hi..at what age should a toddler drops the formula milk?
and if go out, how to warm up cow's milk as my hubby is against microwave. and singapore is a hot tropical country, should i be concern (eg, bateria) bringing cow's milk in bottle when go out? (eg shopping)
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There is no set age. From 9 months and up I guess. As long as he/she is eating a decent amount of "solids" it's fine. Just make it a gentle transition.
Microwaves can indeed be dangerous. We warm up by boiling water in a kettle, then pouring that in a pot and putting the bottle in for 2-3 minutes.
The milk will probably go rancid before you have bacterial issues. The best solution is to buy an insulated bag with ice block(s) at a baby supply store. It will keep milk bottles cold all day. When you need to heat the milk go to a coffee shop and ask for a mug of boiling water. Plonk the bottle in the mug. Same principle on an aircraft.
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I switched my son from formula to cow's milk as soon as he turned 6months...although i diluted it first with boiled water(60%milk + 40%water) so that his tummy gets used to the intensity of new milk, in about a week the dilution gets less and less untill its only milk. Ofcourse my son was also taking some mashed fruits and cerelac etc as his solids.
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I breastfed my first for 12 months and then she went directly on to goats milk (gentle on tummy and she was midly lactose intolerant). I never warmed the milk at all. She wasn't happy at first, but got used to it.
My second baby now (nearly 3 months) is on goat milk formula and I have never warmed it from the get go. I take chill of the cool boiled water but that is it, it is never warm. It takes away the hassle of being out and about and trying to find somewhere to warm the milk.
If your baby is on regular cow's milk, and you know there will be a supermarket, you could always just buy a small carton and put it into the bottle to save you worrying about if the milk is okay. Generally as axptguy38 said, the ice bricks will do the job. But it's worth the effort getting him used to not having warm milk, saves lots of hassle. Just gradually cool it down a little at each bottle.
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I agree that cool milk works. However in a climate like HK or Singapore you still need to keep the milk cool if you are out and about.
BTW our daughter is also mildly intolerant. Thank goodness for soy milk and soy yogurt!
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Absolutely agree on cool milk. I carry the cooled boiled water in an insulated bag when I'm out and about, I also put an extra 10ml water in his bottle to give that little bit of extra hydration.
Thank Goodness for goat's milk as well! My new baby seemed to be a little intolerant when i first tried him on cow milk formula, so I didn't persevere at all and went straight to goat milk formula. I completely forgot about my daughter's reaction when she was a baby and you would think it was something I would remember!
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Nula
17 yrs ago
After 1 year of age for milk but small amounts of dairy (cheese yoghurt etc) from 9months
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002448.htm
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my son is about to turn one year old and thinking about forumla re cows milk - he is currently on aptamil formula and i see there is another "stage" is from 12 months on - what is the benefit to giving forumla over cows milk - which is best. thinking it will be easier (esp when travelling) to give him formula rather than cows milk - or should I mix them up - some cow milk and some formula - or should we drop the formula all together? any ideas? we are going to thailand over xmas and not sure what sort of cows milk you can get there....
another question - which type of cows milk to you give - is there any organic out there? any tips?! thanks
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after 12 months i wanted to keep my son on growing up formula for toddlers because i liked the fact that it had all those added vitamins in it. however, shortly after, i switched him to cow's milk.
it is MUCH more convenient!!! yes, especially when travelling. we also went to thailand just recently and i just bought any full cream fresh milk i saw in the fridge. it was all in thai so i had no idea what it was but i'm sure it was fine - thousands of thai kids can't be wrong! and it was only for a week... convenience is the winner when it comes to travelling!
also i am no longer concerned about him missing the added vitamins in formula cos he eats a good balanced diet.
also, a note about making the switch if you do - i would advise to mix formula with cow's milk until he is on 100% cow's milk. i stupidly tried to switch cold turkey and lets just say we had a milk strike for a week!
re organic milk i have seen it at 360 but it is UHT if you don't mind that.
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the information we got from public health when our son was born:
- cow's milk (homo only) after six months, though best to keep breastfeeding longer for the nutrients and other "things" it provides
- once your child is eating solid food meals, there's no more need for the added nutrients in formula
- serve milk cold; this applies to formula or expressed milk when they're infants as well as cow's milk when they're older - there's no reason to ever have to warm up milk
We started our son on homo milk after six months just a bit, and more as he got older; my wife started working when he was about eleven months; he went to daycare and drank cow's milk during the day and breastmilk at night. By a year or so, he was pretty much exclusively on cow's milk.
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hi sashimi girl -
what about if the toddler is a picky eater and doesnt eat large quantities of protein, veggies? will their diet be enough to provide them their daily protein/vitamin requirements otherwise would it not be better to keep formula maybe 1-2 times a day?
I'm asking because my daughter is a picky eater, she loves fruit but come meat and rice/potatoes its a struggle to get her to eat, and i'm worried that if she doesnt have formula she wont get her daily requirements!
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Hi daffodil,
Between milk and fruit and even a little bit of meat and veg I think she's probably getting enough without trying to supplement with formula (from what I recall the public health nurse telling us). Our son was pretty picky early on, too, but we used a liberal combination of threats, coercion and bribery (sorry, my work colleague told me I have to call it "incentives") to get him eating everything on his plate. It took a lot of perseverance, but now, at 2.9, he eats everything.
His favourites, of course, are still fruit, prawns and anything expensive: smoked salmon, stinky cheeses, etc.
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hi daffodil, i think other forum members have suggested multi-vitamins for picky eaters. maybe you can try this if you still want to make the switch to cows milk. at least she is still drinking her milk - thank goodness! :)
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of course if you are feeling like you need that bit extra - you can always continue with the formula for toddlers for a bit longer, there is nothing wrong with that, a few of my friends with picky eaters do that... gives them a bit of a peace of mind i think!
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thanks everyone for your comments.
hualaan - i thought seafood should be kept away from kids until like 4 -5 yrs old cos its a high risk allergen - your 2.9 son didnt have any reaction?
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daffodil: none, not to seafood (now he even eats sushi), not to nuts, not to milk, not to wheat, not to eggs, nothing. I view a lot of the recommendations on early food choices with some scepticism. Thanks, for example, to incessant warnings about not feeding peanuts or related products to infants or young toddlers, the rate of consumption at these ages has gone down, but the rate of peanut allergies continues to increase. When the recommendations start to match the data better, I'll have more respect for them. (That said, we didn't feed our son peanuts until he was around a year; now he loves them.)
bbr: regarding milk, now that I think back, I don't actually remember whether the recommendation we got was for 6, 9 or 12 months. I think, though, that my wife bf exclusively until he was between 11 and 12 months, then introducing homo during the day after that. He didn't develop any stomach problems; I think the danger time for that is actually the first six months.
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"hualaan - i thought seafood should be kept away from kids until like 4 -5 yrs old cos its a high risk allergen - your 2.9 son didnt have any reaction?"
There shouldn't be a problem. Our kids have been eating seafood since 10 months or so and if there is no family history I don't see why one shouldn't do that.
Just start very slowly with any food that can cause allergic reactions, especially if there is a family history. Try a very small bite once. Then no more that day. Note that the reaction may not manifest the first time so repeat the procedure 3-4 times to be sure.
"I view a lot of the recommendations on early food choices with some scepticism."
Agreed. There seems to be this fear of giving kids some foods. And then lots of parents complain their kids are picky eaters. Expose expose expose.
However be careful with whole nuts due to the choking hazard. Tree nuts, peanuts olives, grapes and any such small things should be halved or quartered until the child is at least two.
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Well put, axptguy, though our son never had a problem chewing up a whole nut, nor spitting out a pit, even a small cherry pit. We told him to watch out for the pit and he did, carefully devouring all the flesh, leaving the pit bare like it was attacked by ants. Now he tells us to watch out for the pit...
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Cow milk can be given after kids are 12m+. You can warm it up whichever way you want; I wouldn't be worried about it. It will still be good for a while when going out. Best advise is: taste it yourself to check if it is still good before feeding the baby!
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