cow's milk - wwyd?

[littleomar]

ds is 10 months. still breastfed about 6x a day inc at least one night feed.

i'm going back to work in 6 weeks, and while i'm happy to keep feeding him morning and night, i need alternatives for the other feeds and would really like to drop the night feed cos i need more sleep to function at work.

he has never taken a bottle, either with formula or expressed milk. tried different formulas, bottle, trmperature.

he will happily drink water from a sippy cup. i put formula/ebm in that instead, but the moment he tastes it spits it all out again.

so. i know no cow until a year, but i'm running out of options. no food allergies in our family, he was full term and is pretty big (80th centile length, 6t0h weight)

would it be so terrible to try him on cow for a feed a day? has anyone? what is the risk of giving it?

You can give cow's milk from 6 months on cereal / in cooking, just not as the main drink, because it's not as nutritionally good as bm or formula.

If you just give him one drink a day of cow's milk from a cup then it's hardly his MAIN drink, especially if he is bfing another 5 times.

I would try the cow and see how you get on. Sounds like he will be close to 12 months before he drinks significant amounts of it anyway but you never know.

Good luck

If its just one feed a day at 10 months cows milk is fine but why do you think he'll drink it?

because he seems amenable to the idea of formula in a cup but doesn't seem to like the taste. and likes yoghurt, rice pudding, shredded wheat dipped in milk.

anyway, he had a few mouthfuls, but saved himself for a massive tea and a long feed before bed.

then he wanted boob at 4, 5 and 6am. but that is a different story.