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Milk at 10 months

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PuppyMummy · 24/03/2015 11:07

Hi

Ds is BF, at nursery full time and has 2 bottles of expressed milk during the day then bf all other times.

I am starting to struggle to express enough for him. I can only get 4oz. He is reducing his daytime milk himself on weekends.

He is coming up to 10 months.
I am only planning to feed him til he is 1 then move him onto cows milk.
Could he have cows milk already for his nursery bottles/cups or would that count as his main drink? He eats well and I don't particularly want to start giving formula.

Or should I just keep expressing and keep him on the 4oz?

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PuppyMummy · 24/03/2015 20:30

Hopeful bump for advice...

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milkyway1304 · 24/03/2015 20:38

My DD is just 11months and has been at nursery full time for the past month. She has never drank EBM and manages fine on solids/water during the day. She bf morning and pre bed, usually one overnight. During the weekend she feeds on demand.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 24/03/2015 22:25

How many times a day is he feeding roughly?

Anaffaquine · 24/03/2015 22:31

Don't go onto cows milk yet, use formula if your supply is dwindling too much.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 24/03/2015 22:33

I don't think that the op gave any indication that her supply was dwindling, did she, or is that just me missing something?

Personally I think it's fine to offer a little cows milk in the day at this age if your child is in daycare and is bf at all other times. I did this from 10 and 9 months in the advice of a BFC.

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PuppyMummy · 25/03/2015 08:26

on a nursery day he feeds 3 times in the day, first thing, when we get home and bedtime and 2/3 times during the night and the 2 bottle of expressed.

on a weekend, the same but no bottles would hav 2/3 bfs during the day.

My supply when bf is fine. DS is starting to reduce milk himself, he sometimes just has a little 5 min sip! my issue is that im struggling to get a decent amount off when expressing at work.

Im seeing the hv for his 8-12m review over easter so I will ask her advice too.

I dont really want to give formula at this point.

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HSMMaCM · 25/03/2015 08:32

Why are you wanting to avoid formula? I probably wouldn't give cows milk until 12 months.

LittleRedDinosaur · 25/03/2015 08:34

I think formula is better than cows milk nutritionally at this age but I gave DD cow's milk at 10 months as she wouldn't take formula and I struggled to express. She was fine! Any reason why you wouldn't give formula?

LittleRedDinosaur · 25/03/2015 08:35

Just to add that I gave cows milk in addition to breast milk

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PuppyMummy · 25/03/2015 11:37

only because he has only had bm and am so close to him having cows milk full time I don't want to add formula into the mix too.

Thanks for the advice so far.

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Littlef00t · 26/03/2015 16:23

My dd started with the cm at 10mo. She was on 1 daytime feed and had formula for about a month, then just moved onto cows milk.

I spoke to the HV about it and ironically she encouraged water rather than cows milk, but also said as I had already introduced milk in cheese etc, it wouldn't be dangerous.

I took the decision that 3 feeds a week just a month or so before the guidance changed would be fine.

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PuppyMummy · 27/03/2015 11:49

have sent him today with one bottle of ebm and one of cows milk. he was off ill yesterday and with me so I couldn't express!

Have decided ill keep expressing and he can hav one bottle of expressed and one of cows. then I don't hav to stress over how much I'm expressing.

Thanks for the advice.

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