Hello,
My daughter is just over one year and our Dr. said it is time to start whole milk. Does anyone have any tricks to work for a smooth transition? The only thing I could think of is cooling the formula down in temperature, which I have been doing. She drinks just fine out of a sippy cup already, but will not drink water out of it only formula (Lipil Infamil with iron). Thank you! :)
She usually takes 5 oz. cups, so I did 3 formula and 2 whole milk and you all were right, she didn't even bat an eye! Thanks, I was afraid it would be harder than that.
My son did just fine transisitoning. We just didn't make a big deal out of it and didn't even tell him. just gave him the bottle/cup wth the milk in it and he didn't even bat an eye :) good luck!!!
You can still give warm milk and gradually give cooler milk, but the key is to transition it by mixing formula and milk for a couple weeks. Maybe start out with an 80/20 formula/milk mix and gradually get to 100% milk.
I would suggest not heating the formula and mixing it with the milk. 1/2 formula and 1/2 milk until you can make the transition to whole milk only.
Amanda,
I did half milk/ half formula in my son's cup, and then just gradually backed off in the amount of formula until, after a few weeks, I was adding no formula at all. It was so gradual, that my son didn't even notice.
Good luck!
