https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:20:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2382272 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:43:08 +0000 winniebee 2382272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: exactly!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2382270 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:42:30 +0000 SweetiePie 2382270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I missed this when you first posted but I would have said to just keep offering and he just needs to get used to it. :-) Glad he's grown to like it, one less stress in a moms life, we have enough of those ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2382268 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:37:15 +0000 FaithFertility 2382268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great to hear!!! Once G is over being sick we are going to really push WCM!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2382266 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:35:48 +0000 winniebee 2382266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update - I just kept offering and for whatever reason, a week after I wrote this post, R started drinking some milk with every meal. Now he seems to love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2353121 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:16:46 +0000 winniebee 2353121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cam: my son is a blueberry freak so I'm sure he would drink a smoothie! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351828 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 08:15:03 +0000 cam 2351828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finished weaning at 11.5 months and he hardly drank any milk. I agree with others that as long as he is getting lots of other dairy it shouldn't be a problem. One thing I did do that worked was blend wcm with blueberries and he drank that when he wouldn't drink it plain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351789 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 06:25:34 +0000 yellowbird 2351789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I mixed wcm for my daughter starting around 11 months. I started with 75%bm for a few days then went to 50% for a few days 25% for a few days and then all wcm. It took about 2 weeks but worked like a charm! We did it in bottles til she liked the taste them switched to straws </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351765 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 01:42:54 +0000 sandy 2351765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: if you cut out some sessions he might just make up for the missing calories by nursing longer at the remaining sessions and also taking in more solids. C also didn't take to WCM right away but loved water out of her straw cup. So I started mixing a tiny amount of WCM with water and offering that at meals. We started at 12 months and she had been EBF up to that point. Every week I'd add a little more milk. After a month or so she was at half WCM and half water. And then I just gave a straw cup of milk at meals and she's loved milk ever since. I just stopped offering nursing sessions one at time and by 14.5 months she was done. She never asked and was totally fine eating her meals and snacks of solids and having her straw cup of milk at meal times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351746 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:16:10 +0000 hotpink 2351746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When My son weaned he refused all milk for quite awhile. Just drank water. Out Doctor wasn't concerned because he was eating other dairy. Probably not something to be too worried about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351650 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:50:42 +0000 KayKay 2351650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: i agree with others that you don't necessarily have to replace the BM with WCM. when i was away from E for a weekend last month and she was bottle/cup striking, i worried she'd be up a lot MOTN for grandma to replace the calories. she only took about 10oz of BM during the day (from a cup usually) but still slept through. Grandma said she just made sure to let her eat as much as she wanted/more than usual maybe at meals/snacks.</p> <p>i tend to worry more about overall calorie difference if suddenly getting less milk than about calcium or any specific nutrient. we eat a lot of dairy and she eats a pretty good variety of other foods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351649 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:49:43 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2351649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with others. My LO doesn't drink milk at all, dairy or otherwise. When my youngest wean I don't even plan on trying with her. It's totally possible to have a healthy diet/growth without it! My ped has no issue with it at all.</p> <p>ETA: we were down to 2 sessions at 12 months. Looking back sometimes I feel bad but she are tons of food ans she's totally fine now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351630 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:23:14 +0000 catomd00 2351630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry about wcm as long as he eats other dairy products. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351555 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:32:22 +0000 Pirouette 2351555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: yes, follow his lead. Lo wouldn't take wcm when we introduced it at 10 months (she also wouldn't take formula) and our doc just told us to get her as much dairy as possible. Lots of cheese and yogurt, and we made lots of milk smoothies as well. But we just didn't let us worry about it. She was tiny, so it was stressful, but we couldn't force her to take it before she was ready. And I couldn't quit my job to nurse her all day (she stopped taking the pumped milk as well). She started drinking a lot of milk a few months later, and drinks a few ounces a day at almost 2 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351521 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:07:31 +0000 winniebee 2351521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Intersting, thanks! He eats yogurt or cheese every day so I know he's getting calcium....I guess just follow his lead on whether he wants milk. I just didn't know if it was cruel to try and take away 2 nursing sessions if he's not drinking WCM. Kinda not worth starting formula at this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351515 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:04:52 +0000 MrsSRS 2351515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We totally skipped milk. I offered water and a snack. We did a calcium supplement once we stopped nursing and I made sure he got enough fat from other foods. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351511 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:02:53 +0000 GreenThumb 2351511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We transitioned first to goat's milk while slowly weaning (starting at 11 months) and then eventually to WCM. I know goat's milk can be tolerated a little bit easier if there is any kind of sensitivity and then only thing it lacks is Vitamin D, so we didn't use it for more than a couple of months before making the switch to WCM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351500 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:52:37 +0000 ShootingStar 2351500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a big deal if he doesn't drink any milk. But then my DS eats yogurt and cheese pretty much every day, so I know he's getting calcium. We started by replacing one bottle at a time with a sippy of milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351450 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:19:08 +0000 winniebee 2351450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaCate: maybe he's not ready! I just am sort of experimenting to get a sense of how to wean him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351448 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:18:35 +0000 MamaCate 2351448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: when we transitioned off BM at 13 months, we started with 75% BM, then stepped down to 50/50 then 25% BM. Always cold in a sippy but that was how she was taking her pumped milk at school. No problems with the transition.</p> <p>Do you think he might be spitting it out because he isn't ready for WCM yet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351447 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:18:23 +0000 winniebee 2351447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: I just feel like 2 nursing sessions wouldn't be enough at this age, right? Our pediatrician said there's no minimum amount but I know that my first son had like 20 oz of WCM a day! I'm sure that R isn't drinking 20 oz of BM a day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351443 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:14:56 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2351443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: I mixed BM with WCM starting just before he turned one because my supply was dipping and he always had a bottle of BM before bed. Eventually we just switched totally to WCM in the bottle like the day before he turned 1. I nursed for another month. </p> <p>He took it best warmed up in a bottle. Now though he is fine drinking it cold with a straw cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351439 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:13:13 +0000 rachiecakes 2351439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: we mixed starting with mostly BM, then half &amp; half, then mostly WCM. He wouldn't take it otherwise to start. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351423 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:47:13 +0000 MrsKoala 2351423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We mixed it with breast milk and every week reduced the amount of BM until it was all while milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351403 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:28:26 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2351403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 refused WCM until she had her first bite of birthday cake and then she downed six ounces. Cake and milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351390 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:05:04 +0000 ksnow 2351390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried warming, mixing with BM, bottle/cup and LO would have nothing to do with it until a few days after she completely weaned fm BM. Now she can't get enough... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351387 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:03:52 +0000 hilsy85 2351387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any reason you feel like you have to push the WCM? I dropped to morning and night nursing at maybe 14 months, and LO didn't drink any WCM til I weaned completely at 18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351344 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:22:36 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2351344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO never really took to WCM and the ped said it was fine as long as she got plenty of other dairy. She loves cheese and yogurt, so it's never been a problem. </p> <p>Things we tried though - warm up the milk and add a little cinnamon. She will drink 2-3 oz of that, but not cold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351342 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:22:12 +0000 winniebee 2351342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: he's not necessarily seeking to nurse late afternoon, but i'm getting discouraged that we will be day nursing for a long time. I would prefer not to go to a bottle at this point just b/c that's another habit to have to break.</p> <p>Anyone mix WCM with BM?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351336 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:18:06 +0000 twodoghouse 2351336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids both spit out wcm for a while. Strangely they were fine with it in a bottle, but when I tried to switch to a cup they wouldn't tolerate it. The only thing that worked was telling them that it wasn't time to nurse, but they could have milk in a cup. I had always nursed on demand so that was hard, but they finally decided milk in a cup wasn't the most terrible thing ever. My kids were older than your LO though - we transitioned to cups between 14 and 16 months (it took so long because I kept getting discouraged because there was spit out milk on every surface of my home). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/trying-to-reduce-nursing-baby-doesnt-like-wcm#post-2351333 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:13:00 +0000 winniebee 2351333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>R is 11 months and nursing 4 times a day (wake up, a.m. nap, p.m. nap, bed). He eats tons of solids and drinks water. I'm trying to introduce WCM so that we can get down to just morning and bed nursing by 12 months. Also, we recently cut the late afternoon feeding and don't want him to be hungry/wanting milk and me not offering it. But he just spits out the WCM. Any suggestions? Warm it? I'm offering it in a straw cup which is how he drinks water. </p> <p>Thanks! </p>