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Whole Milk and feeding transition

Ciera - posted on 01/13/2010 ( 3 moms have responded )

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So I heard that it is okay to start babies on whole milk at 10months. This is a blessing bc i am tired of paying for formula. My b/g are 11 months now so we are about to start that this weekend. How did you transition your twins from breastmilk/formula and baby food to regular milk and real food? When is it okay to start feeding other than baby food and what is best to start out with. I heard some friends say they started with making peanut butter sandwiches but is that the only thing? Let me know how you started the real food/drink transition and how it worked for you.

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Patti - posted on 01/15/2010

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I started my girls on whole molk at 10 months, the Dr. gave the ok, like you, formula was way to exspensive to keep buying. I mixed half formula, half milk. I also started putting it in a sippy cup at the same time, they did awesome with them. I used very little store baught baby food, when I made dinner, I made the girls the same thing with no heavy spices. I pureed it and froze leftovers. this saved me so much money. Today my girls love fruits and veg, they would pic a fruit over a cookie anyday. Hope this helps.

Janet - posted on 01/13/2010

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We have our boys (10 mos) on real food also. They have been for some time now. I steam vegetables, bake fruits & send meats through a small grinder with a little bit of moisture.

As far as milk goes, we started them around 8 mos. we started with 1 oz mixed with their formula. After 3 days, we added one more oz. Every three days we added another oz until their bottles were all milk & no formula. They've also been with a sippy cup every time they eat a solid food meal & do really well with them.

Good luck.

Michelle - posted on 01/13/2010

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We started on whole milk on there 1st birthday. We started baby food around 9 months. My boys did very well. We started "sippy cups" when we switched to milk and they LOVED it! We just worked in real food as we felt they were ready.

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