How long did you take to wean off formula? I'm BFing plus supplementing with formula. My supply is tanking so currently she gets 1 bottle of bm + 3 bottles of formula + nursing.
Is taking one week to wean of formula to just cow's milk + BF too aggressive?
How long did you take to wean off formula?
pomelo / 5178 posts
It took us about a month to fully wean from formula to cow's milk only, but I think it really depends on your LO. Some kids love cow's milk, and some despise it, so it might take longer or shorter depending on her tastes.
pomegranate / 3275 posts
DS didn't seem to mind going to milk and water, instead of formula. What he did mind was no more bottle. He's down to one bottle of formula a day, the rest is cow's milk and water in sippy cups. When I did try to get rid of that last bottle he FREAKED out, and it's first thing in the morning, so I succumbed and bought more formula.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
We just introduced milk on her 1st bday and never offered formula again.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
We went cold turkey when LO turned one. The first day wasn't awesome, but by the second day she was a milk drinking pro.
grapefruit / 4823 posts
we have been giving him formula/milk combo bottles for a month...but that's because we are trying to get rid of the formula. if he hadn't gotten sick a couple weeks ago, and refused milk, he would have been weaned in a week or so. once this can of formula is gone, it's gone!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
I was going to base it off formula but I forgot to buy milk last week and now we have no formula so we have to buy more tonight!
She's been MSPI so I want to start drinking the milk first so she gets it indirectly. Then if she's OK give it to her directly next week.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
We did it cold turkey as soon as DD turned one. I didn't want to continue spending the money on formula if I didn't have to. She liked the flavor of milk, so it was easy. I did keep doing a bottle of formula right before bedtime for a few weeks past one, and then I transitioned her first to a bottle of water instead (which she wasn't very interested in), and then to a sippy cup with water. Now going on 13 months she's completely off of formula and bottles. Hooray!
I found that very quickly DD started eating a lot more food and drinking plenty of cow's milk during the day to compensate.
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