Can I switch my toddler to whole milk cold turkey?

you can switch him but be careful to watch his reaction....my lil girl can eat cheese and yogurt but she had an allergy to the milk.

I did...I was worried that she wouldn't take it so I saved half a can of formula to have as a back up if she wouldn't take it but she did and never looked back. If he takes it and doesn't have any reaction to it, go for it.

It depends on your child. There is no magic switch on their first birthday. You should work on eliminating bottles during the day and only eating "real" food. Your goal with the milk should be to have him drink 8-16 oz. a day. As long as he is getting all of his nutrients from food, not formula, the need for formula is no longer there.

if he is eating baby food dayly. might want to give him som sort of baby vitamins changing him to reg milk should be know problem

If you switch him, he wont need baby vitamins unless hes got some sort of deficency. Hes already getting plenty of vitamins and nutrients from his baby food and from the milk. Make sure its vitamin D milk. Thats the best for them. If he likes it and doesnt have a bad reaction to it, its fine to just go cold turkey. But just keep a close eye on him. My daughter wouldnt switch to just straight milk so i had to start out splitting her drinks with half milk and half formula and slowly increase the milk and decrease the formula until she was completely weaned off.

my daughter switched to whole milk cold turkey, and had no problem with it..as long as she was still suckin away at a bottle, she was happy

Most doctors say to make the switch gradually by adding a little bit at a time to bottles and gradually increasing the amount. It's a new taste for them, and since you don't know how he'll react, it's definately better to start slowly. If he ends up being highly allergic, you don't want him to have downed 8 oz of milk and have to rush him to the hospital. It's better to give him an ounce or so and see how he reacts to it.

Yes you can, and if you plan on getting him off the bottle soon I would suggest that when you switch to whole milk you switch to the sippy cup at the same time. You kill two birds with one stone!

I would switch him gradually because the milk is a differant taste for him.

whole milk should not be used. too much fat. use 2%