Tips to get a baby to drink cows milk

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I can't remember how I done it with my 1st. DS is 1 tomorrow. Formula fed and loved his bottles. Still has 3 per day, 1st thing, mid afternoon and before bed at half 6.
We ran out of formula last night and tried him with whole milk this morning. He drank about an ounce until he realised, then not a drop more. Thought maybe wean him slowly, bought some ready made formula (same brand) and mixed it with the whole milk, again just an ounce, try with anymore and he just spits it out.
I gave him 3oz formula and topped it up to 8oz with the whole milk, maybe I've got my ratios wrong.
Any tips anyone?

We started with mostly formula with just a little bit of cows milk in and slowly dropped the proportion of formula over a few weeks.

My youngest never really got on board with cows milk as a drink though so he just stopped having milk to drink.

My ds didn’t like it so I just went to the next stage formula, then tried again in a few months and he had it.

My daughter didn't go for it at first. We warmed it up in warm water. Gave her cold milk with cereal and one day she started spooning the cold milk so I knew she liked it and I tried her with a bottle of it and she's had it cold since.

With my first I went through the rigamarole of mixing cows milk with formula in increasing ratios (initially 6oz formula and 1oz cows milk if you’re interested) only for her to lose interest anyway when we ditched the bottles in favour of a cup which you’re also supposed to do when they’re one. So I don’t think it’s worth the hassle. Especially when they can get what they need from dairy in food eg yoghurt, cheese, milk on cereal.

He does love the milk on his cereal in the morning so I thought we would have no issue, he demolishes it so does enjoy the taste! Might give it a go in the cup and see how he goes with that. I will miss those bedtime feeding snuggles though 🥰

Both my kids were on 8oz bottles when we swapped from formula to cows milk. Did 7oz formula and 1oz milk for a few days, then 5 and 2, 4 and 3, 3 and 4, 5 and 2 and then all 8oz cows. Neither of them minded at all and my daughter went from heated to cold milk in the same transition period as the milk would make the formula gradually cooler my son was my PFB so I heated his milk for him, more fool me 🙄

Dts never drank cows milk, they were ff.
We just stopped the milk. They ate their boy weight in cheese and yoghurt. Apparently I never drank it either and still don't.

I changed it by 10ml per feed per week. So if you do, 200ml bottles, 10ml milk 190 ml formula. Next week, 20 ml milk and 180ml formula. Be mindful of the temperature as well.

Both mine never drank cows milk after turning 1 but had it on their cereal. Also ate cheese and yoghurts etc so never had any concern over their dairy intake. Both perfectly healthy.