do I heat the cows milk up?

[lizzymcfizzy]

Im trying to drop my breastfed baby's lunchtime feed, she is 11.5 months. She drinks formula in a bottle when I'm at work 2 days a week and I want to switch it to cows milk in a cup... or a bottle if she prefers. Does it matter if they are on a bottle till they are 18 months? She has breast when I'm at home but I want every lunch feed to be non-boob.

Do I need to heat the cows milk so its warm like breastmilk? And if she's getting milk in her cereal and has a yoghurt how much cows milk does she need to drink??

thanks

[Seekrit]

I never did... some people do though. Give it a go cold, you can always heat it a touch.

That said, I ended up giving cobey cold breastmilk (EBM when at work) from about 8 months because they'd have to dump all my precious breast milk when he didn't drink it all.. when I they gave it to him cold, he'd scoff it down so he just prefers that

[tiggerturnip]

hey
you do have to heat up cows milk as it is very cold and will give them pains in the tummy. and alot of the time bubs dont like drinking cold milk.

[Mums5Kids]

My bubby is 11 mths and she has a morning and night boob feed and in between juice, yogurt, cheese and custard. My clinic nurse said only 3 dairy per day they require at this age.

[Miss_Vicki]

i heat mine up , have ever since i gave her cows milk , she is 2 1/2 an still has it heated up

[abibelsmum]

My 12 mo will guzzle down cows milk straight from the fridge, but won't touch it heated up. And she's still on 3 bf a day.