scared to introduce milk

There is nothing saying you have to have your baby on milk at a year old. I absolutely hate when doctors say that. It really bothers me, sorry!! I see that your breastfeeding, that is the best nutrition that you can give your baby and if that is what you are comfortable with don’t let anyone change your mind. I wish that I could have done it for even half the time that you did but I dried up in one week. My Emma has been on Alimentum since around 5 months and it has worked great. We tried hidden diary at 13 months and it failed horribly. I don’t mean to scare you b/c I have seen success stories at a year old but some don’t. I did the trial when I was ready not when someone told me I had to. My GI actually recommended that I wait until she was 15 months. If you do want to do it I recommend to do hidden diary first; yogurt, cheese, then ice cream. They are much easier to digest. It took 2 weeks of these for the proteins to build up in Emma for us to see a reaction. We are starting our 2nd trial now. Our GI said yogurt for 2 weeks, if that goes good continue the yogurt then try cheese for 2 weeks. If cheese goes good continue and try ice cream for 2 weeks. After 6 weeks or so and everything is good then add maybe ½ oz of milk to formula. It should be a very slow process to make sure it goes smoothly. Some mothers that have babies that eat solids very well do go to rice milk (can cause constipation) or 2% milk. I haven’t tried either since Emma doesn’t eat, and she needs the nutrients from the Alimentum. Hopefully they will post their transition. Don’t let them worry you!!

I agree that there is no reason you HAVE to switch her over to milk because she’s a year. My dd was on formula until 18 months and luckily at that time we had a successful milk trial. I really thought she’d be on formula even longer. Stick to your gut and do what you think is right.