Toddler enfamil / formula

Hi Mama's,

Anyone planning to transition to toddler enfamil? I've read some conflicting info on it. Curious about your thoughts / experiences on it.

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Are you suppose to switch to toddler? I’ve also heard Just whole milk. I’m going to look into the toddler enfamil my baby hates whole milk.

I've heard about whole milk or toddler formula. I have some concerns about my baby having so much whole milk since he had reflux as a baby and I minimized dairy. Seeing what everyone else's experience has been so far! Or their plans.

I have not, we did milk. But we used the pediasure when my 3 year old wasn't gaining weight well for the nutritional substitution like formula.

I would try whole milk! Usually babies with dairy issues very young grow out of it by a year. If you don’t want to do whole milk you can also do 2%,1%, 0% or nut milks!

My daughter had really bad reflux and was hospitalized because of it and we are starting her on whole milk now at 11 months doing 1-2 oz of whole milk mixed with her formula and slowly increasing the amount of whole milk until she is drinking a full bottle of whole milk by 12 months. This is what her dr recommended so it doesn’t shock their tummies. If she doesn’t do well with it then we will switch to potentially even lactaid milk or 2/1% depending on how she does!

Thank you so much for the advice! Truly appreciated.

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