One Year Old Not Handling Milk Well

My youngest did the same thing plus he was on soy formula for at least 9 months of his 1st year due to acid reflux. I ended up doing 1/2 formula and 1/2 milk, then add more milk and less formula the next day and until he was drinking all milk and no formula within the week plus I warmed it up as well which helped. I ended up having to switch him back to soy and even lactose free milk a few times because he would start throwing up again, also danactive helped as well.

Good Luck and I hope this helps.

M.

Our son had a reaction when he started milk as well. Our pediatrican recommended soy milk. Our son loved it, of course it was vanilla flavor. He was on it for about six months and now he can drink regular milk with the best of them! :)

My daughter did the same thing at 1 years old. Our Ped. told us to keep her on formula until 18months and try again. He said that even though she was fine with the formula, some babies have trouble switching over to milk. At 18 months, we gradually switched her to milk. She adjusted well.

Hi H.,

Monitor your son and if he continues to vomit, call your pediatrician, he may have ended up with a stomach bug or something and if he did, you'll want to discontiue any dairy products for a day or two. My daughter was 13 months old when she suddenly started throwing up (I had been very sick the night before as well) and we ended up getting some kind of stomach virus from a girlfriends daughter. We had spent the previous day with her and all of us who were at her house ended up getting very ill. Luckily my daughter got the least of it and her bug only lasted about 24 and she only threw up a couple of times early that morning and her milk was curdled as well.

1] The gripe water works.

2] Try the good start formula (assuming that you are not nursing.)

3] If good start fails you, you may have to try soy based formulas and lastly, move to the Nutramigen type ones.

Good luck and believe or not, you will get over it.

When I first started introducing milk to mine I did 1/2 formula 1/2 milk and then would wait a few days. I kept doing this mixture for a few weeks then I slowly reversed it where we did more milk than formula until it was all milk no formula. I would wait a few days in between to see how she reacted and the first couple of times without fail she'd have bad poopy diapers within 24 hours. Slowly though the bad diapers weren't occuring and thats when I would start doing the more milk less formula. The process took a bit longer than I thought it would but I don't remember it taking more than a little over a month.

Research why you think your son actually needs milk. We are the only mammals who put our children on another's milk after they are weaned. If he is doing solids, he can gets his nutrients in other areas than milk. Cow's milk is difficult on our systems, especially children's. The proteins are large, so if you choose to use milk goat's milk is a better choice (smaller animal). Soy is NOT good, especially for little boys because it contains estrogen. And, it attacks the thymus gland where their immune system is developing. So if you have to have milk, and you don't use goat's use rice or almond (both are vanilla flavored too). Check on www.mercola.com for more info. I have a lot more research on this if you need it, email me offlist (____@____.com).

I'm just assuming you're using whole milk. The thickness may be too much for him to handle and so you have a few options really. You can switch to 2% and see if that makes any difference. A friend of mine did this with her daughter and has no problems since. You can also slow down the transition, 75% formula, 25% milk and gradually increase the milk consumption until he's at 100% milk and no formula.

I'm no expert obviously, so hopefully others can shed more light on this, good luck!