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Do all baby's come off formula at 1? My baby eats food but showing no signs of dropping her milk. She's one next month and still having the same amount of milk since I can remember. She loves her milk
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My LG is still on 3 bottles of formula at 15 months x

We gradually transitioned to cows milk in the 2 weeks before her first birthday, and by 1 week after her first birthday, she had her last bottle with formula. But every baby is different - my LG was and still is a big eater so I wasn’t worried about dropping formula as I knew she was getting her calories in, and has happily taken to cold cows milk in a straw cup, which she now only has at bedtime. The current advice to wean off bottles around a year is due to oral heath concerns, so can try it in different cups, open/straw/360? I think it’s only a real problem if they’re having all drinks from bottles, and having milk consistently after brushing teeth at night. But you don’t see adults walking around drinking out of bottles, so they all transition eventually :) and there’s toddler milk etc if they don’t take to cows milk (or fortified milk alternatives) and if they have plenty of dairy in their diet, milk isn’t even necessary. I wouldn’t worry and I wouldn’t rush.

It’s entirely up to you, you can choose to continue on formula or switch to cows milk which is much cheaper! However, they advise not to give too much cows milk so maybe try weaning her off some of her bottles and switch 1 of them per day to cows milk until she’s just on 1 per day. My boy has just turned 2 and still has a bottle of cows milk every morning x

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