alfie is 1 in 5 weeks time (eeeekkk!!) and im think about starting to wean him into cows milk as were going awy for his birthday and it would be much easier not having to worry about making formula up all of the time.

how old was ure lo when u moved onto cows milk and how did you do it? half formula and half milk or maybe mornign bottle cows milk and night time still forumla? and should i expect any bad tummys from it? he has had it in his cereal etc since he was 6 months and is fine with it.

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i started ava on it about 3 weeks ago, night time im still using formula but giving cows milk for her morning bottle, she's been fine no upset tummys.

hmmm so if i start in a couple of weeks that'll be about the same time wont it? itll be ncie to save some money on bloody formula! x

i started her off by putting it in her cheerios for a few days so she could get used to it. she's fine with it now, no probs. She is still on formula though because it has added vitamins and iron in it. Whole cows milk is best for them xx

Both mine have had cows milk on cereal etc since 6 months. I swapped Thomas onto cows milk in his bottles at just over 11 months. I didn't do anything special - just swapped it one day - he didn't even seem to notice. No upset tummys because he had been used to it in/on food etc. I will do the same with Hannah too.

and OMG at Alfie being 1 in 5 weeks

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I just swapped her mid morning bottle to cows milk, and after a few days swapped her afternoon and the morning and bedtime ones very soon after. TBH it was no big deal and I don't think ellie noticed and it didn't cause any problems with upset tummy or anything. It's so much easier. X

Debs wrote:

and OMG at Alfie being 1 in 5 weeks

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i knowwwww i cant believe it!!!! hes getting too big too fast!

thanks for the advise. I thnk im going to try it soon. He has had cows milk in his cereal, porridge etc since he was 6 monmths and never even noticed the difference at the time so i think the transition should be easy!!!

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Aimee has never had cows milk, but I am looking forward to getting Lily off the expensive formula - only another 8 months to go, lol!

So... do you warm it up or give it cold? x

I warm it up. I think it would maybe upset his stomach a little if it was cold from the fridge just before bed and also I think the nice warm milk helps him chill and get sleepy.

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ELlie will only have it warm, I put it in the microwave just til it's a bit warmer than room temp. If I'm going out I make it hot and it's cool by the time she has. It's so much cheaper and no probs if you run out as you just send oh out for it. (even ohs can't get that wrong).

I've not done this yet!!

Andrew is still on nutramigen as he cant stomach cows milk and he doesnt like the taste and Sophie is on SMA toddler milk. Will change when she is 2 i think.

If he has trouble changing over or doesnt like the taste then you can say make 6oz of formula and add 1 oz of cows milk to it and gradually increase the cows milk. This is what the HV has told me to do with Andrew!