Cow Milk and babies

I was told by my health visitor cows milk in recipes like scrambled eggs for example are okay, obviously just not on its own until a year old. I’ve given my daughter mash potato and eggy bread that’s had whole milk used in it.

You can it in cooking but not as a drink on its own

I spoke with my health visitor about this yesterday.. for recipes/cooking, babies can have full fat milk or butter. Water is only for having sips of from 6 months. When they’re a year old they can drink full fat milk x

Definitely okay, we switched from formula to whole milk at 9 months because my son refused all fluids suddenly and I couldn't get him to drink anything so we figured early was better than dehydrated. He did well with it and our pediatrician was perfectly fine with it

In cooking it's 100% okay. You just don't want to give it as a drink as then you're reducing breastmilk consumption which is still #1 nutrient source. Even after a year you don't need to switch to cows milk if breast feeding and are okay giving other calcium intake like using it in cooking or other dairy products.

My daughter is now 5.5 years old but in cooking/meals from 6 months old and we was advised by the health visitor at 10 months to do bottles half formula and half cows ready for a year old and been on full cows milk. Xx

Yep they can have cows milk just not as their main source of milk as it doesn’t have all the other vitamins etc that breast milk and formula has x

Baked or cooked cows milk changes the proteins so babies can tolerate it. So like muffins, cupcakes, yogurt, cheese. Just avoid straight cows milk until after a year. It’s better to introduce it that way so they don’t develop an allergy

Yes absolutely, and no it does not have to be cooked, it’s absolutely fine on weetabix or on cereal for example. They just say not as a drink because formula/ breastmilk should be their main drink until age 1.

You can use milk in food, but just don’t replace breast milk/formula with cows milk

Thanks so much for all your answers 🥹🙏🙏🙏