Can you do this?
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Topic: Can you do this?
Posted By: bopmum
Subject: Can you do this?
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 12:12pm
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We just had our PAFT lady here and we were talking about bottles and how much they should be having now DS is 1 and if I should be weaning him off formula on to milk. She mentioned that I could mix say half formula and half milk just so DS gets the taste of the milk but over a gradual period. Can you do this with formula - I thought it was a no no to mix it? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 12:15pm
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Yep pretty sure you can Lisette
ETA: just make half a bottle of formula and then top it up with milk -------------  http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 1:00pm
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Yeah I think the no no is making up formula WITH breast milk (rather than water), not the actual mixing of the 2. ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
Posted By: maya22
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 1:15pm
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no probs with mixing it, as long as you use the normal water/scoop ratio for the formula and add the milk to it.
Sounds very sensible to me  ------------- DS1 July 2007 DS2 Nov 2010 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: bopmum
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 2:57pm
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Cool thanks for the help Ladies. Might try it with DS tonight! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: shadowfeet
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 5:48pm
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It worked really well for us to do it this way, hope it works for Caide! ------------- 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 February 2011 at 6:38pm
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you can do it and lots of people do..but i reckon it must taste gross:) we just went straight onto normal milk:) Liam gets icky neocate for another year at least:(! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Roses are Red
Date Posted: 17 February 2011 at 11:52am
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Just a heads up, I worked it out and the cost of the Nurture toddler formula vs the cost of milk per litre it actually works out cheaper using the formula.
I am sticking to that for now as Riley only has 2 bottles a day now anyway, he has 250mls in the morning and we are lucky if he drinks 150 in the evening before bed so we are only needing one tin every fortnight now. He gets water or watered down juice during the day for thirst. ------------- 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 February 2011 at 1:55pm
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He's 1 so I'd put cow's milk in things like his breakfast or milo drinks, formula in his bottles (but reduce the amount of bottles), and water for standard (ie thirst) drinking. -------------  |
Posted By: Limochick
Date Posted: 18 February 2011 at 8:39am
We are doing what Tray is doing but I'm pretty sure our formula is lasting for about 3weeks or more. Quin's having 200ml in the morning and 200ml at night!! Good luck hun  -------------  
 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 18 February 2011 at 2:59pm
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You can mix breastmilk with formula as well, so long as you make the formula up first then add the breastmilk, not make the formula up with breastmilk. Can mix different formulas as well to wean from one to the other. Again as long as you make them up seperately and then add together, this is how we weaned the oldest onto neocate (was the advise of nutricia to do it that way) ------------- 
 
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Posted By: _Deb_
Date Posted: 19 February 2011 at 11:58am
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I did that with both of mine. Just made up half a bottle of formula then topped it up with milk. Worked well. ------------- 
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