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We gave DD both cow's milk and soy milk. She really prefers soy.

I am not sure yet honestly. I might go to raw milk instead but have to look into it more and speak with our ped about it. But def not until after 1. Currently she's primarily breastmilk, supplemented with formula and water throughout the day. No store bought juice but have had a couple sips of homemade.

@runsyellowlites: can I ask why?

i'm still nursing here and there at 19 months. she gets some almond milk, cheese and yogurt for calcium too. once I wean completely, we're not doing cow's milk.

We are skipping cows milk (and most milk really). She does get alternate milks occasionally (we rotate through almond, rice, flax and hemp) but I'm really hoping she can get adequate fat, calcium etc from eating a balanced diet.

I voted yes, although my toddler hasn't weaned yet. She doesn't drink any milk, doesn't seem interested. I'm not planning to push her to, and I don't really expect her to. I drink skim chocolate milk every day which I would love to share with her, but she's not into it.

It would be lovely to see her drink it in terms of protein and fat. I watch those things, and she meets her protein requirements daily, but she doesn't eat a ton of fat. I've started adding that to her foods.

I'm not a fan of cow's milk but DH loooves it. DS happens to love it like his dad, so we went from BM to cow.

@regberadaisy: We've been slowly introducing it since 13 months (so, a month and a half now), and she doesn't really miss it if we forget. We just give some to her at dinner instead of her water and she seems to like it! She still nurses as much as she wants (which is only 4x/day), so it's not really essential in my opinion.

She had some night wakings around the time we started it, and we thought it could be related to digestion stuff, so we eliminated it for two weeks and reintroduced it again after the break. I'm really sure that her night wakings were about teething pain rather than milk stuff though.

Hope that helps!

My baby hasn't weaned yet, but I'm not a huge fan of milk and was talking to a mostly-vegan friend who said her pediatrician said that coconut milk + a multivitamin is a good alternative and still high enough in fat. I'm going to ask my ped about it when the time comes because I'd love to skip the cow's milk altogether.