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My first weaned from breastmilk at @ 9 months, so I weaned formula at exactly 12 months and just changed to warmed cows milk in straw cup cold turkey style. She transitioned no problem and had her AM/PM milk till probably at least 3.

My 2nd did not care for cows milk at all and just nurses till 2.5.

I'd work on switching to mostly solids plus water during the hours you know you'll be working. And some milk, cold and in a sippy, if you like.

With my first, I started mixing with breastmilk for daycare bottles between 11 and 12 months. Then switched to sippies with just whole milk. I never warmed it, and he didn’t care. It was a pretty easy transition! After one, he’d have milk a couple times a day. AAP recommends two servings a day, totaling 16 to 24 oz.

@PurplePumps: https://www.forksoverknives.com/7-ways-milk-and-dairy-products-are-making-you-sick/#gs.wlka3t

Here is a good article that summarizes this issues succinctly.

I second the suggestion for plant based milk. I also use Ripple or Bolthouse pea milk. I would not put a child under the age of one on cows milk.

At that age I was giving DD a little formula in a sippy to go with her meals. Around 11 months I started mixing in more and more cow milk. The only thing is, we had to make sure she's not having cow milk with every meal - it can be constipating, so you need to offer water or other fluids too.

Oh, and I always warm up the milk if we're home. It just tastes better that way. Especially, for some reason, if it's warmed on the stove and not microwaved (not sure what's up with that, but there's a definite difference!)

@jhd: agree - neither of my older kids would take cow milk while nursing, even past age 1. Oldest learned to like it about 6 months after weaning (so just had water and other dairy in between and never drank that much). Middle still won’t touch cow milk at 5!
I hope the whole transition back to work goes smoothly!

@jennlin821: @agold: Which Ripple do you use. We’re not sure if DD has a mild dairy intolerance or not so I’d rather not bombard her system with cows milk but I wasn’t sure whether to pick the regular unsweetened or vanilla unsweetened variety of Ripple.

@jennlin821: From what I can tell, it looks like the "Unsweetened Original" and the "Unsweetened Vanilla" contain zero sugar, but the "Original" and the "Vanilla" do contain sugar. Knowing cows milk contains sugars, I'm not looking to avoid sugar all together, but like you said, I don't want to give her essentially a milk shake.

@BadgerMom: I always do unsweetened But Ripple is a hot commodity in my neighborhood so if I have to, I will pick up "regular" if the unsweetened is out. I never do the vanilla option. When I go for a pea milk run.. I buy every single one that I can at the store. 8 or more at a time, even. Bolthouse also makes pea milk that is very similar.