Cows Milk and Breastfeeding

[Mama-Doe]

My dd turned one yesterday and I plan on letting her self wean.  I have had several people tell me to start giving her cows milk (nobody has suggested I wean just to add cows milk into her diet).  I really don't feel she needs it.  She eats cheese, yogurt, etc. so I know she is ok with diary. I just don't see any point giving her cows milk yet.  Opinions?

[IansMommy2012]

Blimp in curious too! Ian won't be one for a couple months tho :)

[ceckyl]

No, it's never needed.

[PEEK05]

She doesn't need it. :) She doesn't need it ever to be honest.

[melindabelcher]

Agree

Quoting PEEK05:

She doesn't need it. :) She doesn't need it ever to be honest.

[pinkiebabii]

She never needs it. I won't be giving it to DS

[audmom1218]

No one ever needs it. Except baby cows.

[GoldenLinds]

I started giving it to my son sometime after a year. Mostly because I wanted him to like it. He won't nurse forever and when yiu introduce foods younger then they are more likely to like them. I want him to like milk when hes older. At 20 months now he usually has 2 or 3 small bottles of milk a day plus he nurses several times a day. if he's getting solids I see no point in refusing him milk. It never changed how muxh he nursed. His activity level changed that.

[mama-smurf]

I been told need cows milk to have strong bones and teeh. Wic and lots doctors told me. Not sure how true it is.

[IansMommy2012]

So when do you introduce it? I'm curious :)

Quoting ceckyl:

No, it's never needed.

[jjchick75]

Milk is never needed by any human. My kids get nothing but breastmilk(for the ones still nursing) and water. You can give her some water in a cup when she gets solids if you want, but milk is never needed.