alexl@tekred.UUCP (Alexander R. Lopez) (02/04/85)
Have you hugged your kid today! I have an 8 mo old son and I've been trying to change him from formula to 2% homogenized milk. When he gets a taste of the 2% he won't take any more from the bottle or a cup. Does anyone have any suggestions for making this transition easier? Also has anyone ever mixed formula and homogenized milk together to get him used to the taste slowly. I have him on Prosobee which is soybean formula. joan (alexs wife)
eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) (02/05/85)
We made the transition first from breast milk to formula at about 4 months. That was the hardest! At about 11 months, we made the transition from formula (SimLac or similar, anyway it was milk based) to 2% at 11 months. We mixed the two together first in a 3/1 ratio for 3 days then in a 2/1 ratio for a couple of days and then full-strength. We did not make the transition in steps because of any resistance from the baby. We were just watching for adverse reactions ( diahhrea, upset stomach, other allergic reactions); fortunately, there were none. The baby was quite happy with the real milk. I doubt if we could switch him back to formula. -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve
gdvsmit@watrose.UUCP (Riel Smit) (02/06/85)
In article <222@tekred.UUCP> alexl@tekred.UUCP (Alexander R. Lopez) writes: > >I have an 8 mo old son and I've been trying to change him from formula >to 2% homogenized milk. When he gets a taste of the 2% he won't take >any more from the bottle or a cup. > With all the talk about milk allergies, maybe you should not convert him to milk. Maybe it is not just the taste that puts him off; maybe he can sense the danger :-) Personally I am not too sure about this milk allergy thing. Does any one have any experiences to share? (When replying please change the subject to milk allergies.) Sorry Joan, I don't have any help - our kids just love cow milk (and so does dad).
ac4@pucc-h (Tom Putnam) (02/07/85)
Everything I have read suggests that you shouldn't change your child
over to cow's milk until s/he is at least 12 months old. As a local
doctor put it: "Cow's milk is very good for baby cows, but it is
very hard to digest for baby humans."
--
Tom Putnam
{decvax|harpo|ihnp4|inuxc|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!pucc-h:ac4pking@uiucuxc.UUCP (02/07/85)
I have never heard of mixing formula and milk -- particularly not soybean formula -- Two of my three children, the first and the last were on soybean formula's until they were nine months old, then their doctor said I could try giving them milk -- prior to this time however, they had milk products, cheese, ice cream, etc. just to make sure they were not milk allergic -- i tended to warm the milk a little, just to take the cold edge off of it before giving it to them, much as I did with formula -- I tried giving them milk at meal times at first, rather than formula with their food -- gradual introduction worked well, because according to many responses I've heard, milk tastes better than formula -- also, I never relied too much on milk for the children -- the two on soybean formula tended (and still to this day, one is 10 and one is 3) not to care much for milk, so I pushed milk products, putting milk on their cereal, and things like that rather than forcing them to drink it -- I did make sure they were getting the needed vitamins, etc from other food so milk was not an absolute necessity -- Try gradually daily giving him milk, maybe on his favorite hot/cold cereal or mix it with scrambled egg -- it may be he'll be one of those people who don't like to drink milk --
janr@tekecs.UUCP (Jan Rowell) (02/11/85)
I don't have suggestions about how to do it, but I do have a concern. Our pediatrician (and the American Academy of Pediatrics) sez kids under a year should be on formula or breast milk. Even at a year, when they switch to milk, it should be whole milk because they still need the fat in their diet. So you might want to hold off a couple more months.