Transitioning To Whole Milk

This week I decided would be the last week I buy supplement for my little! Let me give you a brief history on my little Sawyer's eating arrangement... I have breastfed him from birth, he is now 10 days shy of 1 year (insert sad face + cry uncontrollably)! Yes I know they say wait a year before trying whole milk but come on people we are only 10 days shy with so far no known allergies and let's face it, the thought of spending 25.00 more dollars makes me cringe!! Now when Sawyer was around 6 months old my milk supply decreased resulting in us having to resort to the dreaded "supplement". I say dreaded because any breast feeding Momma that only wants her baby to breastfeed does not want to hear that her body isn't making enough to satisfy! Anyways we got over that and continued to nurse each feeding and adding a supplement bottle at lunch and before bed to satisfy my little eater! 

So here we are a mere 1 year later still going strong with the nursing! Yay!! It can be done and isn't impossible...although at times you wonder how much more can one woman's body take!?! Ok let's get to the point here, when I began the thought of making this week the week we leave the bottles a thing of the past and also make the switch to whole milk, I had a ton and I mean a TON of thoughts and questions as to how other Mommas went about doing so, do you go cold turkey, do you switch one first then the other, do you mix the formula plus milk, and the list goes on. So I decided to write this blog just as informative post on how we did the switch and what worked for us:) 

First off let me start by saying we ARE still breast feeding morning and night (he only gets supplement at night however).

The first night I mixed half and half, formula + whole milk after he was finished nursing. My thought was if he were to have an upset belly or any allergy maybe only making it half and half would lighten the pain a little? I don't really know if it would have or not because luckily he has no allergy or upset belly from the whole milk!

(Note: the red cap or vitamin D milk is the same as whole milk)

The second day I nursed him as usual in the morning plus he ate his cereal and then for lunch he had his full sippy cup with whole milk plus his lunch. I personally went ahead and did without the bottle on the second day because he is relatively good with the sippy already. Dinner followed the same pattern drinking a full sippy plus eating his dinner. And at night he nursed and then had a sippy with whole milk to top him off before bed. 

So far we have used the nuk and nuby cups, they seem to work well for him at this time.

We are on day three and everything is going just as planned! He is taking his sippy very well and adjusting to the changes. I will say that the nursing times have became extra enjoyable for both parties because we have missed each other all day! Lol I have to say the hardest part of it all is cutting out those daily breastfeedings! I always said we would nurse until his was a year but my goodness this year went by faster than I could have ever imagined and the bond that has grown is more than I could have prepared myself for. Throwing out these morning and night feedings may be the death of Mommy! For now I will try not to think about it. Plus this post is not to serve as a sob story for me! Only information on our personal experience of switching! Good luck to you on your switch! And always remember...what works for some doesn't for all! Do what works best for you and your baby! Best of luck to you!!

Xoxo- Ashley + Sawyer