rosie is on whole milk. She loves it and I think if she could drink it all day long she would.

KatieHeitman · #13 October 1st, 2011, 08:53 AM

Josh gets whole milk.

Trish36 · #14 October 1st, 2011, 10:05 AM

Miranda has been getting 2% milk for over a month now and she really likes it.

mshah · #15 October 1st, 2011, 10:05 AM

We do whole milk as an occasional treat in the afternoons. He loves it, but from a nutritional standpoint I'm giving him toddler formula in the morning and before bed. Since I'm not bf'ing I want to make sure he gets adequate nutrition, which imo cow milk does not provide.

Rochelle7 · #16 October 1st, 2011, 02:12 PM

Thanks for all the input

I still plan to BF'd until 2 y/o and I'm undecided on when I'll start giving her any cow's milk.

amhk · #17 October 1st, 2011, 03:11 PM

We are giving Kinley formula until she is 18 months or 20 pounds, whichever comes first.

mshah · #18 October 2nd, 2011, 03:50 PM

Since ur still planning to continue bf'ing till 2 (yayyyy!!!! so happy to hear that!) you may want to give it to her as an occasional drink, just so that she is used to the taste. otherwise, she may reject it later (which really wouldnt be a big deal, as long as you supplement her calcium in other ways like yogurt and dark greens).

Rochelle7 · #19 October 3rd, 2011, 08:06 AM

Thanks Miranda

I'll keep that in mind. I'll prob start giving her some soon. The deal is that my mom has always told me that once she started giving me cows milk I got ear infection after ear infection and obviously that would make me want to hold off. With DS I remember that this was the case as well and DD1 I honestly can't remember.
I feel like I'm delaying the inevitable. Maybe I'll wait until January after all the holidays are over.

noworries · #20 October 3rd, 2011, 08:10 AM

I'm still breastfeeding but I do give Isaac probably 1 sippy cup of whole milk a day also.
That's weird about the ear infection thing. I've never heard that giving cows milk would have anything to do with ear infections....neither of my kids has ever had an ear infection.