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Becky
Especially EHEALTHy
From last night I officially put logan on
cows milk and he hates it 
he is a really fussy eater and although he is not underweight he hardly eats and relies on formula to fill him up.
Well yesterday evening after cooking another dinner for 2 hours only to have him shake his head and turn it down, I decided i'd had enough and switched him to cows milk.
He usually has 2 bottles during the night still but I gave him cows milk at 3am yesterday ad he spat it out and screamed the place down for formula. I refused to give him it cause if he was that hungry he would drink the cows milk.
He stood up in his cot and threw the bottle of milk out whilst having a tantrum. I ignored him and 5 mins later he fell asleep without anything.
He woke up this morning at 7.30 and I tried him on weetabix. He refused it. So I gave him 2 baby yoghurts and he ate them. I then tried to give him some cows milk and he just keeps refusing it.
Even though its stressful i'm going to keep going cause he's supposed to be on cows milk from one (which is monday) and he's just not eating solids cause the formula is filling him up.
Has anyone else had a problem with putting their child on cows milk? Layla took to it straightaway. I've tried it cold and warm with no success.
he is a really fussy eater and although he is not underweight he hardly eats and relies on formula to fill him up.
Well yesterday evening after cooking another dinner for 2 hours only to have him shake his head and turn it down, I decided i'd had enough and switched him to cows milk.
He usually has 2 bottles during the night still but I gave him cows milk at 3am yesterday ad he spat it out and screamed the place down for formula. I refused to give him it cause if he was that hungry he would drink the cows milk.
He stood up in his cot and threw the bottle of milk out whilst having a tantrum. I ignored him and 5 mins later he fell asleep without anything.
He woke up this morning at 7.30 and I tried him on weetabix. He refused it. So I gave him 2 baby yoghurts and he ate them. I then tried to give him some cows milk and he just keeps refusing it.
Even though its stressful i'm going to keep going cause he's supposed to be on cows milk from one (which is monday) and he's just not eating solids cause the formula is filling him up.
Has anyone else had a problem with putting their child on cows milk? Layla took to it straightaway. I've tried it cold and warm with no success.
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tinkinpink84
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Magical Logic
Extremely EHEALTHy
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lil_blaze2004
Supporter
Sorry becks, you know my problem. Trying
to get trey to .S.T.O.P eating and
drinking. 
He
had no probs switching over. I switched
him at about 10 months. He reccomended
age here is 9 months.
He
had no probs switching over. I switched
him at about 10 months. He reccomended
age here is 9 months.
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Kia
Supporter
Becks - soften the blow hunni.
Make up formula as normal then spilt it into 2 halfs and add half milk to make it up to his usual size bottle.
So if he normally has say 6oz formula put 3oz of made up formula and 3oz of cows milk.
Do that for maybe a week then change it to 1/4 formula (ie 1.5oz formula/4.5oz cows milk), then go onto plain cows milk.
Also there is no such thing as "supposed to be on cows milk at one year old" - it's that they shouldn't have it before one year old.
Make up formula as normal then spilt it into 2 halfs and add half milk to make it up to his usual size bottle.
So if he normally has say 6oz formula put 3oz of made up formula and 3oz of cows milk.
Do that for maybe a week then change it to 1/4 formula (ie 1.5oz formula/4.5oz cows milk), then go onto plain cows milk.
Also there is no such thing as "supposed to be on cows milk at one year old" - it's that they shouldn't have it before one year old.
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tigresacanela24
Especially EHEALTHy
I think the idea of half & half to
start and then gradually decreasing the
amount of formula is a good one. If ya
can't beat 'em, trick 'em! It's only
just dawned on me that mothers have to be
master strategists...
This is kind of scaring me when I think that this may be in my near future...Ah well.
Jess, in canada they recommend cows milk before 1 year?
This is kind of scaring me when I think that this may be in my near future...Ah well.
Jess, in canada they recommend cows milk before 1 year?
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lil_blaze2004
Supporter
| tigresacanela24 wrote: |
| i think the idea of half
& half to start and then gradually
decreasing the amount of formula is a good
one. If ya can't beat 'em, trick 'em!
It's only just dawned on me that mothers
have to be master strategists...
This is kind of scaring me when I think that this may be in my near future...Ah well. Jess, in canada they recommend cows milk before 1 year? |
i did the half and half thing for like a week.
And ya, they say between 9-12 months. Trey had been eating yogurt and cheese and stuff since six months with no probs so I switched. I was spending 80$ a week on formula!!
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tigresacanela24
Especially EHEALTHy
[quote="lil_blaze2004i did the half and
half thing for like a week.
And ya, they say between 9-12 months. Trey had been eating yogurt and cheese and stuff since six months with no probs so I switched. I was spending 80$ a week on formula!![/quote]
wow!
$80 a freaking
week! Insane! We spend about $100 to
$125 a month and that's taxing the heck
out of us...
And ya, they say between 9-12 months. Trey had been eating yogurt and cheese and stuff since six months with no probs so I switched. I was spending 80$ a week on formula!![/quote]
wow!
$80 a freaking
week! Insane! We spend about $100 to
$125 a month and that's taxing the heck
out of us...
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lil_blaze2004
Supporter
He would go through 2 cases a week. He
was drinking 6-8oz every hour by 2 weeks
old. After I breastfed!!!!! he was a beast!!!!
Lol
he still loooooves his food but he's not obese at all. Chunky yes, thick yes, obese no. Lol
he was a beast!!!!
Lol
he still loooooves his food but he's not obese at all. Chunky yes, thick yes, obese no. Lol
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AlliE_18
Extremely EHEALTHy
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Jules
Supporter
| allie_18 wrote: | ||
yup definately! Im surprised some people dont think of that themselves. Its natural not to like something new, and pretty cruel imo to switch a baby's milk straight away like that. Better to do it gradually like tigres said. |
i think 'cruel' is a bit harsh allie!
my son took to moo juice straight away but my friend's daughter was having none of it. My fiend did the half and half thing and now she will drink it in the morning but still no joy at night.
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Kia
Supporter
| allie_18 wrote: |
| im surprised some people dont think of that themselves. |
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| pretty cruel imo to switch a baby's milk straight away like that. |
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| purestgreen wrote: |
| moo juice |
lmao I love it.
Wait til steve get's home lol
he always grabs a drink (he hates milk) on the way in and asks me if I want one too (and what I want if I say yes) and brings it through on his way from the front door to the office.
Tonight i'll say yes and ask for a glass of moo juice
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Jules
Supporter
| kia_breizzze wrote: | ||
lmao I love it. Wait til steve get's home lol he always grabs a drink (he hates milk) on the way in and asks me if I want one too (and what I want if I say yes) and brings it through on his way from the front door to the office. Tonight i'll say yes and ask for a glass of moo juice |
lemme know what he says!
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Sail Away
Extremely EHEALTHy
lmao i'm loving you to death right now
kia.
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Kia
Supporter
| dalicialovesyou wrote: |
| lmao i'm loving you to death
right now kia.
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that's why I love you 
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Sail Away
Extremely EHEALTHy
| kia_breizzze wrote: | ||
that's why I love you |
i get mad at you sometimes but I don't .H.A.T.E. You.
If I didn't get mad at you so much I wouldn't love you, that's just how it is.
and what, allie
couldnt remember her own kids birthdate?
Like I said...Invisible lucas.
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Kia
Supporter
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Sail Away
Extremely EHEALTHy
| kia_breizzze wrote: | ||
now, I could never have worked the words to say that right, but you hit the nail on the head! |
lmao.
Dude....Brayden is driving me nuts for real...I don't know what his problem is today but he's being such a big baby.
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