Whole Milk

How’d you get your breastfed baby to drink whole milk? I’ve tried everything it feels like but he refuses! I’ve left it cold, warmed it up, mixed half with breastmilk and left that cold and warmed it up. I don’t know what to do. I’m still breastfeeding but my supply is not what it used to be so I’m supplementing and starting to wean. But I don’t know what to do anymore to get him to drink it.
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Mix it at first - that's what worked for my L.O. So first week do 75% breast milk and 25% whole, next week 50/50 and so on. I hope this helps ❤️

I just stopped breastfeeding and she didn’t want anything to do with any milk .. I started mixing a little no sugar nesquick in milk and she’s drinking maybe a half cup a day.. doctor also said to not worry if she’s eating yogurt and cheese.

We used a sippy cup at breakfast and lunch and it works. I still breastfeed but at times dad will give him whole milk to put him down, what have you, and it’s been successful. Start by offering not as a “feed” or replacement to the boob. Get him familiar with it first then once he likes it he’ll start taking it as a replacement to boob feeds. We like Horizon. I think it just tastes best. X

Try almond milk I used that first before switching him to whole he seem to love it

I agree with Erinn! My son just turned 14 months yesterday and I was struggling to get him to drink whole milk. I exclusively breastfeed him. I gave it in a straw cup with meals and he slowly drank more and more over a few weeks. Since I cut his am feed and he’s more used to it now I give him whole milk when he wakes up and we snuggle and listen to soothing nursery rhymes so he still feels that bond. I now only bf once a day before bedtime. I tried not to stress bc he was still getting nutrients from breastmilk, food (yogurt, grilled cheese, mix whole milk with oatmeal etc) so he was getting it from sources other than milk. My little guy is finally starting to turn a corner and loves carrying his milk around while he plays in the morning

We warmed it slightly before giving to our baby. The chill was what he disliked about it.

Mine doesn’t like milk! She just drinks water and I make sure she’s getting calcium in the rest of her diet. She will sometimes have a couple oz of milk in a straw cup with dinner.

I still breastfeed but just during the day and just once because same my supply is gone. I got her to start bottles of whole milk by stopping breastfeeding at night. I covered my nipples so she could see and told her mommy’s doesn’t have milk at night I can feed you in the morning and offered her a bottle. She just wanted to suck on something and so she took it after some crying the first night.

I do banana and strawberry smoothies my LO loves it

I wouldn't stress it. I offer a tiny cup of it at meals and my daughter sometimes has one or two sips and sometimes drinks half the cup, but they don't HAVE to drink cow's milk. Especially of they are eating a lot of cheese and yogurt. She's never been big into drinking milk from anything other than my breast though. Oh well

@Lorena great idea!!

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