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Is it OK not to give a baby formula, and instead give them regular low fat milk?

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The baby is seven months old, I'm just wondering if it would be OK?

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  1. You can give them a taste...some research shows you should not give ANY milk products to baby until they are a year old...but yogurt is ok and I was raised given milk in a cup at 9 months or so with NO allergies to milk.

    My daughter has had a sip or two of milk out of a cup at 7 months old. She has had no allergic reactions either.

    It is NOT OK to give milk instead of formula until they are a year old. They need the extra nutrients that formula provides until they are a year old.

    My doctor suggested giving my son WHOLE or 2% milk until he was 2....but my son wouldnt drink it unless it had chocolate in it. So he drinks Skim with his Dad and I...and I make sure he gets the rich fat from cheese, yogurt and other healthy fat containing foods.


  2. There are so many more nutrients and things put into formula that mimic a human mother's milk.  Cow's milk is hard for babies to digest, although I once forgot to take my son's formula with us, and gave him a bottle with regular milk, and he did fine.  

    Actually, goat's milk is much better for babies than cow's milk.  It needs to be diluted in half with water before feeding.  Goat's milk is also very good for many various mammals, because of it's high nutritional value and it's easiness to digest.

  3. no cows milk until 12 months!

  4. No.

    Milk is made of a very special formula to nurture that specific species of animal. Larger animals need higher and more complex nutrients than smaller animals.

    Giving milk from a large animal to baby animal of a much smaller species (such as cow milk to a human baby) would be a mismatched choice, causing problems for the baby. The cow's milk would be too harsh and the baby would be lacking proper nutrients not found in the cow's milk.

    The same thing goes for other creatures. If a lactating woman nursed abandoned kittens, her milk could actually be harmful, rather than helpful. She is better off feeding them kitten formula from a pet store.

    Baby formula is the closest thing one can get to human milk. It contains the correct nutrients for a human baby to grow and thrive.

    Hope that cleared things up.  

  5. Regular Milk does not have the Vitamins and Nutrients that a growing baby requires. You should keep your baby on his/her formula until he is at LEAST a year old. Also, another reason regular Milk is not good for a growing baby is they can't properly digest it,its hard on there tummy.

    So, until the child is at LEAST a year old, please keep them on there formula.  If you have any questions, please consult your Dr so they can tell you all the Pros of keeping a baby on Formula until they are at LEAST a year old.  

  6. No babies should have either breast milk or formula.  Low fat milk is not good for babies, it doesn't have all the nutrients a baby needs.

  7. For optimal health and nutrition the recommendation is to give babies only breast milk or formula for the first 12 months of their life.  Of course, this is the recommendation, but there are many different variables with every baby.  Early introduction of cow's milk has been related to allergies and low rate of weight gain.  That is because cow's milk does not contain all the necessary vitamins and nutrients for proper growth and development.  Now, with that all being said, I am 49 years old.  Anyone who is around my age will know that breast feeding was not the most popular form of feeding babies when I was born.  I was given a homemade formula consisting of Pet milk (evaporated whole milk), water, and Karo syrup (due to the constipation this formula caused).  In those days babies began eating mashed table foods very early, sometimes as early as 2-3 months.  We all lived to tell about it, but in reality the research and advances in the medical field have clearly shown that this type of nutrition is not the best for babies.  The most common recommendation by most national and world wide children's organization is to breast feed babies for at least a year using formula if breast milk is not an option.  Some recommend breast feeding for 2 years.  Whole cow's milk, not low fat is then recommended from age 12-24 months.  The fat in whole milk is important for brain development.  An infant who receives low fat cow's milk and not breast milk or formula will likely grow and develop, but will not have the most optimal source of nutrition available to him/her.

  8. no give em formula.u dont wanna force it an have to take em to the docters..or uy can call the docs an ask em if he/she can/...

  9. Definitely not okay. Your baby needs the fat, as well as other nutrients, that are in formula. At this age, supplementing low-fat milk for formula can affect brain development, growth, iron levels, gastrointestinal health, etc....  

  10. No, it's not ok.  Babies that youg cannot digest regular milk.  And when you do start regular milk, you MUST give them whole milk until they are 2 years old.  They need the fat to grow their brain.  Lowfat milk is only ok for a child under 2 if they are obese.

    Autobiographical huh?

  11. No, it is not safe at all. Their little tummies can't digest cows milk yet. Stick with the formula until at least 12 months.

  12. NO, a baby should be 1 year+ for WHOLE milk... as there ar not enough vitamins is whole milk for a baby let alone low-fat...

    babys NEED alot of fat to suply there brains and there rapid rate of gwroth

  13. No, not as a substitution for formula/breastmilk. The formula contains nutrients that are necessary for the babys growth and well being, cows milk doesn't contain everything we humans need. Formula (though lacking in comparison) is based off an analysis of the contents of breastmilk and is recommended until the baby is a year old. Even the consumption of solid foods doesn't change the needs that are being met by formula/breastmilk. Once they reach a year then switch them to whole milk since they still need the fat content.

  14. I don't think it's okay based on information from medical science. It's been found that children need the extra fat until at least age 2; sometimes longer.

    Cow's milk also doesn't have all the nutrients that infants need to grow and develop properly. In theory, human breast milk should be used. Unfortunately, in practice that can't always happen.

    Will any given child be "fine" on cow's milk? Probably. But as a general rule they won't be.


  15. I wouldn't.  You should wait until 12 months (in the US at least, other countries say 9-12 months).

    Also, you should give them whole milk, they need the fat for brain development.  However, once they are eating solids, you can give them the "good fats" that their brain needs from other foods.

  16. NO!!!  Babies if not breast fed are suppose to be on formula for one year.  Many start breaking their children of formula a little earlier, but 7 months is a little young.  If you do start to break them of the formula, then you should be giving him whole milk not low fat.  They are suppose to be on whole milk until the age of two.  

  17. Current wisdom is that it's not a good idea, but then current wisdom when my husband was a baby was homemade baby formula made from condensed milk, water, and karo syrup.

    I wouldn't do it.  But then again, I nursed mine, so what do I know.

  18. No, at 7 months- cows milk does not have the nutrients that a baby needs to maintain a healthy diet.  Breastmilk (made for baby humans) would be ideal, formula being a substituion for that.  If you had a baby cow- cows milk would be fine at 7 months...but since the 7 month old in question is a baby human- they need the milk formulated to help a baby human thrive, and cows milk will not provide those nutrients.

  19. No.

    If you did, they would not get the nutrients that they need for growing properly and brain development. Whole milk is offered at 12 months because it is high in fat which helps the brain to grow and develop. Low fat milk would be a horrible thing to give to a 7 month old since it lacks nutrients and fats.

  20. no your baby needs more then what the milk can give, not to mention the baby's stomach might not be able to handle the milk quite yet, you can call your dr and ask... he or she is very close to the age that you can give milk to but the dr might want to do a simple blood test to check the hemoglobin to see if he is ready  
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