https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:18:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479739 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:34:36 +0000 emg86 1479739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My pedi isn't big on wcm or any milk at all really. She told me a well balanced diet and multivitamin provides what they need. I do plan to offer almond milk, coconut or goat milk before wcm though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479729 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:16:44 +0000 shopaholic 1479729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@katsupgirl: K will eat those too - sometimes. </p> <p>@heartonastring: Thanks for the link! Coconut tonic? huh - will have to look into that. Never heard of it before!</p> <p>@Corduroy: That's good to hear your Ped is okay with this. I think ours is very mainstream. Are you giving Enfamil Vitamin D drops? No Iron? I am going to ask at our next week's appt.</p> <p>@hilsy85: Thanks mama! Some feedings (during the day) are really just like 2-3 min. though. And she is a slooow eater, so I never know if she's getting enough of either these days. </p> <p>@bpcmarj: Thanks for another boost of confidence! Are you just BFing morning and night?</p> <p>@sorrycharlie: @JerricaBenton: Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479657 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:26:38 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1479657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: oh I didn't know you could give toddlers this age vitamins. I may look into that for Tor. Sometimes he will drink WCM but sometimes he won't and since I only nurse at night and hope to have him feeding less and less I would love other options. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479555 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:05:38 +0000 JerricaBenton 1479555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is just over a year and I'm not planning on offering wcm to drink as long as we're still breastfeeding. She loves water and we bf 7 times a day. She's just started yogurt after growing out of her dairy sensitivity. We're trying cheese next. I feel like that's good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479519 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:40:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 1479519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: we just do water. I tried to offer her cow's milk and almond milk, she wouldn't touch either, and we tried for SIX months. in the end, the pedi wasn't concerned and said to just make sure she gets yogurt, cheese and a multivitamin (she gets half a flinstone toddler vitamin!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479518 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:39:40 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1479518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following..I want to stop pumping at work, but I'm not super jazzed on WCM. I'm trying to figure out what and how to make the transition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479486 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:21:42 +0000 bpcmarj 1479486@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>P is 22 months and still doesn't drink milk. She is still BFing at least twice a day. She gets whole milk yogurt and cheese. Our ped at 18m appointment suggested fortified orange juice with calcium and vitamin D, so she literally just started drinking that this week. I don't worry about it and don't see a nutritional need for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1479444 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 19:01:20 +0000 hilsy85 1479444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: with all that nursing I definitely wouldn't worry about pushing milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1478987 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:24:42 +0000 Corduroy 1478987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 12 months and hasn't had dairy yet because of a potential allergy. I'm still pumping at work but that will end soon since I'm starting to travel a lot. We're going to introduce dairy in a week or so but I'm not sold on pushing a lot of milk. LO's pediatrician was concerned about Vitamins A &amp; D and I've heard other concerns about calcium and iron.</p> <p>For now LO is a good eater so I think with morning/evening BFing, Vitamin D drops, occasional liver and her regular diet she should be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1478777 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:26:11 +0000 heartonastring 1478777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I see this is an old thread that's been revived,but this has been in my mind a lot lately so I might as well chime in.</p> <p>I'm planning to wean, save for maybe one feed/day, by the time DD's a year old and I go back to work. I'm not really big on the idea of WCM though, so I'm considering alternatives. </p> <p>I've pretty much narrowed it down to either organic goat's milk, or homemade almond milk or coconut tonic. It's my understand that storebought milk alternatives have little to offer nutritionally in comparison to homemade versions...I'm just not sure how much time I'll have to be making homemade milk all the time, hence my consideration of goat's milk.</p> <p>Anyhow, I bookmarked this incredibly helpful link the other day and thought I'd pass it along for anyone else who's grappling with the same decision: <a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/the-three-best-substitutes-for-a-child-allergic-to-milk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/the-three-best-substitutes-for-a-child-allergic-to-milk/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1478759 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:20:24 +0000 katsupgirl 1478759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: 17 months and still most BM. She eats yogurt and cheese though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1478525 Fri, 07 Mar 2014 13:20:55 +0000 shopaholic 1478525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Had to come back to my own post to get some confidence back in not giving WCM just yet. LO turned 1 yesterday! I think I will go buy some Almond Milk to try today. But not push it. Were still BFing probably 5-6 times a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375693 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:23:39 +0000 immabeetoo 1375693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do the same as @hilsy85 with almond milk. I think the milk industry/lobby has done a great marketing job convincing people it's necessary but IMO its not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375646 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:57:48 +0000 Mrs. Deer 1375646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're planning on skipping cows milk entirely. Still breastfeeding about 6x a day and she's 13 months. Looking at giving her hemp milk soon to get her used to the taste (even making it ourselves - super crunchy I know!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375626 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:48:48 +0000 hilsy85 1375626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: nice!!! L wouldn't do that, and now I have zero freezer stash anyway, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375622 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:47:06 +0000 Smurfette 1375622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: Good job K!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375598 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:19:05 +0000 shopaholic 1375598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Thanks! And I have even more hope for extended BM - K just drank frozen BM in her Zoli cup last night for the 1st time (while I was gone). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375247 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 08:34:07 +0000 hilsy85 1375247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I stressed about it a lot in the beginning bc I thought he NEEDED it, and I felt pressure to keep nursing a lot, but honestly, now it is SO stress free--if he drinks it, he drinks it, if he doesn't he doesn't. Good luck! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375066 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:59:13 +0000 shopaholic 1375066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Thanks - I think I'm going to try your approach! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1375012 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:24:15 +0000 pinkcupcake 1375012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just weaned my daughter at 23 months. She pretty much stopped taking a bottle around 6 months so from that point on, it was just straight from the tap :P When she was around 13 months old, I started offering her whole cow's milk from a cup, but she would take a sip and then refuse. I did try to offer milk daily, because I was worried she wasn't getting enough milk just from nursing, but I was lucky if she drank maybe an ounce or two a day. </p> <p>She started to like milk more when she was around 1.5 years old. I just kept offering everyday, even if she wouldn't drink it. Now at 23 months, she drinks about a cup of milk a day, along with Pediasure to get some extra calories in her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374997 Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:11:10 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1374997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: have you tried a Middle Eastern grocery store? We have goat's milk at the middle eastern markets here in MI because we use goat's milk in SO many of our traditional dishes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374982 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:44:38 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1374982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: agreed! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374959 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:20:18 +0000 birdofafeather 1374959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're not going to do WCM bc we don't drink it due to my lactose intolerance. whenever i stop BFing, i'll introduce some almond milk, but the ped didn't seem concerned with amounts at all.</p> <p>@Arden: if i could find a place to get goat's milk easily (haven't researched) i would do that for LO! i just got some goat's milk yogurt at TJs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374885 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:20:12 +0000 Arden 1374885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not planning on introducing WCM at all, we'll continue to breastfeed and I'll offer her almond milk as a supplement. If I do give her animal milk in the future it will probably be sheep's milk (when she's 2-3).</p> <p>I'm not entirely comfortable with soy milk so until I've seen some positive research on it, I'll probably avoid unfermented soy as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374876 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 22:14:09 +0000 MoonMoon 1374876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope to keep BF, but even if I don't we don't plan on introducing WCM, because neither my husband or I drink it. I'll find a high fat alternative like hemp milk or soymilk etc. plus other dairy like whole yogurt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374830 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:41:43 +0000 hilsy85 1374830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Baby Boy Mom: I think even if you don't BF, WCM or any other milk isn't a necessity, as long as your LO is getting fats/calcium from other foods. I guess this might differ according to pedi though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374817 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:37:34 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1374817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IMHO the only reason to give WCM is if you can't or don't want to BF. Seeing as I SAH it seemed like a no brainer to just BF until 2. LO occasionally drinks milk but I don't worry about it being a regular thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374803 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:31:46 +0000 travelgirl1 1374803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still nursing À at 14 months, I give her WCM in porridge but she's not interested in drinking it. Goat milk was my preference instead of cow, and I got her to tolerate it by watering it down and changing up the ratios every few days but even so, she wouldn't drink much. I have to wean next month so we'll see what happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374798 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:27:11 +0000 hilsy85 1374798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried introducing WCM at 1 year, and LO hated it. I was still nursing 4-5x a day at that point, and he ate plenty of dairy. Now at 15 months, he will have maybe 1-2oz over the course of a day and still nurses 2x a day. I don't stress about it! As long as he continues to love cheese/yogurt, it's fine with me if he doesn't drink milk (and I'm happy to continue nursing 2x a day til 18 months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-delayed-giving-wcm#post-1374711 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:39:17 +0000 Kemma 1374711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still nursing 6-10 times a day at fifteen months and I don't bother giving wcm as a drink but A does have it on her oatmeal and in foods. I have given it to her in a cup to try but she has no nutritional need for it so it's not a priority! </p>