Recommended transition from formula to milk.

Emma's starting at the CDC. As soon as she hits 12 months they switch to milk. One I'm worried she won't take it; as she is very particular about her feeding. Two i'm m concerned with the abrupt transition- tummy aches, gas, constipation, anything that could disrupt het gitract.

( I understand she may have no issues, and that some of you may have went cold turkey without a second thought.- that's not my general parenting approach.)

But curious on everyones take. If I start diluting her bottles at home. ( she'd recieve straight formula at the CDC And id dilute the bottles at home.)

Im sure no matter what I do it wont "kill" her, but I want to consider her emotional well being as well as what's best for her healthwise without subjecting her to a dramatic change.

Also any sippy cup advice? I can get her to take soft spout sippy cups, but refuses hard spout. ( which is what the CDC will use when she moves up classrooms in the next few months. 

Going back and forth between milk and formula will usually cause a tummy ache, if the cdc is going to give her formula i would recommend using the next step formula its more like real milk...I would be worried too...my kids just went to straight milk and loved it never looked back but i stayed at home didnt have to worry about the daycare stuff so not real sure how to handle that other than the toddler type formula.


ah the infamous sippy cup battle..I had that issue too but I learned that they will use the gard spout once they are thirsty enough and realize your not giving them the other one back...its like taking them off the bottle, you just dont give it back or let them ever see it again lol...its not a fun transition but that is what worked best for me...good luck hun 

that's not my general parenting approach

That was my approach, so I don't know what to tell you. Unless your baby has some sort of health issue with milk, she will be drinking it at school. Sowwy.

She will drink the hard spout when she realizes she is thirsty and she has no choice.

Good luck though. 

I've never had kids in daycare - do you not provide cuppies for your kids when they are that young?


As for the formula to milk issue - I started adding milk to my childrens formula to help with the transition. 3/4 formula, 1/4 milk for a few days, then 1/2 each for a week, then 1/4 formula 3/4 milk for a week and then onto 100% milk. 

As for the formula to milk issue - I started adding milk to my childrens formula to help with the transition. 3/4 formula, 1/4 milk for a few days, then 1/2 each for a week, then 1/4 formula 3/4 milk for a week and then onto 100% milk.


^^^ This is my recommendation as well.

Talk with your pediatrician about it. You can put a call in, if you go to Coastal Children's, and speak with the nurse or, if you'd feel more comfortable about it, the Doctor. 

She uses the next step formula now, but last night I compared the nutrition facts and only calcium and phosphate were different between standard formula and next step.

And once they switch to whole milk they provide the cups for her. I know they said the next room no bottles at all, but im not 100% they will put whole milk in her bottle or sippy.

Jacky what age did you start the transition? She's 11 months now. 

Jacky what age did you start the transition? She's 11 months now

You can start now if she doesn't have any food allergy issues.

If she does, call the pediatrician. 

11 months is when I started it. 

Mine that were on formula, I switched to milk differently. In a bottle, all they got was formula, in a sippy, they would get whole milk. So like with meals, they would get a sippy with milk. As we would cut down on bottles, we also cut down on formula.
My advice on the hard spout sippy is to offer it without the valve in it so the milk pours out. With my oldest, I never used a soft spout sippy at all, just started the standard Playtex without the valve in it. 

I had a really hard time with sippy cups for both of my kids. C was on his bottle past 12 months because I couldn't bring myself to just give him the sippy and let him figure out he wasn't getting the bottle back. 2nd child I learned from that mistake. M we started transitioning by 9 months. She never learned to like the sippy but never much liked a bottle either. She went to drinking out of a regular cup with no lid before she was 1. Could hold it on her own and drink and put the glass back down without spilling by 13-14 months. We kept one sippy in our house in case of long car rides until she was about 16 months and then they were gone. C on the other hand would be happy with a sippy now even and he is 5 which is why we could only keep one in the house.. to keep him away from them!)

Anyways.. after my long ramble. Each kid is different. If she is stubborn enough she may never like the kind of sippy that the cdc offers. Are they willing to help her drink from a cup with no lid if she won't take to it? How many hours a day is she in daycare that she might have to go without drinking any milk if she won't take to the sippy that they offer? These are things I would bring up to the daycare provider as well. 

anyone have recommendations on a electric breast pump? 

So... aparrently Emma didn't like me posting about her. She took her hard spout sippy. Before she wouldn't even try it at all. She would turn her head and whine before even giving it a chance.

Today ( 30 mins ago) I took it out and took one out for me. I kept mine empty. And filled hers. I pointed at hers and mimicked the drinking action then clapped and said yay. Then I took hers and dumped it out on her high chair tray and said, " look emmas milk" and then pointed to her cup and said " emmas milk" and then tried giving it to her. She even held it herself for a little bit.

I've tried all of the above minus pouring her milk out before. Hope its not a fluke. 

anyone have recommendations on a electric breast pump

Don't buy used. Medela makes a good pump. 

I have a question about" single user" breast pumps. I know it sounds dumb ut I was thinking about it the other day. If im the original used can I use it again for a future baby? 

If im the original used can I use it again for a future baby?

Yes, but it can not be sold.

IF anyone buys a "multi user" pump in used condition, there are components that need to be replaced before subsequent users actually use it.