Coming off formula

How many bottles a day is he having at the moment? Around this time with my first I weaned him off day time formula and only had a bottle before bed. At 12 months we switch to cows milk and at 14m we removed all milk and bottles as they get everything in their diet. I found when I weaned him off day time bottles that he ate better and was fully on 3 meals a day plus snacks by the time we took the milk/bottle away x

I weaned my son off formula at 14 months because we had a holiday to a foreign country where oat milk isn’t readily available and he has a dairy allergy and honestly he was fine drinking it a bit longer 🤷🏽‍♀️ you can transition when it feels right and you will know because it can start upsetting their stomach if you leave it too late but 12 months is just a guideline in my eyes. Don’t stress ❤️ you will know when to do it! And normal milk with vitamins is still lots of nutrition :) xx

My LO is nearly 2 and on formula still with 2-3 bottles a day. On top of normal food, obviously. Why do they need to go off it? Or is it just better in terms of costs etc?

at 2 years old they don’t need formula at all. All their nutrients should be from their diet. If anything you’re wasting your money hun x

Thanks , my LO still likes having a bottle but guess I could just use normal milk then

he’s currently on 4 bottles a day, I was told food before one is for fun but I still do try to give him food 3 times a day get him used to new textures etc. but he doesn’t eat nearly enough to compensate for a bottle, so you just done a straight swap from formula to milk at 12 months? X

I personally and only own opinion, disagree with food before one is just for fun. Having meals instead of bottles is a crucial time as little ones are also learning so many new developmental skills, their pincer grip, utensils and even learning family meal time. Don’t get me wrong the nutrients and antibodies in breast milk/formula is vital but as they get closer to 1 the nutrients in their food is inorganic for their growth and development but also food allergies.
Anyway, with the bottles, we mixed formula and cows milk and slowly increased the cows milk xx

I agree and over the past couple days I have been giving him more food and making sure I try to get some meals down him as I don’t know how he’s suddenly meant to be eating 3 meals a day and snacks as soon as he turns one 🤣

Thanks everyone!

how long would you say the transition from formula to cows milk took

less than a week. With my second I won’t be transitioning and be taking them off milk breast or formula when they’re 12m, as long as they’re having their three meals a day x