Should a nine month old still be getting
most of their nurishment from breast milk
or formula? I babysit a baby that won't
take any milk at all during the day.
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Baby Q and A, Baby Health Answer A2009 Posted: 08-08-07 07:01am
If a mother has enough milk for
breastfeeding, adapted cow milk doesn’t
have to be given in the first 6 months.
If a mother doesn’t have enough milk,
the milk deficit can be replaced by
adapted cow milk. Starting from the 7th
month, experts suggest that breastfeeding
be replaced by adapted cow milk step by
step. In 7th month, one of every 6 daily
breastfeeding meals should be a meal made
from adapted caw milk. Every month
thereafter, parents can replace another
breastfeeding meal with a meal made from
adapted cow milk. After 12 months,
breastfeeding can be stopped altogether
and be completely replaced with adapted
cow milk. There aren’t widely accepted
rules, but in practice: fruit juice starts
to be given in the 4th month, fruit and
vegetable pulp in the 5th month, cereals
in the 6th month, potatoes in the 6th
month, milk products and honey after the
6th month, meat in the 7th month, eggs
from 8th month, and so on.
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