Transition to Whole Milk Ok?

Call your Pediatrician, but you can start giving it to him but I wouldn't do it exclusively for nutritional standpoint.
He still needs the added calories of formula or breast milk. If he is nursing at least four times a day and eating all regular meals he is probably just fine. Make sure he does drink enough to have six pee diapers at least a day too. If you are done breast feeding (which is fine by the way if you can't you can't, so please don't stress about that) there is formula for toddlers and there is pediasure (which is pricey). I would just call your Dr and tell him what he is eating and taking in and have them okay putting him on whole milk. My son transitioned to whatever we ate exclusively at 10 mos and was drinking two sippy of milk at this age, I did give him three bottles or four of formula though to make sure he was getting what he needed.

Many children have trouble transitioning to cow milk, and as far as what I've been told, it's a bad idea to introduce it before 1 year—allergies can develop. As I've posted elsewhere, a good alternative is Nestle's Nido, which is available at Walmart in the Hispanic foods section for a fraction of other toddler formulas: $3.58 per small can vs. $15 a can and up in the baby department. After weeks of experimenting with soy, cow and other milks when I was weaning my fourth child, and having horrible days and nights of "illness", we found this product and he drank it in a sippy cup for a year and a half. And still wants it, even though he calls it "baby milk". Might be worth a try.

I would go for it. My daughter was breast feed only and at 10 months I started to replace one feeding with whole milk. I thought the same thing as you. Why start on formula now? So just give it a try, if the milk bothers his stomach you know he's not ready and then you might have to try some formula until he is a year. but my daughter did fine and loved the whole milk.

my daughter went to whole milk at 10 months. She simply gave up formula and the bottle, She got a sip of her brothers milk in a sippy and it was all over didn't want anything to do with either the bottle or the formula ever again. I tried to push it but she wouldnt take it so i figured its better for her to get something than nothing and started giving her sippies of milk. She is a healthy, SMART, girl. I nursed for 7.5 mos she never did like the formula.