https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:51:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387767 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 12:19:04 +0000 gingerbebe 2387767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried WCM in a straw cup around 11-11.5 months. DS drank it fine but it gave him the runs so we gave him toddler formula for a month and then tried milk again. He had no issues this time - I think we mixed formula with milk for a few days before we ran out but decreased formula each day bc he was tolerating the milk just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387716 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:55:05 +0000 snowjewelz 2387716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started introducing milk in sippy cup at 11 months. At first she only wanted the milk warmed up but by 12 months she was totally fine in sippy, straw, any cup and any temp! Tho she does have one favorite cup that she 100% will always drink out of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387577 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:29:17 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2387577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD1 I gave her straight WCM around her first birthday. She took to it fairly quickly.</p> <p>With DD2 my supply dried up and she refused formula. She snatched one of DD1's milk cups and polished it off quickly. So she started getting some around nine months. In Canada some docs are OK with starting WCM at that age. It still felt young to me, but it was better than nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387576 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:27:22 +0000 BandDmommy 2387576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started around 9 months. Pregnancy dried me up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387575 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:25:39 +0000 winniebee 2387575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I did it straight up. I tried mixing with breastmilk but he didn't seem to like that as much and I figured it's just one more thing to have to wean him off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387530 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:58:55 +0000 lilteacherbee 2387530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started mixing with breastmilk at 11 months and by 12 months, he was drinking all WCM (in bottles/cups- he was still nursing a bit too). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387481 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:34:17 +0000 winniebee 2387481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started at 11 months in a straw cup....he took to it a week or two before he turned one. It wasn't a necessity, but I did want to day wean and I think this helped that process. At 12 months we are down to morning and night (and overnight) nursing, which is what I wanted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387466 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:27:45 +0000 nana87 2387466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We supplemented, so when we ran out of formula around 12 months we just substituted with wcm, both in a bottle and in a cup. Took the bottles away around 17 months, which was a pita for about 3 days, and now she drinks milk in a cup and still nurses a few times a day at 20 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387458 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 09:22:32 +0000 Alivoo01 2387458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started mixing WCM with breast milk around 11 months then fully gave him WCM at 12 months.</p> <p>I second giving the milk in a sippy or straw cup if a bottle is not receptive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387385 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:30:39 +0000 ALV91711 2387385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started giving DS a bit in the afternoon around 10 months at the recommendation of our ped.</p> <p>He still nursed tonnes and didn't wean until 20 months but during the day at daycare once he was 1 he just drank WCM. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387375 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:11:01 +0000 Pumuckl 2387375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I offered J a sippy of about an ounce of milk yesterday at dinner. She drank it all. Not sure if the milk was responsible for her tummy ache an hour or so later though. So my rec would be to offer in the morning and not at night. (Hindsight is 20/20 - right?). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387341 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:25:44 +0000 HLK208 2387341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would offer it in a straw cup at a year. My first and second didn't love WCM and they mostly nursed and drank water. My third loved it but it didn't affect her nursing sessions. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387337 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:54:28 +0000 sapphire 2387337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't start bottles now! Use the straw or sippy cups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387229 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:15:26 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2387229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I'm always in the mindset of try the easy option first. So straight WCM. After a while if she doesn't take it at least you haven't wasted liquid gold and then you can try to mix </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387224 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:11:29 +0000 Foodnerd81 2387224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started offering a little bit in a cup (started wth dippy but quickly switched to straw cup) around a year, with meals. She wasn't a huge fan but would take some sips here and there. She was still nursing plenty so I didn't care about the amount, just getting her used to it. </p> <p>Gradually as she started dropping nursing sessions she started drinking more and more milk. She weaned 9 months ago but we still have days where she has almost no milk and days where she drinks probably 16 oz. she also has always eaten a lot of yogurt and cheese so it's never been a concern. </p> <p>She also stopped really taking bottles before a year but I found she would drink pumped milk from her straw cup if I was away.</p> <p>Eta: I did straight whole milk, just a couple ounces since most of it got thrown out at first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387217 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:07:43 +0000 sorrycharlie 2387217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: would you offer straight whole milk, or mix with breastmilk? I feel like such a noob! lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387216 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:06:52 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2387216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would go ahead and try to offer in a sippy cup at meals because it can't really hurt! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-start-whole-milk#post-2387215 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:06:02 +0000 sorrycharlie 2387215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my baby is 11 months old today...sob. I'm not planning on weaning any time soon (breastfeeding), but, should I start introducing milk? She is finicky with a bottle (she took one until she was 6 months old but just plays with it now), and can drink water from a straw cup. My oldest never drank milk - she refused a bottle but wouldn't drink cow's milk anyway - so I'm not really sure how to go about trying! </p>