Does DS have to have milk?

[BashfulBunny]

DS is nearly 13 months. He had tongue and lip ties which have only recently been revised and caused all sorts of problems with his sleep and eating solids. We have reduced his feeds to 3 in 24 hours (morning, evening and one during the night) and as I am returning to work, I'd like to cut out breastfeeding all together, or at least have it down to one feed before bed.

The problem is that he refuses formula and will only take the tiniest sips of cow's milk, but will drink water very happily. If I stop breastfeeding completely is the lack of milk a problem? Can I substitute other forms of dairy such as cheese and yoghurt instead of milk and just give him water to drink at 13 months? We would continue to offer milk, but I can't rely on him actually drinking it.

Thanks

No I think that sounds fine :) He doesn't need milk in the day at 13 months.

I think it's fine but it does take a while for them to get used to it, DD is a complete milk monster now, but it wasn't an immediate thing by any means (she was ebf until 1 year old).

DS never drank milk as drink. He had it in cereal, and then yoghurt and cheese and that was fine in terms of calcium.

There are plenty of cultures that don't drink milk, he will be fine.

If you stop bfing altogether the minimu recommended amount of cows milk is 300ml a day. This can be in cereal, pancakes, rice pudding, fish pie etc. just make sure he gets enough fat, protein and calcium. Things like tinned salmon made into sandwiches or fish cakes are good and sardines on toast is high in both fat and calcium.

if you continue to Bf you don't have to worry about it.