Starting regular milk

[JAXX55]

Alex is 11 mos now and I'm starting to think about transitioning to regular milk, I just can't remember how I did it with my two older kids(they're 13 and 9 now, so it's been awhile). I do remember throwing bottles away by their first birthdays. I'm pretty sure it was cold turkey too. I just can't remember if I gave them formula in their sippy cups or if I just switched to milk at the same time I threw the bottles away. darn, how did I do that?

Alex is no longer breastfeeding and is on Similac Isomil.
Wondering if I should start giving him little drinks of milk(we drink 1% or non-fat now), or if I should just wait until he turns 1(Aug 14) and like the others, throw the bottles away and give him 1% in his sippy...

any suggestions?
thanks

[blueeyedtabbycat]

Go Cruz!!! Taylor loves her sippy but seems to like to suck out the milk and then let it spill out her lips! She starts giggling and thinks its funny! I have been very tempted to just throw the bottles but havent done it yet:~( I think I am getting way more relaxed in my older age (as opposed to with my older kids) becasue I didnt take the bottle away from Dalton untill 18 months!!!! It was just way to easy for me to make him a bottle and give it to him:~( He also wanted Taylors bottles too, so I think thats parcialy to blame:~( But I am staying firm and taking Taylors bottle at a year old. I did it with Tristan and Hunter so I know it can be done, lol!

[rdh1981]

I started giving Cruz small amounts of whole milk last Friday. At first I gave it to him in a regular cup and held it for him to drink. He thought I was drinking from it so he was more than happy to take it! He seemed to really like it! I did this for a few days and yesterday I started it in a sippy cup. He took about 2-3ozs by himself. I know this is not his daily requirements but he is still taking 24oz of formula  a day.

I hope this transition goes smooth because we are all tired of the bottles!

colorado- you are ttc? that is great! good luck!

[blueeyedtabbycat]

5 bottles total all day and night??? I would just give during naps and bed time and do cups during the day, but thats just me. In the cup I do just cold milk but you can heat it for a few seconds to take the chill off it especially if your LO is used to having warm formula:~) Thats just me, maybe some of the other gals will have diffrent ideas:~)
Did you finally dry up??? I see you are TTC again!!! So exciting!!

[colorado_g]

how you serve it? cold cooked?
my son drinks around 5 bottles per night any sugestion how to limit

[rdh1981]

I was wondering that too! Because I will be going back to teaching the day of Cruz's birthday and I wanted to start him at home for a week before he returned to Daycare! Maybe I will just call his pedi and check!!

I am so ready to move on too!!! My fear is that he will not take enough in his sippy cups. He still hates chunky foods so I am still so limited there too!

[blueeyedtabbycat]

we started my older boys around 11 months. I dont think you" have to" wait untill a year. I dont see anything wrong with a week early, lol! Good luck!