Weaning off formula

We’re not at that stage yet but I’ve seen a lot of people replace an ounce of formula a day with cows milk until you get to a full bottle of cows milk for baby x

We're currently in the process of weaning our LO too, and she’s 11 months old (almost 12). What we’re doing is gradually decreasing the amount of formula every few days and replacing it with more solid foods like fruits, vegetables, and snacks. We've been focusing on offering bigger meals at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We’ve noticed that as she starts eating more solid foods, she naturally starts to drop the formula on her own. We're still on this journey and figuring things out, so I don't have all the answers just yet, but I hope this helps a bit!

I think my baby will love it, as amino acid formula is gross, even oat milk will taste way better lol

@Julia we tried this under pediatric dietician a few times now and he reacts to the first oz every time. We are doing the food milk ladder and can’t get past two so it’s not an option at the minute unfortunately x

@Silvia how is your little one with water? My little boy just spits it out and I worry it I just up food and keep dropping bottles he will get dehydrated

My girl is 13 months and won’t drink nothing bar formula milk🙈 dietician has given us 4-6 weeks to get her into oat milk but she ain’t having any of it xx

@Stephanie Ah right. Sorry I thought you meant that you completed the challenge so you wanted your baby on normal milk. Sorry that’s my bad😅 could you try it the same way but with an alternative milk? Such as oat milk or soy milk giving baby hasn’t got an allergy to either of these x

We started with replacing the lunch time bottle with soya milk (can't have oat and didn't like almond) and after a couple days of him getting used to the taste and loving it I cold turkey swapped the morning one no issues and a couple days later did the same with the bedtime bottle no issues and then when he passed the milk ladder we just swapped to cows milk one morning and never went back to soya. Sometimes the best thing to do is swap and not faff around with replacing ounces but some babies do need the faff of doing that so you need to figure out what works for you. I also did the swap a week before his first birthday so by his first birthday he was completely off formula