Can I give my 8 month old cow's milk?

Cow’s milk does not have all the nutrients that formula does…this is why you should not switch before your child is one. Formula helps with brain growth and development, plus a lot of other things that babies NEED to have. The only other thing that an 8 month old should be drinking regularly is breast milk (since research states that this is better for a baby than formula). Giving fruit juice is ok as long as you are not replacing his/her formula for it…it should be used in addition to formula.

I switched my boys when they were almost 1…around 2 weeks away. My daughter was switched from the doctor when she was 10 months because she stopped breast feeding and wouldn’t accept bottled breast milk or formula. However I needed to give her rice cereal with each of her meals…3 times a day…with formula/breast milk mixed in. That way she still got the nutrients that a baby needs for a healthy development.

Cutting back on your babies fruit juice might help to get him/her to drink more formula…fruit juice is a lot of empty calories and sugar that a baby does not need.