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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I swapped out an ounce per day of breast milk with whole milk the first week. Two ounces per day the second week. Four ounces per day the third week. Slowly continued until baby was fully transitioned. [/quote]

[b]So you made full bottles that were breast milk and whole milk mixed and sent them to daycare?[/b][/quote]

NP here, this is the part that confuses me.  Do I keep sending bottles until DC is completely onto cow's milk?  What about the common advice to give cow's milk only in a cup (sippy or otherwise) rather than a bottle?  I'm just unclear on the mechanics of getting from 4 bottles of BM or formula to 4 -- or fewer? -- cups of milk.[/quote]

These are two separate transitions--one is bottle to cup, and the other breastmilk to cow's milk. For the latter, we just swapped out over a week or so, as PPs noted. For the former, we started with water in an open cup at home and sippy at daycare. Somewhere 13-14 months-ish, we started offering milk in a straw cup at daycare and open cup at home. I wouldn't worry about trying to align the two changes; in our case, our daycare provider did not want to be handling breastmilk extensively so did not want to be pouring/transferring it if possible. That was fine with us and she didn't start pouring till DC was on cow's milk. We sent the combo bottles, and once transition was done, a half gallon of whole milk every other week. The cup transition did not end up being a big deal at all for DC, but I'm sure that varies.[/quote]

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