Transitioning to milk before 1

I’m in a weird spot where I am producing very little milk at this point and the frozen breast milk stash that has been helping supplement for the past couple of weeks will be gone by the weekend. Thinking about starting her on whole milk early, 2 weeks before her 9/25 bday. Have any of you started your babies on cows milk prior to your baby’s first bday? Was everything fine? How much cows milk does your baby drink per day?

I’ll be asking her pediatrician as well but would like to hear about your experience

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My son turned 1 this past Sunday and I was told to wait till the day of and make sure he was getting as much formula as he can before switching although the day before his birthday we started doing half formula and half Lactaid whole milk and he’s been good since. If you’re running low maybe try doing half cows milk to help but that’s just my opinion, I’d definitely check with your pediatrician first like you said.

i started my first on whole milk at 11m bc it was impossible to find her formula and her dr gave us the ok. she was basically fully transitioned to solids though at that point. so it didn’t make much of an impact.

I started a month before because I was running low on my freezer stash and formula gave my son painful gas. I started slow, 1 oz whole milk and 4 oz breastmilk. I would increase the whole milk when his poop went back to normal.

My daughter will be 1 on the 28th and only takes 2 formula bottles per day so our pediatrician gave us the go ahead to be done with formula once this can is gone.

I started my daughter (born 9/13) on whole cows milk on 9/1. Her ped recommended waiting until 1 but she had a taste of milk from her happy meal and has been obsessed since! She started her new ratio of 4:4 yesterday and she will be fully off formula the week after her birthday as on the 14th I’ll be adding even more milk for the ratio to make it 6:2 and she will be off fully by the 21st. She also dropped all her bottles over the span of 2 days even though I was only dropping her morning nap one for a sippy with milk. She’s fully on her sippy cups. She’s been doing great

I transitioned my son a few weeks early with no issues. I did formula tho i didnt bf. He has at least 2 sippy cups of milk a day.

I started my daughter the day before. My pediatrician said to wait at least a week before her birthday before starting. If you start to early it can causes issues based on what my pediatrician has said. It is not good for babies because it can hurt their kidneys and liver from developing properly and they have issues in the future. My sister who is also a clinical pharmacist even said to wait because of the damage it can cause. I’d definitely ask your pediatrician before starting.

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