Switching to Milk before 12 months?

Did anyone switch from formula to whole milk before 12 months?

Why should you or shouldn't you switch sooner?

Re: Switching to Milk before 12 months?

I did b/c I was BFing and DD basically weaned herself and she wouldn't drink formula.
She was just under 11 months old.

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I started to wean both my kids to milk when they were 11 months, on my pedi's recommendation.

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I'm starting to switch E to milk over the next few weeks, so she's on milk by her 1st birthday. She's 11 months today.

Message edited 5/25/2007 9:31:49 PM.

Re: Switching to Milk before 12 months?

I breastfeed and I've been giving a bottle of whole milk a day since about 10 months because the amount I pumped decreased and I didnt want to start on formula. We've had no problems.

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I switched from formula to whole milk at 9 months.. ped said to do it and so I did.

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we did it cold turkey at 10 1/2 months

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we started introducing some milk into Alys bottles at 11 mths - we are dong it slowly ...we add a little more every few days. She'll be completely on milk by her first bday..

Re: Switching to Milk before 12 months?

I started Alyssa on whole milk just before 10 months. She wouldnt drink the formula anymore and i needed to get her to drink something. Her pediatrician told me 10 months was fine, that she would have told me to do the same thing since she wasnt drinking the formula.