My daughter is 15 months and I am currently in the process of introducing her to whole milk. Before, she would wake up and have a 6-7 oz bottle of formula, before any food. Now I am putting 3oz whole milk and 3oz formula in her bottle to transition her to just whole milk. She seems to love it but my question is this. I am afraid, once she's drinking only milk, she'll get too full from the milk for anybreakfast. Should I give her the bottle WITH food or continue with giving her the bottle first and then food?? I was wondering what other 15-16 month old morning schedules were? Thank you all so much!
First of all, thank you ALL for your responses. I truly love this site and the people on it. Starting yesterday, I gave her milk in a sippy cup with her breakfast. She's still getting used to having milk and not only water in her sippy cup but she hasn't even asked for her "baba" once. I think I was more afraid of the transition than her. She is eating well and I know she'll come around to love milk. Again, thank you for your support. It's nice to know that there is somewhere to go when I have a question or concern!
My son is 16 months old. He usually wakes up at around 6:45. I let him play for a while until my 2.5 year old wakes up at around 7:30 and then feed them both their breakfast at around 7:45. If he asks for his milk before that, then I give him 3 ozs in a sippy cup. If he doesn't ask for it, then I offer him 8 ozs in a sippy cup with his breakfast.
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I offer my 13 month old 4 (4oz) servings of milk a day starting with the first serving when he wakes up at about 7:30am on my lap while we watch the news and cuddle then about 30-40 mins later I sit him down for breakfast. You can always offer string cheese cut into little bites as another form of dairy and calcium.
My girls were off bottles all together by 12 months....
I treated them like I treat me and my husband- They get breakfast and have milk with meals in cups. If they want a snack throughout the day we also offer up water or milk. At first they didn't want milk at all, but I didn't worry. They ate enough cheese and yogurt. But we kept at it and they finally love the stuff.
Formula is more filling than milk, so I wouldn't worry that just milk will hurt her desire for breakfast. Anytime we drink fluids before we eat, it fills us up.
I just feed my girls when they get up- real food.
By 15 months they should be getting all their required calories from real food anyhow. Try and break that bottle habit now... only gets harder!
I would try to alternate but then get more to where you offer her food vs the bottle because I think that no matter whether it be formula or milk, she will still get full before eating much. Good luck!
I love how some people either didn't answer your questions at all, or berated you for still using a bottle. Nice!
Anyway, my son is 18 months but we've had the same schedule now for quite awhile - up around 6:30, milk (he's actually still on formula), and then breakfast (oatmeal, a yogurt and toast) around 8:00.
Good luck!
Depends really on your schedule. If you and her are typically up early and get your day going, I would say give her the milk with some food. My daughter always has a glass of milk with her cereal. She just turned 2. If you are concerned about her getting too full on milk, don't give her very much milk at all to start with. you can always refill her cup when she is done with breakfast.
if you keep giving the milk first, it will take longer before she wants to eat breakfast. Unless she is up early and you want her to be satisfied about 2 hours or so before eating. Then give her some milk to tide her over.
Hi,
What kind of milk? Please do read about pasterization, and how it kills all the enzymes in milk, and about homgenized and the difficulties in digestion, such. Check Weston Price.com for more information.
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You should give up the bottle now that she is a year old because no matter how much she fusses it will get harder and harder the older she gets. Give her some milk in a sippy cup and sit it next to her plate, just like we have a drink alongside our meals.
Our peditrician told us to have our kids off formula by a year. our youngest is fourteen months and is not taking a bottle anymore. he takes whold milk in a sippy cup. They are supposed to have whole milk until two. At this point he gets most of his nutrients from his food. But when we did ween at twelve months we did fifty, fifty. Then when that seemed ok then 3/4ths milk 1/4 formula. Then completely milk.
Depends on how early she is getting up. If she is waking at 5 or 6 then yes you should offer her milk (in a cup-gotta ditch the bottles-she's too old) but if she doesn't wake till later you need to scale back the amount she is getting and offer it with her breakfast. Or give her a small amount of milk and breakfast about 30-60 minutes later. She only needs about 16-20 ounces of whole milk per day total.
Either opton is fine. You need to see how your child does with milk in the morning. If she is too full at first, give her an hour or so. and then feed her. My son was a hungry one and we had little issues with timing. Take more time if needed. Whatever works. Otherwise, doing both together is great too. We do either way with my 2yr old now.
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