How much whole milk should she have in a 24 hour period?

Hey Tiff,I think now that shes a year old she can have ONLY cows milk if you want her too,maybe just get her iron levels chcked if you can.Thats the only factor in giving cows milk.As for microwaving it,you certainly can,I used to do this for Teo ever since her drank it.Just make sure you try it for 20-30 seconds depeding on the microwave and then swill it round well so the hot milk mixes with the cold and she doesnt get burnt! xx

i offer kaydance whole milk with every meal! she usually gets a good amount during the day, but i dont force it on her if shes not wanting it, i just make sure shes not getting to much juice or tea or anything if she wont drink her milk. she usually just drinks it up, no problems!! i dont really monitor though like how many ounces shes drinking, i just assume shes getting enough if shes having 3+ glasses (sippys) a day!

i too warm it in the microwave, as she doesnt like it most of the time when its really cold, esp in the mornings. but she will drink it cold if she has to (i find she wont drink nearly as much though if its cold out of the fridge!) and i found that the amount of time you need to heat it depends on the sippy you put it in. i just take the lid off and put the whole cup in the microwave and the thicker plastic cups like her gerber ones i microwave for 40-45 second to make the milk warm but not hot, but the thin plastic cups, like the walmart re-use or recycle cups, i only heat them 20-25 seconds as they warm much quicker!!

hope that helps hun! (i was the same way at first lol, i had no idea what i was doing!)

good luck!! im sure she will adjust well over time its sooo much easier too when they are on milk, and loads cheaper!! LOL!!

kaydance got cows milk the first time at daycare after her first birthday, and she tolerated it fine. i still gave her some formula at the house because i had it and there was no point wasting it, so she got a mix throughout the day (i figured that would be easier on her tummy to, to transition not switch it cold turkey) so by 2 weeks after her first birthday i would say she was on 100% cows milk. when she had her 12 month check up at her dr office (at 13 months lol) the Dr asked me if she was drinking any cows milk and i told him she was switched over and off formula and he said that was wonderful, since she had no problems with it, to just continue on. shes never had any allergies or anything and neither me or charles have had a reaction to milk, so i wasnt worried about it, but i figure if anyone in the family had problems with milk or she couldnt tolerate normal formula i would have waited and talked to the dr first!

hope that helps some (lol, she was really easy to switch!! i just got lucky!!)

I started giving it to T-li about 2 weeks ago regularly (she will be 9 months old in a few days) She is still breastfed on demand and it's her main drink but I try to give her a couple of inches in her sippy cup each day as she likes it,dispises formula and wont even taste it,and I want to wean her after her next visit.It will be a whole lot easier once she likes and drinks cows milk on a regular basis!

Audrey has been on whole cow's milk since she was about 10/11 months old. After she turned a year old I have been giving her 8 oz in the morning about an hour after her cereal and 8 oz right before bed. She gets water or watered down juice in the afternoon.

skyllar wrote:I don't want to hijack this thread, but I have a question for you, Tiff, or all the other ladies I guess. When did you first introduce cows milk to the little ones? Did you wait until your doc gave the ok? How did you first introduce it and how much? See, I know absolutely nothing about this, hehehe.

Hey sweetie, I started introducing it in Audrey's cereal when she was about 9 months old.

At Owen's 9 month apt they told me I could switch him but I just felt like it was a little early.
I decided to hold off until the middle of this month (he'll be 10 1/2 months) I'm hoping to do it slowly so that by his first birthday we've made the full switch. I had thought about starting right at 10 months but he's teething and his tummy is upset and I didn't want to make it any harder on him.

Thanks for making this thread Tiff. I wasn't sure how much milk to give after 1 either!

Hey Tiff!
I actually give Thane about 14 - 18 oz in a 24 hour period (or at least my baby sitter does)...BUT remember I am still nursing so he gets TONS of milk from that when i home. I pretty much never give him cows milk cuz he prefers to nurse.

Nicki, I wonder how Kian will do? Is he TOTALLY a boobie baby or does he take bottles and sippies pretty well? Thane has despised the bottle since day one but took well to the sippie really BUT if i am around he wants to nurse, which makes it hard to consider weaning. I was just wondering how ya'll are doing with it.