Transition to 🐮 or 🐐 milk?

Question

Hi all! My son is now 9 mo of age and I've been exclusively pumping for him since 8 weeks. We cook all his foods and I've been proud of our progress.

Here's the selfish part. I'm tired of my boobs hurting. I'm tired of stopping everything because I have to pump. I'm READY. TO. WEAN. we have enough to last him 11 mo with my frozen milk, and what I will wean.

The argument against milk is for babies who can't process it. If my kid can then I see no issues tbere.

The next argument is cows milk doesn't have as much iron. Well, neither do boobs after 6 mo and he's already on a supplement for iron. He also eats steamed carrots, potatoes, avacados, apples, pears, bananas and cauliflower.

I don't see an issue of transitioning him to antibiotic grassfed cows milk if his body can process it. Mommies, what's your thoughts on when you will transition?

Our kid is following weight/height and all over milestones perfectly. He's happy, sleeps and eats like a champ.

Accepted Answer

Cows milk is for baby cows not humans. Human milk is for baby humans just as goat milk is for baby goats.

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Don't drink cow's mothermilk. Go vegan! 🌱

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I honestly don't like animal milk, there are too many hormones in it. And it's really not good for you or baby. I don't do soy milk either because too much soy can cause health issues such as ovarian cysts. 
The best thing I've ever found is Ripple Milk. It's made from peas. And taste amazing.

Answer

First, BE SELFISH. This is your body we're talking about. You've been nourishing this growing human for 18 months (9 months of pregnancy + 9 months of breast feeding) you go girl!
Second, the reason it's hard for us to digest milk is because it's pasteurized. To pasteurize milk we heat it up to kill any potentially harmful bacteria in it. It's a great idea when we distribute milk far and wide, but it has a few consequences. The problem is that the heat not only kills bacteria, but it also kills an important enzyme that helps us digest milk called lactase. Without lactase, our bodies really struggle to digest milk and we have stomach pain, gas and diarrhea. Not only this, but pasteurizing milk also destroys some of the amino acids in milk, those amino acids are what makes milk so healthy and full of protein. 
Now you have to make a choice, do you feed your family milk that has been pasteurized and is definitely free of potentially harmful bacteria, but may cause indigestion and isn't as healthy as it could be? Or do you feed them raw, unpasteurized milk that could possibly have bacteria in it, but it's easily digestible and full of protien? 
There are ways to make sure your unpasteurized milk is safe. Find a local farmer who sells raw milk, make sure the facilities are clean and the milk is handled properly. It doesn't really matter if its cow milk or goats milk, what matters is that it's not pasteurized.
There's not a wrong choice, pasteurized milk is great for when we have to ship milk to far places and feed a city full of people. Unpasteurized milk is great for when we have access to local farmers who know how to properly handle milk. 
Good luck!

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Baby's aren't allowed cows milk till after 1 year

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I don't plan on giving my daughter any animal milk.  She's almost 10 months and we are still breastfeeding.  So I guess I'm no help for you.  But my take is they don't need it.  Maybe try formula until baby is older?  Good luck.

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I just turned vegetarian and I don't want to give my 2 yr old cows milk
I been giving her coconut milk ,rice milk isn't fatty enough and soy milk is a no no for girls what do you give that has lots of calcium and iron ?

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wean him off with formula. When he's one they have toddler next step that helps them until 3yrs

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My son self-weaned at 11 1/2 months and we switched to almond milk because he has an animal milk allergy. He was just fine.

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I started my son on almond milk at 12 months. He loves it. I don’t drink cow milk & sure won’t give it to my son.

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