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How to transition 1 year old to cows milk

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Frogs32 · 09/05/2025 15:30

Hi, so I find the whole transition after 1 year old a bit confusing.
My child was breastfed until 8 months, then combi fed, formula in the day, breastfed morning and evening and we have continued this alongside weaning until now.
I still breastfeed in the morning and after nursery and will keep this up for a while longer. they had been taking 2 bottles of formula a day. My confusion now is that my baby seems to be eating all meal, having formula and breast milk, and recently accepting cows milk on top at nursery, I think they are going through a growth spurt as they are accepting everything currently. My thoughts were that I would reduce the formula and they would eat more, but the last few weeks they have been getting seconds at mealtime in nursery, so I'm not sure how I would give them more if we take away formula now? Is it okay to continue with formula for a little while as it seems they are quite hungry at the minute, they have gone through some periods of being fussier with food when teething ect but I had them weighed on their first birthday 2 weeks ago and they were on the same percentile since birth so I don't want to mess their rhythm up currently.

Any advice welcome as it's confusing to me!

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AlwaysFreezing · 09/05/2025 15:31

Just swap the formula for cows milk. So much cheaper! Sounds like you're doing great.

ACR7 · 09/05/2025 15:40

My daughter will be 1 next month and I’m just going to swap her two bottles she has for cows milk and see how I get on

DaisyChain505 · 09/05/2025 15:41

Just drop the formula and change to cows milk.

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Smile02 · 09/05/2025 20:43

Please add some water initially as cows milk can cause constipation at first then slowly wean to 100% cows milk.

NeedToAskPlease · 09/05/2025 21:03

I did it gradually... so used cows milk for breakfast and built it up from there

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