https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 24 Oct 2026 21:51:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk/page/2#post-1174181 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:06:55 +0000 regberadaisy 1174181@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaJ: i think it's because they are afraid they will eat less at meals. Personally, it has not been an issue for us. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk/page/2#post-1169609 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:56:02 +0000 sorrycharlie 1169609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: yeah, we had to make a routine of it! I would bring her in, change her, we would go close her shade, I'd turn on her seahorse and hand her her binky (in my arms), give her a hug and a kiss and lay her down, then hand her her blanket. lol. it sounds more of a process than it is ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk/page/2#post-1169605 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:53:44 +0000 hilsy85 1169605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: oh that's good...I tried putting him down without nursing him this afternoon and it was a disaster! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1169404 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:14:57 +0000 sorrycharlie 1169404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Yup! It took a little bit but it was easier than I thought it would be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1169383 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:07:16 +0000 hilsy85 1169383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: ok so is she going down for her naps without nursing then?</p> <p>@MamaJ: nope she didn't...I didn't really ask! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1169332 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:38:55 +0000 sorrycharlie 1169332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we do a sippy cup. I give it to her in her highchair with meals. We are nursing in the morning and at night. Sorry if confusing, using Siri!</p> <p>@locavore_mama: I do work, but she comes with me, I am a nanny. She will not take breast milk from a cup… Only the tap. Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1169274 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 15:22:16 +0000 MamaJ 1169274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: did your pediatrician say why not to give the milk at meals? Just out of curiosity. I assumed I would just give it during meals. </p> <p> DS isn't quite there yet but will be soon. We nurse until drowsy unless I'm not home so I'm afraid of weaning but want to around a year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1169068 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:17:48 +0000 regberadaisy 1169068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: you wohm right? So how did she use to get bm or formula? Just use the same vessel and start mixing it a little bit of cows milk at a time. Or did you try that already? That and MSPI is why I mixed vs cold turkey.</p> <p>Some tips: LO vastly preferred milk in a open cup. When i started doing that is when she drank it a lot more.<br /> She loves ice cold milk. Literally I put 2 ice cubes in it and that way it can stay out longer too while she sips from it while playing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1169058 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:15:43 +0000 regberadaisy 1169058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: nope, I don't give any less. In the last month or so her milk intake has increased immensely but hasn't nursed or eaten any less. Self weaning is not looking probable.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1169010 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:08:24 +0000 birdofafeather 1169010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: i like that slow transition. do you give less milk because you're still nursing morning and night? i hope to move to that after a year until she wants to stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168966 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:53:06 +0000 hilsy85 1168966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: ah ok...the pedi said since we rarely use bottles now there's no point in using them for WCM, so I think we're going to go right the straw cup for milk. I am seriously so jealous ( but so happy for you! :) ). </p> <p>@MsLipGloss: thanks!! I figure at some point he'll either have to drink it, or eat a pound of cheese/yogurt a day (which I'm sure he would love, lol). I will keep trying--haven't REALLY tried too hard yet so shouldn't be discouraged. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168963 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:51:10 +0000 MsLipGloss 1168963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: @hilsy85: I just wanted to say I am sorry you are struggling. Solids are a big struggle for us, and my Ped told me that sometimes it takes offering a new food (or drink) 15 times before your LO will accept it. I don't know about you, but I didn't offer my LO anything new more than a few times before moving on to something else. I do it now though, and am starting to have more successes. (((hugs))) mamas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168960 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:50:12 +0000 NovBaby1112 1168960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: i hope it happens for you guys too! it did make me wonder if she was really filling up at bedtime on nursing alone, as compared to the bottle, since seriously very soon after transitioning to whole milk/bottle, she started STTN completely and sleeping in until 7:30. oh and as far as the nap things goes, I also used to nurse LO to sleepy and when she went on her nursing strike/early weaning, I was worried how she would go down for naps. I give her a bottle of milk in the glider, and she gets very sleepy still and ready for her nap. I dont think the sippy/straw cup would have the same effect for us. we use the sippy cup with milk during lunch and at random times though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168959 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:48:47 +0000 hilsy85 1168959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: ok great! ( not great, but glad to hear from someone in a similar situation, lol). so how are you offering it to her? sippy? straw cup? when do you offer it to her? when are you still nursing/ sorry for the barrage of questions, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168949 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:44:47 +0000 sorrycharlie 1168949@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we are super struggling with this. LO never took a bottle, so I had no idea what to do. She obviously isn't going to sit and chug 6-8 oz of milk from a sippy at once..she doesn't even do that with water!</p> <p>and..she hates whole milk. will. not. drink it.</p> <p>but, she'll drink a little skim (like, an oz over the course a day...). so I don't really know what to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168947 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:44:19 +0000 MsLipGloss 1168947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I only mixed it because LO rejected WCM at first, and because I work full time, I couldn't be home to keep offering it to her (LO was at home with my MIL until she recently transitioned to daycare, and, to make a long story short, I just couldn't depend on my MIL to work with her to get her to take the WCM, let alone WCM in a sippy, which would have been my preference). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168941 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:42:00 +0000 hilsy85 1168941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: no that makes sense! I do want to do whole servings of cow's milk, bc I don't have any freezer stash and really don't want to pump! But it seems like everyone has mixed it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168938 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:40:15 +0000 looch 1168938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some people purposely introduce cows milk it in a sippy or straw cup so that there is a separate association. </p> <p>I wouldn't mix it with BM unless you were pumping or had a freezer stash you wanted to work through, so I am guessing you need to do whole "servings" of cows milk (sorry if i am making no sense). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168933 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:39:17 +0000 hilsy85 1168933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: ah ok...our pedi suggested replacing milk when we usually nurse, which is before naps. No idea how I can do that, since he nurses to sleep pretty much, and I feel like a straw cup won't relax him the same way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168921 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:35:17 +0000 regberadaisy 1168921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: no, LO has been on one nap for ages and when she was on 2 bottles it was around 9 and 2? I think they give her milk at snack times at school. </p> <p>When I'm home I give her milk at meal times. And occasionally throughout the day. It doesn't / hasn't affected her meal intake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168906 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:30:16 +0000 hilsy85 1168906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: nope we only use a bottle if I'm not available--so if we go out to dinner or if I have a drs appt and someone else has to feed him--happens maybe twice a month?</p> <p>@NovBaby1112: OMG I would BE SO HAPPY if that happens to us!!!!@Tidybee: oh no!! He has had a few sips and seems to be ok but I've never tried larger amounts...</p> <p>@hellobeeboston: omg he already poops like 4 times a day, lol, not sure we can handle more! :) </p> <p>@locavore_mama: did you give th ebottle before naps? how did that work when you moved to a straw cup? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168632 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:15:43 +0000 NovBaby1112 1168632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: yes the wcm is cold when we mix it with her pumped milk, but the pumped milk has usually been in the fridge for a day so it's cold too. But now we don't even mix anymore and she does fine with 100% whole milk. She has never prefered to have her pumped milk warm tho, she has drank it cold and warm without a preference, , but we still warm it a little so it's not super cold. . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168584 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 12:02:41 +0000 Mamaof2 1168584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We transitioned to CM at 12 months. At first I would mix half BM with half CM - then I would slowly increase the CM until it was all CM. We also ditched the bottle. CM was given in a sippy.<br /> The 1st cup was given upon waking - rather than nurse I would exclaim "Lets go get a drink!" and rush downstairs to get the sippy.</p> <p>As a side - my DS had a dairy allergy so we moved him to coconut milk the same way I switched my DD to Cows milk - half and half. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168544 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:53:56 +0000 regberadaisy 1168544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So we didn't completely swap one bottle to all WCM. We did a slow transition; half due to her MSPI so I wanted to take it easy. And the other half I thought it would make the transition easier. We mainly started like 1/4 WCM and 3/4 BM in a bottle. Then slowly to a full bottle.</p> <p>Daycare gave bottles at the same time as they did before. </p> <p>Transitioning to WCM had no effect on her sleep!</p> <p>We still nurse at wake up and bed time unless DH puts her down.</p> <p>ETA: After we fully transitioned to WCM we started bottle weaning. Again one bottle at a time. When she was all straw we worked on open cups. By about 16 months she was 75% open cups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168487 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:36:15 +0000 MsLipGloss 1168487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: Yep. I only ever used premade formula . . . I just added the milk to it (the formula). I think the reason the instructions say not to add water is so that you don't end up diluting the formula and deprive your LO of calories/nutrients. Whole milk is a substitution, and still adds calories and nutrients, so I didn't worry about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168202 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:08:37 +0000 hellobeeboston 1168202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have had a very easy transition to Whole milk... We did half and half to start - we were on formula -- at night we are still doing half formula and half milk just until the formula runs out! </p> <p>We have just noticed a change in poops! More of them! Also - he is def hungrier for food.</p> <p>But he loves the milk! We are still doing bottles for now as he will not drink out of the 5 different sip/straw cups we have gotten. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168190 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:05:10 +0000 mrsjyw 1168190@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: is the WCM refrigerator cold? how did she transition from nursing milk temp to the WCM? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168188 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:04:24 +0000 Tidybee 1168188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: did you mix the milk with liquid formula? DD is on Similac Sensitive liquid for one bottle a day. It says on the label not to mix with water so I wasn't sure about milk... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168184 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:03:11 +0000 Tidybee 1168184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since L and C are so similar, I don't think he will like the milk :wink:<br /> C has tried it probably 15-20 times, and each time, once she realizes what it is, she opens her mouth and lets it all spill out. I feel like we'll never get her to like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/questions-about-transition-to-whole-milk#post-1168065 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 09:30:58 +0000 looch 1168065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you use a bottle at all now, or is your child nursing? </p>