cow milk for a 9 monts old

[jabuti]

hi,

am i right to think that the only reason you dont give cow milk to a baby less than a year old is because of the lack of iron?

right now im wasting 2/3 small boxes of formula per week. in the morning i make porridge for my DD with a bit of formula, and the leftover of the formula (around 90%!) goes in the fridge. but sometimes i forget to use that box in the fridge and it ends up in the bin. she is still breastfed 2/3 times per day and have 3 9oz bottle of formula.

is it ok if i start using cow milk for her porridge?

Absolutely fine. Cow's milk is ok to use in meals, it's just replacing ffs/bfs with it as a main drink that is a problem before 1yo.

I think you can use cows milk to make up breakfast from about 6 months. Not sure what the official advice is, but that's what we did.

great! i tried even putting postit on the fridge, but my brain is not the same since our lo was born

thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu

full fat cows milk is ok in cereal, in cooking, etc from 6 months as long as the main drink is formula/breastmilk (till 1 year)