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Of course. My daughter is 18 months old and fed exclusively with breast milk. We want to wean her soon, so we are looking for alternatives.
by r2d2klapa 9y ago
Of course. My daughter is 18 months old and fed exclusively with breast milk. We want to wean her soon, so we are looking for alternatives.
- jdmichal 9y agoMy son is 17 months and has been on zero milk or formula since around 12 months. We were weaning him already, but he went cold turkey by himself after he caught a 24-hour stomach bug and vomited milk all day... We started with blended foods around 6 months I think, and added in small solid foods once he got teeth. At this point, we give him whole berries or veggie chunks and he'll take small bites and munch it down. He's getting some molars breaching now; once they fully emerge we'll start working on chewing larger pieces. I should probably not be as excited about this as I am...
- taberiand 9y agoAs a parent, it is very exciting and a joy to see them grow and reach their milestones.
- taberiand 9y agoSolids and water?
- bitJericho 9y agoat 18 months she should be ready to switch over entirely. Soy would not be appropriate for a child unless she has milk allergies. Feed her whole milk, it's incredibly important for her brain development.
- throwaway413 9y ago> Feed her whole milk, it's incredibly important for her brain development. No, no it's not.
- undersuit 9y agoThe fats in whole milk are, but you can get the appropriate fats from other sources.
- throwaway413 9y agoDefinitely, as you said - it's the fats, not the milk.
- bitJericho 9y agoIt absolutely is. We have evolved to eat cooked food and drink milk. http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolution/2012/10/evolution_of_lactose_tolerance_why_do_humans_keep_drinking_milk.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_evolu... https://www.choosemyplate.gov/dairy-nutrients-health https://www.choosemyplate.gov/dairy-nutrients-health http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/importance-of-milk-in-diet http://www.idfa.org/news-views/media-kits/milk/importance-of... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2039733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2039733/
- mustacheemperor 9y agoThat NIH publication is interesting. Other than that these sources seem sketchy. Not to put a horse in the race, but if you're trying to argue that the milk lobby isn't responsible for the idea that milk is necessary for development, the people behind the food pyramid and the literal milk lobby are not the best sources to cite.
- bitJericho 9y agoI don't know anything about the "milk lobby". What I do know is that Milk consumption started 5000 years ago, at the dawn of civilization. That is no coincidence.
- logfromblammo 9y ago
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoYou do realize that the push to condition consumers to a heavily dairy based diet is a result of industry lobbying, right?
- bitJericho 9y agoNo I don't. Source plz?
- PerfectElement 9y agoSince when humans need cows milk to develop their brain? Did you know that a significant part of the human population is lactose intolerant?
- bitJericho 9y agoSince 5000 years ago.
- pesfandiar 9y agoHow does she get things like Vitamin D or iron that breast milk is missing?
- mach5 9y agonot OP but we were directed by our doctor to supplement with Vitamin D, which we do once daily. easy fix