Whole milk or toddler transition milk?

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Hey everyone so my little one keeps inching toward that 1 year mark and I can’t decide what to do when I take him off formula, I despise cows milk and I just don’t know if it’s the best thing to give my son, I’ve been reading up on the toddler transition milks( basically formula for todderls and it seems better for baby) anyway many babies get breast milk well into the toddler years and so giving my son cows milk just seems weird to me? I don’t breastfeed anymore but I think maybe I would rather do that then milk, anyone use the transition formula rather then the milk? I give my son yogurt and Colby jack cheese so he’s still getting some form of whole milk and calcium

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Try looking up pea milk/ripple milk. It has amazing nutrition! So much protein, dairy free, lots of vitamin D, less sugar (or there’s sugar free versions) etc. 
We started my daughter on ripple milk at 11.5 months old 😊 Target sells it

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I feel like if he’s having yogurt and cheese you might as well give him cows milk too?🤷🏻‍♀️you could always give him almond milk or another plant based milk if you are sure he gets enough calcium elsewhere, talk to your pedi about it. To me idk if formula for toddlers is worth it or just another money maker targeting worried mommas.

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I'm sure you know this but toddler transition milk is cow's milk based. Unless you get a dairy free one. Also the transition formula is mostly for children struggling to gain weight. If your child is eating healthy and gaining weight there is no need for the toddler formula. I've had baby drs tell me it's a waste of money otherwise. If you don't like cows milk that's fine. Make sure your child is getting plenty of good fats from food like avocados, coconut oil, nut butters, etc and 2-3 servings of dairy from cheese and yogurt. You don't have to give cows milk at all. You can do just water or you can try a nut milk like coconut or almond.

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My son gets almond milk but the only problem with almond milk is it doesn’t have all the fats that cows milk has and those fats are very important for brain development. So since he’s not getting those fats we give him DHA which is all the stuff he needs for brain development.

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The World Health Organization does not recommend toddler transition milk.  The transition milk is marketed by formula companies and is not necessary. Here is an interesting article on it but you can also look up the information on health websites such as the WHO.  Do your own research and see what you think is best. 
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b69bd70e4b0fd5c73ddf505

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My son is allergic to cows milk so when he turned 1 we went straight to almond milk and coconut milk. He got plenty of protein from his food.
 There are plenty of dairy free kids today that love completely healthy without ANY cows products, including cheese and yogurt.
You don't have to ever feed your kid cows products if you aren't comfortable with it. Not necessary at all.

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I didn’t go straight to milk for my son. I mixed his bottles with 3/4 breast milk and added cows milk to that. I slowly increased milk and lowered the breast milk. He now only drinks 1% milk and it’s very very rare that he even does that. We aren’t milk people lol.