How to introduce real milk to baby?

[LovesAva]

My baby is 8 months. My doctor said I could start my daughter on whole milk foods like cheese and yogurt at 6 months and to have her on homogenized milk by 1 year. She's lives the cheese and yogurt, no tummy problems.
How do I go about starting homogenized milk?
Do I give her a small amount in a sippy cup? Do I mix a bit with her formula? I'd like to start small so she can have lots of time to get used to it by 1 year, but I'm lost on how to begin.

 

[Happy Mother of 1]

I would mix some with her formula. However, it wasn't a hard transition for me. My daughter liked it MUCH better than formula since she was a breastfed baby.

 

[Kimberley Kern]

You can mix it. My son is 9 months, and our doctor recommended starting to mix it about 25% milk and 75% formula. Mix the formula first, then our whole milk in and mix. I would wait a while longer if I were you, I still haven't given it to my son. I plan on starting at 10 months. It will only take about 2-3 weeks to completely make the transition. But it's totally up to you and your doctor. Good luck!

 

[renee]

In England they give cows milk at 6 months.. Our bodys truthfully wasnt not made for cows milk. Infact we are the only mammels that continue to drink milk..that was what my doctor explained to me.. technically it has to do with something with our digestive system. I wouldnt give her milk till your doctor tells you to...im surprised he even said cheese that early they dont many teeth. I did give my daughter organic milk about a year old and gave her a cup a day. She loved it.

 

[Ohiogirl]

I was told that you are not supposed to mix them.