There is a thread on one of my FB mommy groups and some of them are saying as early as 9 months. I don't know why but I thought 12 months was standard.
I just did yesterday at 11 months 4 weeks. My best friend is a pedi and was adamant that it should be early. My old and new pedi also said not before a year
12 months with DS, but 10.5 months with DD. It's fine as a food (but not as a main nutrition source) after 9 months, but it can be hard on the digestion.
At 11 months with the blessing of my pedi. I wasn't pumping enough and was able to supplement with my freezer stash until 11 months, but after that I was SOL. She said I didn't need to worry about 2 transitions in 4 weeks and let me start supplementing with WCM. I mixed it with BM to get him used to the taste. He now drinks it fine, but prefers it warmed in a bottle.
DS is 11 months and I just started a bit the other day. I'm down to my last 2 cans of formula and he'll be really close to a year when they're gone, so I'm starting the transition now.
I did the same with DD.
I just do a bit at a time, it's by no means a huge source of nutrition.
Post by purplecow0206 on Jan 25, 2015 21:13:31 GMT -5
I was having pumping issues and my pedi said we could start supplementing at 9 months, but I did formula and BM until 11 months because I already had the formula then started introducing WCM.
I started with like 1oz a day mixed into a human milk bottle at 10 months and upped it gradually from there. I waited until after yogurt was introduced. But my babies are bigger and grow fast so I might have not gone that route with different circumstances.
we introduce it around 9.5 months in the sense that he would eat cheerios with bananas and homo milk. hands down one of his favourite foods.
i started giving him a little bit in a sippy after 10 months to get used to the idea of drinking it with meals. he seems to like the taste, but doesn't consume a notable amount.
we don't have a pedi, just see interior health for vaccines and well checks. the nurse said that it was okay to introduce it in this manner after 9 months, but not to depend on it as a replacement for formula or breast milk until a year-ish.
I have offered it a couple of times in the last week (just turned 11 months) in her straw cup with meals, just to see what would happen. I wish I'd gotten her reaction on camera. She was not a fan.
In a sippy at 10.5 months here and there, and now at almost 12 months I give DS 2ish ounces with meals. He doesn't drink much of it but I tried using breast milk and it would irritate me to throw it out! With WCM, it's no big deal.
I started mixing some with his formula the week before he turned 1, then went to WCM on his first birthday (we had conveniently ran out of formula the night before).
I have a stupid question about this. If you mix it with formula you would fill a bottle 1/4 milk and 3/4 prepared formula (or whatever ratio) you aren't substituting water for milk right?
Post by winemaker06 on Jan 25, 2015 21:38:18 GMT -5
Around 10.5 months I started giving him 1 oz at a time maybe twice a week to make sure he would tolerate it. There's a kid at daycare who is over 13 months and refusing it, so I wanted to make sure there would be no surprises.
At 11 months I started giving him WCM with his dinner a couple days a week, usually after a fee oz of breastmilk. He turns 1 this week and we'll start giving WCM for dinner every day but BM the rest of the time until my freezer stash is gone.
Post by curbsideprophet on Jan 25, 2015 22:50:55 GMT -5
I think she was 15 months before we started mixing it with BM to start the transition at daycare. It may have been a little sooner but I know it was not right at 12 months.
I have a stupid question about this. If you mix it with formula you would fill a bottle 1/4 milk and 3/4 prepared formula (or whatever ratio) you aren't substituting water for milk right?
Post by bananapancakes on Jan 26, 2015 7:57:07 GMT -5
Our doctor said we could start introducing it anytime after 9 months but like @tokenhoser and @vicmo said, more as a complementary thing, not to replace BM. I haven't done it yet.
The weekend before he turned one. I started giving him a bit in a sippy and then that week I sent 3 bottles of wcm instead of formula. He downs it in a bottle but is slower with a sippy. Daycare has gotten him off bottles pretty quickly, but he still usually takes one a day of formula.
About a week ago - ~11 months 2 weeks. He's still nursing and gets fewer bottles of pumped BM. He doesn't drink a lot of WCM, it's a slow transition. We plan on stopping bottles this week and pushing more WCM.