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Making formula in a sippy cup

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ArtieM22 · 12/03/2025 21:40

DS is nearly 14 months. Still has 4 x 8oz bottles a day plus meals and snacks.
Health Visitor has said to stop using bottles and give milk in cups. He will happily drink out of most sippy cups but I'm struggling with how to make his formula without using a bottle with measurements on the side? Do you make it in a jug and pour it in or what else is a better method?
Keen to keep him on formula for a bit longer to ensure he's getting all the nutrients he needs etc.

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Rowen32 · 12/03/2025 21:45

The advice is that formula doesn't meet nutritional requirements past 12 months if you look it up so just go with regular milk and healthy meals

MarioLink · 12/03/2025 21:48

I would just use ordinary full fat milk and give him a multivitamin a day. There is no need for formula after 12 months.

Toddlergirly · 12/03/2025 21:50

I stopped giving my dd formula milk around her 1st birthday because she started eating meals. Your son doesn’t need formula milk or bottles.

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LeafHunter · 12/03/2025 21:57

We just poured normal milk in. If there is a medical reason for formula then make it in a jug and pour it in

fartfacenotfatface · 12/03/2025 22:00

Give him full fat cows' milk and some
Abidec vitamins (other brands available). Toddler formula is a gimmick created purely so that the formula companies can market their brand (they're not allowed to advertise first milks so as not to discourage mums from breastfeeding). It's not bad for your baby, but is wholly unnecessary.

Caterina99 · 12/03/2025 22:13

We moved to cows milk first once down to one bottle a day, and then moved from the bottle to the cup, probably took a couple of weeks, but I was very glad to get rid of both formula and bottles!

Is there a medical reason why your child needs the formula? 4 8oz bottles at 18m is a lot. If they aren’t eating well then reducing the formula might help with that so I’d stop offering them during the day and just keep the morning and bedtime ones, and then move on to cows milk from there

ArtieM22 · 13/03/2025 06:37

@Caterina99thank you 😊 no medical reason at all and he does eat quite well it's why I've been reluctant to reduce his bottles, he was ill a few weeks ago and went right off his food but now he's has full meals and snacks but still finishes off his bottles.

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ArtieM22 · 13/03/2025 06:37

Thank you everyone, I'll use up this tub and then move onto cows milk I think

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GroovyChick87 · 13/03/2025 06:44

I wouldn't give up the formula if he's still on several bottles a day. They can get quite constipated when they transition to cow's milk . You could try alternating formula with cow milk or doing half and half in the bottle if you're keen to move away from formula.

ArtieM22 · 13/03/2025 06:44

GroovyChick87 · 13/03/2025 06:44

I wouldn't give up the formula if he's still on several bottles a day. They can get quite constipated when they transition to cow's milk . You could try alternating formula with cow milk or doing half and half in the bottle if you're keen to move away from formula.

Thank you! That's good to know

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