https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:13:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-690201 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:04:26 +0000 littleveesmommy 690201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped pumping at 11.5 months and burned through my freezer stash while increasing the cows milk to BM ratio. Around a week after she turned one she was fully on cows milk during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-690158 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:26:42 +0000 autumnlove 690158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 12 months. I didn't see a point in continuing formula after that so she drank milk and pumped breast milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-690153 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:21:37 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 690153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at a year, but she didn't really take to it. We gave her formula in a cup for a while and then started adding milk. She still isn't a big milk drinker at 14 months - she prefers water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-690150 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:18:16 +0000 heffalump 690150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went cold turkey from bottle to cows milk in a sippy at 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-690072 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:49:09 +0000 loveisstrange 690072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started weaning her onto cows milk at 11 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-690017 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:24:12 +0000 sandy 690017@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started giving LO cow's milk around 12 months. She was still nursing at that time, but only 2x a day (morning and bedtime). She didn't really like milk at first so I mixed it with water and slowly increased the amount of milk over several weeks...and pretty soon she was drinking 100% whole milk with no problem. She only got milk with her meals per her pediatrician's recommendation and got water offered throughout the day. She continued to nurse 2x a day until she self weaned at 14 months...the nursing sessions just got shorter and shorter b/c she was eating solids/milk throughout the day...and when the nursing session were basically 30 seconds long I just stopped offering and she didn't care (never asked, no problems going to bed, etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-689994 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:37:14 +0000 SAHM0811 689994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>aww, I know it's so amazing and fun to watch how quickly #2s learn from and copy their older siblings! </p> <p>with my first, she was primarily FF and she transitioned to cow's milk around 13 months. my second is still BFing and I'll likely continue that til 24 months. I introduced almond and coconut milk at mealtimes at 12 months, as supplements. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-switch-to-cows-milk#post-689934 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:39:59 +0000 erwoo 689934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My youngest just turned one last week - yay! I still can't believe how big he's gotten and how quickly he picks things up from his older brother. At 11 months he was crawling (knee and foot crawl) and pushing a car around the floor. I was shocked to see that! And just the other day he was holding his older brother's Lego tracker and flying it up in the air making air plane sounds. I could not stop laughing and he was smiling so big when I was laughing like he knew how awesome he is! </p> <p>So back to the topic, I'm slowly weaning him off of breast milk (wah) and have been replacing nursing sessions with formula even if he just turned one last week. I don't know why but I am not ready to move him to cows milk yet. I switched my oldest at around 15 months b/c he was dairy and soy protein allergic and that was when he outgrew both of those allergies so his ped gave me the okay to move forward with cows milk.</p> <p>When did you switch and why then? If you didn't switch at the 1 year mark when did you switch? </p>