After a year what is best - formula or cow's milk?

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Am confused by the formula for over 1s versus cows milk. Please advise.

Do you currently give formula or breastfeed? There's no need to introduce formula past one, but if your baby already drinks it some people keep it going for a while until they are sure their baby is eating a balanced diet.

We've mix fed from beginning as problems ebf.

I wondered this too. I am still breastfeeding and hpe to do it for at least a year but wondered, if I stop what do I do then? Just give cow's milk?

Cow's milk is fine, as long as your child is also eating a decent diet (but don't stress about this, I just mean if s/he's also getting a fair chance at solids, and eats at least some fresh stuff). They say that at 6 months, solids is just for practice, but by one you'd want it to be forming a substantial part of their diet.

"Follow on" formula, after one, is just really marketing to people who are worried that real food and cow's milk isn't going to be enough. Nothing wrong with it, but it's obviously more expensive than cow's milk, and what's most important is that solids takes over as the main source of nutrition.

If your mixed feeding, you could just drop the formula and carry on BF, if your happy to do this. The WHO recomends BF untill at lest 2years of age.

cows is fine (though breast still what WHO advise)

formular aimed at children over 6months old has been invented so the companies can legally advertise their brand