Transitioning from Formula

Have you been giving your son a sippy cup? they say you should start this at about 6 months. I use half juice and half water in the cup. Once he gets use to the cup then you should be fine, he will take to the cup instead of the bottle.
Do you put the bottle in bed with him? I have a problem doing this, I sometimes am so tired that I don't have a choice. I have a nine month old on top of a two year old and they gang up on me in the middle of the night.
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hey M. i guess i am what you call a vetrin mother my 5 kids range from 18 down to almost three on the 28 of feb when you do the switch say you 6 oz form 2 of milk give it a few day then go half and half for a few day 6 milk 2 form then all milk after he is use to it try taking the bottle durning a time nap then if he is ok with that try at nite some time the first try dose not work you will no when your son is ready. dose he go to bed with the bottle? or do you hold him with the bottle ?

I switched my son from formula and bottles to cold whole milk and sippy cups in one day. Once his formula was gone, I put the bottles away (completely out of sight) and started giving milk in the sippy cup. He didn't know how to hold the cup up, so I spent a lot of time doing that for him, and he didn't like the milk, so he didn't drink to much at first. He was whiny and irritable and it was very, very tempting to break out the bottles or warm the milk, but I held strong and within a week, he was drinking the cold milk out of the sippy cup on his own and without complaint. It was a LONG week, but in the long run, I was glad it was just over and done with. If this is the route you decide to go, I would keep your routine the same, but just replace the bottle with a sippy cup of milk. Good luck with however you decide to make the transition.

My experience:

Not sure if you are asking about quitting the bottle or just formula. My twin girls just turned one and we are doing the quitting bottle and transition to vit d milk. they have only their night bottle left for probably the last 2 months. We have been slowing introducing milk. we gave them a sippy cup of it during the day which was mixed with formula and milk. AFter they didn't react to it, we up the the milk and decreased the formula. They are quitting their only bottle which is before bed. We decreased the amount of th bottle over a month and starting to give them a little snack and their sippy cut of vit d milk to replease the missing formula in the bottle. They are doing well. We right now are basically only on vit dmilk and finishing the formula as able. They take vit d milk fine, we have leftover, formula so we still mix it if we have time. As far as the bottle issue, we still have a couple weeks to go before they are off. We have been giving the twins the option of picking the bottle vs sippy cup and they generally do the sippy. We started with a sippy that was similar to a bottle and went from there. Now that we are good with the milk our goal is to completely eliminate the bottle by 14/15 months. IF he hasn't been doing the sippy at all, put what he likes in there so he associates it with good stuff. I think you should be able to change the bottle part of the routine to a sippy drink and/or snack easily. Just hold him and have snack together. My first son loved doing this with his dad, he felt like such a big boy having the same snack as dad before bed. It was either popcorn, banana, apples, crackers or cheese with milk. Hope it works. And this is only my experience and we do it slow and easy. Your son will let you know after a few nights if it isn't going to fly. Good luck

Ok, I didn't see anyone else ask but how much is he eating table food wise now? This is very important as milk does not have the caloric intake alone to support his growth. With my son who was also in 30% for weight, we transitioned him to a sippy at about 7 months but he continued to get formula until he was 1 and then we went to the stage 2 formula for 8 months past that since he still wasn't eating full meals with us and just picking. The stage 2 formula doesn't have to be fed like the stage one,but it does have all the calories and nutrients he needs just in case he isn't getting them in his diet. Also make sure he stays on vitamin D milk unless your Dr recommends otherwise for weight.
Good luck!
C.