Weaning off formula

Hi, my sons 1 in 5 days and we’ve been trying to wean him off formula and onto cows milk but he will not take to it at all. We’ve tried cows, oats and almond milk and nope.

To be fair, I absolutely can’t stand milk and haven’t drink it since I was an infant so not sure if he’s like me but what else do I give him?

He will take water and diluted fruit juice but only very small sips every so often probably less than 4oz collectively the entire day so I’m worried he’s not going to be hydrated enough 🥲

He still takes 8oz of formula before bed at the moment but he’s started rejecting that too at times…

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Try mix the formula and milk together to get him used to the taste, if not I’m sure you can just move him on to stage 2 formula x

He doesn’t need any milk as long as he gets dairy during the day from things like yoghurts and cheese! Just try to get him drinking more water if you can, maybe a different cup/bottle would help? Mine hated a sippy cup but gets on really well with a straw bottle. It’s also never too early to introduce an open cup if you haven’t tried that already x

Have you tried mixing it with formula? I have started today and dropping an oz every 2 days (of formula) recommended by the hv... then topping up with cows milk. I have also for the past few weeks been giving breakfast with cows milk. My LG loves her milk so much that I thought it would be best to do it this way so it wasn't a complete shock to the system!

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