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Swapping from formula

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Charjam1 · 09/04/2013 15:35

Hi. My son is a year old and Hv has said to swap from sma to cows milk. Anyone got any advice about this? Feel aprehensive?? X

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kittykat10 · 09/04/2013 15:50

id just go slowley with it , have you been introducing cows milk in his food

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Charjam1 · 09/04/2013 15:53

He has cows milk for brekkie on his weetabix.

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jenduck · 09/04/2013 15:56

When I did it with my 2, I introduced it oz by oz. So, for example, in an 8oz bottle, I would start off with 7oz formula & 1oz milk, then 6/2 the next day & so on.

ilovepowerhoop · 09/04/2013 15:57

I did it gradually e.g. gave the morning milk as cows milk and left the bedtime one as formula. After a week or so when everything was ok with the cows milk I swapped the bedtime one to cows milk as well.

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Charjam1 · 09/04/2013 15:59

And did they cope ok and still sleep fine?

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ilovepowerhoop · 09/04/2013 16:03

they didnt seem to notice the difference and slept the same as before.

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Charjam1 · 09/04/2013 16:07

Ok thank you. Did you stop sterilising too?

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jenduck · 09/04/2013 16:07

Mine were also fine the way I did it, no difference in anything.

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Charjam1 · 09/04/2013 16:09

Thanks guys. X

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babySophieRose · 10/04/2013 10:57

My DD 17 months dislikes the cows milk and I have been trying for months to switch. Then I remembered that formula is sweet and mixed a tea spoon of honey in the bottle of cows milk and voila, she drinks it. :)

GwendolineMaryLacey · 10/04/2013 10:59

I just did it straight with both dds. DD2 is 15 months now and I still keep a couple of the individual bottles of follow on in the car for 'emergencies' or overnight stays in hotels not that we ever go but otherwise I changed straight over.

daimbardiva · 10/04/2013 11:10

I just changed straight over w both mine and neither of them batted an eyelid. They'd been having cow's milk in food for a while, so I knew there were no issues.

capecath · 10/04/2013 13:49

Our DS didn't bat an eyelid either after I was quite anxious about it! We just did it straight. Didn't affect sleep at all.

MiaSparrow · 10/04/2013 17:34

Can't remember it being a problem with DD at all - I think we probably carried on with formula at night for a while. Stopped sterilising at about 6 months I think. It's such a ball-ache and as one of my mummy/nurse friends put it, we're all obsessed with sterilising to the point we forget to give the things a good old clean in the first place.

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