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When to stop formula

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xllhhx · 19/06/2018 19:40

Please help!

My lo has just turned 1.
He is doing very well weaning, does not have a dummy, and does not have a bottle during the day - he gets plenty of calcium and enjoys drinking cows milk from a cup.
He does enjoy an 8oz bottle of formula before bed.

Now he is 1, can I switch the formula to cows milk, and do I continue to sterilise his bottle?

He is 10m corrected age as he was born 8w early, however my HV talks in riddles and is unable to verify whether I need to continue with the formula. He was very premature due to being a twin, and as lovely as the HV is she can't commit to offering me any useful info/guidance!

Thanks in advance!

OP posts:
xllhhx · 19/06/2018 19:44

I should add that he takes a daily multi vitamin, as prescribed by SCBU upon dx, so not worried about his vitamin intake!

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arbrighton · 19/06/2018 20:20

I understood weaning to be on actual age rather than corrected as the gut has matured but perhaps a compromise of wait a month?

Will he take the cup of milk before bed and then still brush teeth? We're trying to figure out how to introduce this for (BF) DS as I know it's important to brush teeth after anything other than BM from source

zsazsajuju · 19/06/2018 20:24

Continuing with formula milk will do no harm at all. It’s essentially a very nutritious drink tailored for humans nutritional needs (unlike cows milk). No need to stop it.

No need to sterilize bottle at that age either. Run it through the dishwasher.

arbrighton · 21/06/2018 11:12

Actually you are supposed to always sterilise when using formula as the problem is that there might be bacteria in the formula itself, hence the advice

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