Weaning a 1 year old...
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Topic: Weaning a 1 year old...
Posted By: Dylans_Mummy
Subject: Weaning a 1 year old...
Date Posted: 02 November 2009 at 11:45am
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Hi all, just a question regarding my little boy who will be turning one in a month!
He has been fully breastfed since birth - would never take a bottle, and I have JUST got him drinking small amounts of cows milk/toddler milk out of his sippy cup. He is down to one decent morning and night (sometimes the night feed isn't so much as he is full from a big dinner) breastfeed, and maybe a feed before his arvo nap. He has sips of water/milk throughout the day but doesn't drink a whole cup at a time or a half a cup or anything like that - just small sips. My question is - how much milk does he really need? He's getting a bit from his breastfeeds so i'm happy with that. Should I just continue to offer small amounts after meals? This weaning business is confusing!! When I fully wean him - how does it work then? Just follow up all meals with a sippy cup of milk? I will talk to plunket etc when I see them next, just looking for what other Mums do! Sorry if this is a silly question, first time Mum and just wanting my boy to be getting enough of everything!! Thanks in advance!! 
& I must add the has has milk on his cereal, and 3 decent meals and snacks a day - along with yoghurt/custard etc. |
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 02 November 2009 at 11:50am
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I would just continue to do what you are doing- offering him small amounts after a meal, it might just take him a while to get used to it. Also remember he can get extra calcium from yoghurt, cheese, custard etc so if you are worried about this milk intake you could top up with these foods. Sounds like he is a pretty good eater, so he should be fine.
When I weaned Ella (she was 2) I just offered her milk with her breakfast (in addition to it being on her porriage) and then a milo just before bed. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 02 November 2009 at 1:04pm
My DS is 11 months and is bottle fed but he has his bottles around the same time as Dylan - morning, before bed and another one quite often before or after his afternoon nap, so sounds like Dylan is getting plenty on milk at the moment  I used to worry about his water intake as he was only drinking a few mls, if that, from a sippy cup. One day I switched to a straw sippy cup and as soon as he figured it out he was drinking 40 - 80ml in one go! So if you haven't tried it already, perhaps you could see if he'll drink more milk from a straw cup?
I think the milk "requirement" for 12mth and older is 500ml/day from all sources? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong), so if Dylan's have yoghurt and custard too etc sounds like he's doing just fine
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 02 November 2009 at 7:07pm
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you dont need to replace a bf with cows milk. i only ever give water in a sippy cup. i have breastfed three kids past one and the calcium in yoghurt, cheese and on cereals etc is enough. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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