Stupid questions for moms planning to do Goat's Milk...do mainstream grocery stores like Safeway carry it or do you have to go to a store like Whole Foods? Is it more expensive than Cow's Milk? Do you drink it? I searched for it on the Safeway website and nothing came up.
I havent seen it at our Publix, Safeway equivalent, I buy it at Whole Foods. It is more expensive, its $3 ish for a quart. I dont drink it because I hate milk but DD and DS like it. Last week I have been giving DS some with breakfast, he usually drinks 1-2oz.
Stupid questions for moms planning to do Goat's Milk...do mainstream grocery stores like Safeway carry it or do you have to go to a store like Whole Foods? Is it more expensive than Cow's Milk? Do you drink it? I searched for it on the Safeway website and nothing came up.
I havent seen it at our Publix, Safeway equivalent, I buy it at Whole Foods. It is more expensive, its $3 ish for a quart. I dont drink it because I hate milk but DD and DS like it. Last week I have been giving DS some with breakfast, he usually drinks 1-2oz.
Have you tried it yourself? I'm just curious what it tastes like. I have goat's cheese in mind which definitely has a distinct taste. I love cow's milk and have really missed it the past few month's and the fact that I love it is making my decision on whether to give G goat's milk or cow's milk more confusing.
Goat's milk is nasty, so I don't feed it to my kids. And I've had it fresh and raw. Not impressed. However, if you feed it to your kid, no judgements, especially since I apparently had a lot as a baby. However, please, please don't feed any raw milk to your babies. Not worth the whole dying of listeria thing.
Transitioning: I let T have a sip of my glass of 2% today. He was impressed. And pissed that he only got a sip. DD started getting sippy cups of WCM as I weaned her from 12-13 months. So instead of nursing her, I replaced a feeding with 4 or so oz of WCM. Eventually, that's all she got. DS1's tummy didn't react well to WCM, so I mixed it 50/50 with vanilla rice milk, and after a few months of that we worked it back to 100% WCM.
Post by hannahl201477 on Apr 6, 2016 10:54:12 GMT -5
I plan on starting to put his formula in a sippy couple here in the next couple or weeks. Mal still doesn't have any teeth so I'm worried about switching to milk since his real food intake is so low. I know I can probably give him more than what I am, but him having no teeth makes me nervous.
Post by hannahl201477 on Apr 6, 2016 11:18:36 GMT -5
carrots thanks, good to be reassured. I know he can eat more the ftm in me is just nervous! I don't know a whole lot on the blw thing so I have been extra cautious. I'll start trying more now.
hannahl201477 Ditto what carrots said, gums are surprisingly strong! Gianna doesn't have any teeth either and eats everything. We do BLW and it was definitely nerve-wracking for us in the beginning, so I understand your worries!
I plan on starting to put his formula in a sippy couple here in the next couple or weeks. Mal still doesn't have any teeth so I'm worried about switching to milk since his real food intake is so low. I know I can probably give him more than what I am, but him having no teeth makes me nervous.
I know carrots has reassured you, but I just wanted to add that my baby has no teeth, has never allowed us to spoon feed her, and she eats most things. She even takes bites of apple slices. Try biggish pieces of food that Mal can bite and chew and he might surprise you. Good luck!
Post by hannahl201477 on Apr 6, 2016 16:59:03 GMT -5
belle0720 and purple nice to hear, I know nothing about BLW. He eats stuff I know without a doubt he won't have trouble with. It's everything else I worry about.
belle0720 and purple nice to hear, I know nothing about BLW. He eats stuff I know without a doubt he won't have trouble with. It's everything else I worry about.
I don't understand how conventional weaning works and I wouldn't know where to start :-) I think most things about being a FTM are scary.
Regarding introducing cow's milk, should I go by T's actual age, or adjusted age??
Hihi. E just turned 1 and this has been on my mind (since his adjusted age is 10m right now). I'm not ready to try cow's milk bc e had a dairy issue which lasted a while so I'm trying hemp milk bc it's supposed to be a really good alternative.
Baby Elliott (technically) due 6.13.2015 but born via c-section on 4.12.2015 at 31w1d after 31d of hospital arrest (think house arrest) for monitoring.
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