bottle feeding after the age of 1

[louloualfie]

i have a little problem with my 13 month old, he has nearly completely come off of bottles and when he does have it wont have anything but SMA gold milk for babies. i am not only worried about him stopping his bottles completely but worried that he shudnt be on baby milk but on something better for him! any advice? i have tried every milk out there! x

When I started DD on cow's milk I started off by mixing 75% formula and 25% cow's milk, then I moved to 50/50 then 25/75. I did this over a few days and DD never noticed the difference.

really! can you do that? i dont mean to sound stupid... if i had a 8 ounce bottle then i would start with 6 ounces formula made the normal way and just top up with 2 ounces of cows milk? xx

There's nothing wrong with keeping him on baby milk if you want to but they can just have cow's milk now - about 12oz a day.

Yes, you can. My sister gave me that advice and it worked a treat. Why not give it a try and see how you go on.

i would either continue with formula for a while, or do as bunbaker suggests and gradually dilute the formula with cow's milk.
don't replace water with milk though. if you had an 8 ounce bottle you would make up 6 ounces of formula and then just top it up with cow's milk

unless he will drink cow's milk, in which case i'd just switch to that

i have tried just cows milk semi skimmed and full fat and toddler milk all different brands, the face i get from him is like he has sucked on a sour sweet! lol! i will try that mixing idea though and see how he goes xx

It needs to be full fat cow's milk til he's at least 2.

ok thanku!! i have been so worried first time mum and a baby who is stuck in his ways! xx

I've been buying the formula for 1yr+ for extra vitamins etc when he's being a fussy eater. I also mix it with a bit of cows milk.