Milk Transition - Lockport,NY

With my first, i did one week of 1/4 milk to 3/4 formula, then 1/2 and 1/2, then 3/4 milk and 1/4 formul, then by the 4th week we had full milk.
My second no problem she was on milk around 10 months, maybe closer to 11.
I would give them a sippy cup. Babies should be off bottle by 1 year. ( My first, i gave her a nighttime bottle till her 3rd birthday, big no no)
My second was off of bottles by her first birthday, or soon after.
Good luck!!

When I transitioned my daughter to whole milk, I first mixed it in with breast milk, equal parts. Slowly I started to put more cow's milk and lessen the breast milk. Eventually, the whole thing was cow's milk.

All you do is give them whole milk.
No 'transitioning' is required, unless your child does not like it.
Then you gradually, mix milk with your breastmilk or Formula, in varying quantities over time. Until the child gets used to it.
Like 1 ounce whole milk, to 5 ounces Formula, in a 6 ounce cup/bottle.

Give it in a sippy or bottle, whichever your child will take it.

My daughter was still breastfeeding, and at 1, I gave her whole milk by itself in a cup. She took it.
My son, was breastfeeding, I gave him whole milk in a bottle or cup, but he didn't like it right away. So I just mixed 1 ounce breast, with 5 or 6 ounces whole milk, and he took it that way.
Then I gradually increased, over time, the whole milk quantity, and he got used to it.

my dr recommended just switching it out ounce/ounce....until you reach the 1/2way mark. By then, the child should be able to tolerate & like the milk.....& then if no allergies/reactions are present, you can switch to all milk.

Offer it to him in a sippy cup, he'll drink it if he wants to. But honestly there's no reason at all to give him cow milk, and if he's not interested there are pleeenty of foods that will have the same if not more nutrients. Do some research <3

Mixing it with formula would be kind of silly since formula is made up with cow milk protein. they are two separate but similar animals.

In child care we start with adding 2 oz. of WHOLE Vitamin D milk to 6 oz. formula. The slow transition/addition of the milk will tell you if he has an allergy or sensitivity, it will also allow his system to adjust to a new food.

After a week or so he needs to go 50% milk and 505 formula, about a week of this too.

The the last week he needs to go to 6 oz. WHOLE milk to 2 oz. formula. After a couple of days on this if he adjusts to this well then you can go all the way to while milk without issues.

Toddlers need whole, regular milk. When they are about 2 they can go down to 2% but not any less than that until much older.

With my son I switched gradually by first adding 1 ounce to formula and so on. Every child is different so it's up to you on whether to use a sippy cup or stay with the bottle, whatever works for you. If he is ready to go to a sippy then go for it, but if not don't stress about it. One thing at a time, right? :)

When I transitioned my daughter to whole milk (from breastfeeding) I did mix it 1/2 and 1/2 for a bit (maybe a few days). I also did and still do warm it up just slightly. Not enough for it to be "warm" but enough so it's closer to breast milk in temperature. We do sippy cups throughout the day but still do a bottle at bedtime (my daughter is 15 months). Our pediatrician did not think that continuing with a bottle for awhile was a problem. My daughter LOVES milk, and so drinks 24-32 ounces of it in a day (a topic for our next dr appt :)).

My daughter was resistant at first and we bought a special sippy cup (her "princess cup") and I ended up leaving it out for periods of time and she just ended up taking it when she had interest. We went straight to a cup so that we wouldn't have to deal with yet another transition, and since she was breast fed , she had not been having a regular bottle. But if your son is used to the bottle, he may be more likely to drink it from there. I also tried to give her dairy foods (yogurt, cheese) to help boost the calcium but she eventually drank lots of milk. Good luck! I have heard they are all pretty resistant in the beginning....