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Formula to cows milk at 12 months....HOW????

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:17

My lo has just turned 1 and I'm told to stop the bottle and the formula and give her cows milk from a cup....great....she spits it out and gives me a filthy look followed by screaming until she gets her formula in a bottle!!! Any suggestions? Please help!!!

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babyOcho · 13/04/2009 22:18

what happens when you give her cows milk in her bottle?

Habbibu · 13/04/2009 22:23

Try starting (say) 80% formula, 20% cows milk, and just gradually changing the proportions until it's all cow's milk. And maybe work on the cup just once a day, at a time when it's easy to distract her, so she can be drinking from the cup during a story or a puzzle or something?

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:24

Exactly the same thing! I've tried it slightly warmed up, cold, I've tried it in different cups and bottles at different times. She's not having any of it!! Health visitor said it would be 'easy' - ha!!

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greenelephant · 13/04/2009 22:24

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:25

Oh that's a great idea Habbibu, thank you!

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fishie · 13/04/2009 22:26

ahem. formula is cows milk

change bottle for cup. warm non-powdered milk. mix it all up together. (to 70deg for formula of course)

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:27

Thank you too Greenelephant and BabyOcho. This parenting thing isn't easy at times ;)

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StarlightMcEggzie · 13/04/2009 22:28

Or, - gradually dilute the formula in the bottle with water, but give her lovely rich formula in her cup.

Once weaned from the bottle dilute the formula with cowsmilk (although I personally wouldn't worry about her continuing to have formula, - it is only the expense that is the problem, not a nutritional thing)

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:29

Oooo also a great idea thank you!!

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AitchTwoOh · 13/04/2009 22:30

i really could not be arsed taking the bottles away from dd1, for aaaaaages. she loved them. i did what hab suggested and everything was fine. but get rid of the bottle... why bother? it's only old biddies who care about that.

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:31

Haha, thanks for the reassuring chuckle - it's easy to panic about all the stuff you should or shouldn't be doing!!

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AitchTwoOh · 13/04/2009 22:36

dd drank water out of the sippy cups, and was quite quick to get the hang of straws etc, but i think she was definitely on milk out of a bottle until eighteen months or so. it was a great comfort to her, i thought it was mean to remove it.

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:45

Hmmm I'm beginning to think I've been made to panic over nothing. Thank you everyone for all your suggestions. This is the first time I've posted on mumsnet and I'm really I did!!

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kdlicious1 · 13/04/2009 22:51

Durr...really glad I did! :s

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StarlightMcEggzie · 13/04/2009 22:54

LOL Good first post, - now try the AIBU and post something contraversial. You need to be baptised properly.

May I suggest Parent and Toddler parking.......

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