Formula Weening?

At what age can babies get off formula? My daughter is coming up on a year & she is purely formula fed. She never took to baby food and she only likes bottles. When do i start making her only eat table food?

12 months is the recommendation, but you need to make sure she's eating food. She needs to get the vitamins and minerals from her diet that she was getting through the formula.

You dont have to at 1. If they arent ready then you can keep her on formula. I'd talk to her Pedi about it. My son was basically formula fed till 18 months and even after that his main source was formula till after 2, he is SN however.

She should be eating table food already, IMO. Idk when they "should" be but I thought from 9 months on more foods were to be introduced. By 12 months my daughter was eating at least 3 meals a day along with her bottles. I didn't get her completely off formula until about a month ago (13.5 months) and now she drinks 3-4 11 oz sippy cups a day along with 2 sippys of water and 3 meals and 3 snacks. She is a big eater though. I would start offering foods more. Whatever you eat, mash some up and give it to her. You don't have to rush her though. Keeping her on formula longer than 12 months is fine, but definitely start introducing more foods. If she doesn't like baby food, just give her normal food.

Quoting elainasmylove♥:" At what age can babies get off formula? My daughter is coming up on a year & she is purely formula ... [snip!] ... is purely formula fed. She never took to baby food and she only likes bottles. When do i start making her only eat table food?"

really? at my DS 8 month checkup he was underweight and eating 2 meals a day and having 3 bottles, his health nurse said his main diet should be food and he needed to start having atleast 3 meals a day to put on the right weight and get enough nutrition for his age and he should be eating more food then bottles.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Addilyn's Mama ♥:</b>" She should be eating table food already, IMO. Idk when they "should" be but I thought from 9 months on ... [snip!] ... than 12 months is fine, but definitely start introducing more foods. If she doesn't like baby food, just give her normal food."</blockquote>




  if she didn't take to baby food you could have started trying different mashed table foods. They are supposed to be off of formula at a year, but I know Gerber makes formula for toddlers now that can be used from 9-24months.

Quoting ♥ axel sean n me:" really? at my DS 8 month checkup he was underweight and eating 2 meals a day and having 3 bottles, his ... [snip!] ... 3 meals a day to put on the right weight and get enough nutrition for his age and he should be eating more food then bottles."

formula or breastmilk should be the main source of food until 12 months

<blockquote><b>Quoting I love Kenzi:</b>" formula or breastmilk should be the main source of food until 12 months"</blockquote>




It's different in other parts of the world ;) in Canada they tell you to start cows milk at 9 months just an FYI

Quoting ~Raylan's Mama~:" <blockquote><b>Quoting I love Kenzi:</b>" formula or breastmilk should be the main ... [snip!] ... It's different in other parts of the world ;) in Canada they tell you to start cows milk at 9 months just an FYI"

Doesnt mean its right.

Quoting Rette Mich:" Doesnt mean its right."

aint that the truth. here in 'merica everyone else is wrong lol. i try to follow the aap and who

Quoting I love Kenzi:" aint that the truth. here in 'merica everyone else is wrong lol. i try to follow the aap and who"

Damn right lol

I wasn't saying it was right lol my son was eating like 2 meals and a couple snacks and he was drinking like 6+ 6-8oz bottles a day

Quoting I love Kenzi:" formula or breastmilk should be the main source of food until 12 months"

well apparently not here, thats why my son is underweight and here they now think delaying solids like way after 6 months is making lots of infants have allergys apparently they have had a massive rise in babies with allergys since people have been delaying solids for too long.

Quoting ♥ axel sean n me:" well apparently not here, thats why my son is underweight and here they now think delaying solids like ... [snip!] ... allergys apparently they have had a massive rise in babies with allergys since people have been delaying solids for too long."

the problem is food in general. think about what the cavemen did? or even europeans b4 processed american food. breasfed till 2-4 then bland foods no sugar or anything like that until they were teens. all of these new foods made by factories are the problem. dont get me wrong i eat horribly. but that is what is up.

Quoting I love Kenzi:" the problem is food in general. think about what the cavemen did? or even europeans b4 processed american ... [snip!] ... teens. all of these new foods made by factories are the problem. dont get me wrong i eat horribly. but that is what is up. "

but were not cavemen, thats why you BLW with fresh produce and dont add salt or anything.