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Weaning from Formula to Regular Milk and Going from Bottle to Cup
She's 7 now and was quite upset that I got rid of her last sippy cup Some ... Both of my girls started to selfwean from the breast at 10 months and I wasnt ...
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- T., I would give him formula until he is a year old. If you give him cow's milk too early, you could have issues with allergies down the road. Contact Wic if you ar...
- I know everyone has already said this already, but please wait until he is a year until you introduce milk. This is what I have been told by my ped as well as everyone...
- I would check with your babies doctor before going off of formula before 11-12 months. I also recommend slowly weaning him off. I started with 1/4 milk, 3/4 formula an...
NO Weaning! - Help!
While weaning try pumping some breast mild and putting it in the sippy cup. After the first feeding of only breast milk start mixing breast milk with ...
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- Have you tried Soy Milk? The vanilla Silk is what my son drank for the first couple of years. We made kind of a big deal out of going to the store and letting him pi...
- Any way you'd be willing to nurse her, at least to one year? Especially if she's milk intolerant? Is something changing for you (like a job)? If you really need t...
- Sounds like your daughter knows what she needs. The longer she drinks your milk, the less problems she will have down the line in the way of food sensitivities an...
Weaning from Breastfeeding
She can drink from a sippy cup or bottle, and has started drinking cow..." ... Next question: Advice on Weaning Almost One Year Old from Breastfeeding ...
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- I nursed until my daughter was two and we cut nursings out gradually. I explained it to her weeks in advance and we mentioned it every day. I told her I love nursing...
- I co-slept, so getting up at night wasn't an issue - and after a while I could sleep though him pulling my shirt up... but it sounds like your daughter is enjoying the...
- I nursed my daughter until she was around 3. The first 6 months was pretty regular, then mostly in the morning and at night, naptime and for boo boos. Eventually she t...
12 Month Old Won't Drink Milk
I tried giving him milk in a sippy cup and he wasn't really into it. ... if you are weaning from breastfeeding, i would mix the 2 until he/she gets used to ...
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- Just keep trying. It took about a month or so before my little guy would take the milk. I got him drinking it by mixing horizon's strawberry milk and regular milk in...
- My son did the same, and his ped said it was more important to have the milk than to get rid of the bottle. I let him have the bottle and as he got older we cut down t...
- I weaned my daughter (now 2 years old) by mixing milk with formula or breast milk and slowly increasing the milk. You could probably do the same thing by giving milk ...
Milk in a Sippy Cup?
She went straight from breast to sippy. There is no problem with giving a sippy your son. ... as you will eventually just have to wean him off of it, too. ...
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- I would definitely say yes. There is no point in continuing to give him a bottle, as you will eventually just have to wean him off of it, too. That is, if he's willing...
- Yes, by all means do the sippy cup. My kids both drank out of a sippy cup from the time they were almost eight months old. He's ready for milk in it. Good luck!!
- Yep...that's great...and more healthy than juice and even better for him than water! You can also try some of the straw cups since sucking is a natural response for t...
Extended Breastfeeders: How Do I Night Wean?
Start using a sippy cup with a straw or one of the soft sippy spouts that they have to suck on to get the liquid out. I used Carnation Good Starts to wean ...
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- Start using a sippy cup with a straw or one of the soft sippy spouts that they have to suck on to get the liquid out. I used Carnation Good Starts to wean and then beg...
- i am not the one to give advice on how to ween cuz i am still doing it to my 15 month old son as well. but when you find a way to do so please let me know. you can ema...
- Congrats on nursing this long. My dd is 14 months, and I am still nursing her as well; however, she has been sleeping through the night since 4 months (with the excpe...
Weaning from Nursing to Sleep
Oct 7, 2009 ... When I weaned my oldest, I just started offering a sippy cup of milk while ... would let her nurse and before she is asleep I would take her off the breast. ...
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- I used the method from the book (can't remember the name, will look for it when I get home). Basically I would let her nurse and before she is asleep I would take her...
- Are you weaning because you want to be done nursing or because you're concerned that he's using it as a method to fall asleep and you want him to learn to do it on his...
- I am a couple months behind you on my 2nd! I was just thinking about that process coming up. My oldest weaned himself at 10.5 months (i was 6 wks pregnant). He also...
Weaning suggestions...Please
My son was 13 months when he was weaned completely Like your son mine absolutley refused a bottle He had no problem with a sippy cup As far as stopping that ...
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- Tell him in X weeks or days he will be X old, and then he will be a big boy and it will be time to stop nursing. Keep reminding him of that and then when that date co...
- C., My son did the same thing. I finally gave him a cup, instead of me and his blanket. He had no problem with this at all. By this time he seemed ready to stop also....
- I am weaning my 13 month old son as well. I weaned my daughter (3 1/2) the same. Cut out one feeding a day. He'll be mad, but offer him milk. after a week, cut down an...
"Advice on Weaning 12 Month Old from Bottle to Cup"
With my daughters I weaned her off, giving her bottles only in the morning or at ... My son is 14 months and also wanted nothing to do with a sippy cup. ...
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- I used the Avent trainer spout. You can even get the kit with the nipple, and the trainer spout to get her used to the bottle itself, then do a switcher-oo. It worked ...
- My son is 14 months and also wanted nothing to do with a sippy cup. What I did was just leave the cup out when he is playing. Then every time he came near me I would o...
- Hello, It could be that the liquid is coming out to fast or not fast enough. It could aslo be the muth part is to hard. The shape could be the wrong fit for her h...
Advice on Weaning Baby from Bottle/formula
I breast fed for 9 months. My son weaned himself. Instead of going to formula ... She had him weaned from bottle to a regular cup (not a sippy) in 3 days! ...
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- My daughter is on second step completley after about ten months of nursing her. It took a little while before she would take the bottle, we just tried every other day ...
- I agree with some of the other mothers who say it is easier to wean now when she is young, although it doesn't hurt to wait another month or two. As they get closer t...
- My advice would be to get her switched to milk, then worry about the bottle. What my ped. suggested was to do 3/4 formula, 1/4 milk the first day, mixed together...th...
