Milk 1 yr old and milk ladder

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Little one starts nursery next week so 3 wks before she is 1 yrs

Wondering if I should take her off her formula ( neocate ) waiting to see dietician but that may take months

I also want to start the milk ladder which I'm aware of not to change too many things at once

Plus I have a holiday in august

Shall I wait a month settle her into nursery then do the milk ladder or just start now?

HV is very Blaise and very lost with regards to what I should do

She does 4 bottles a day still and finding it hard to drop it when she still loves her milk

So when she starts nursery maybe adjust to the 3 bottles a day ?

Thanks all!

What's the reasoning behind wanting to stop formula? I sent mine to nursery on nutramigen formula (at 11m) and asked for him to be dairy free there. When he hit 1, I changed from nutramigen to alpro oat toddler milk, and sent that into nursery instead. So nursery should be fine making her formula until after she's 1 if that's what you want.

On the amount of bottles, mine was on a 4 bottles when he started too, a bottle at wake up, 1pm, 5pm and a small top up before bed. He naturally dropped the 1pm bottle himself just last week (at 13m) and we pushed the 5pm one back to one big bottle at 6pm instead of normal bottle plus top up, so he now doesn't have any milk at nursery. So I wouldn't force it if she's happy with 4 bottles for now, as she could change over the next couple of months on her own.

We are also mid milk ladder (had an eczema flare up this week though so we are stuck for now) and I won't be asking nursery to give him any dairy until he's completed the milk ladder with us and I'm completely confident he's fine with dairy.

My advice would be to not change too much as nursery is a big adjustment for them anyway. Once she's settled then look at starting milk ladder or seeing about coming off formula. Mine took about 3 weeks to go into nursery without tears, so it doesn't necessarily take ages to settle.

@reabies thank you, no particular reason for wanting to come off formula other than just easier I guess - she has oat milk in her cereals so I'm guessing I'll just change to that

Yes nursery can make up her bottles I guess
It's just the formula/boiling water issue and then still having to sterlise so just trying to make life as easy as possible as I adjust to going back to work

I'm in no rush to try the ladder I guess

The most important thing is her settling in nursery

Thank you

Just worked out she has 5 feeds!

One waking up, one mid morning, one afternoon and one bedtime then one around 3am ish! She she drains her night bottle always but she sleeps 6-7pm until 6-7isham so I don't mind the night feed - I know she may not need it / habit but she's settled and weight is good so haven't wanted to change anything!

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Have you spoken to who provides your prescription? Where I live, they stop providing a prescription as soon as your child turns one (with no / minimal exceptions!) so no choice but to move into oat milk

@IDontDrinkTea ohh no I haven't, that's a very good point - the milk is quite expensive so I can see why. X

I definitely wouldn't rush into the milk ladder, especially if baby reacts. You wouldn't want allergen symptoms starting nursery, wait til she's in a routine.
My 3 year old still gets unwell from her allergens (fortunately no anaphylaxis) and can't tolerate the milk ladder - there's definitely no guarantee of success on the first attempt.