When Is It Better For Babies To Stop Drinking Formula Milk? Here's An Expert Response

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JAKARTA - For mothers who have difficulty breastfeeding their babies, formula milk is an alternative to fulfilling their little ones' nutrition. Although of course, the content is not as good as breast milk.

But along with the development and growth of your baby, of course the nutrients he needs will increase. Then a question arises about when should the formula milk in the baby be stopped?

Adapting Parenting First Cry, Friday, September 30, most pediatricians recommend visiting a child from formula milk and switching to fat milk when the little one is 12 months old. Children aged one year need 24 ounces of milk every day to grow and develop well. Most babies who are given formula milk are ready to switch from formula milk to whole cow milk on average one year after birth. If your child is born premature or breastfed with formula milk from soybeans, you should immediately consult a doctor to determine solutions.

At that age, they also have to eat food which is generally solid food to get additional nutrients and make milk not the main source of food.

Nutrition-intensive foods are essential in the first year of a baby's life. Natasha Burgert, a pediatrician in Kansas City told Romper to recommend parents not only stop using formula milk at the age of a year, but they should also start teaching their children to drink milk directly than through milk bottles.

If you're wondering if the milk of sheep, goats, soybeans, or rice milk is as good as cow's milk, Women's and Children's Health Network doesn't recommend these milks to children under one year.

It's only when you have reached one year and over, that your toddler can be given milk other than cow milk or breast milk such as soy milk, for example. However, it is best to choose someone who provides additional calcium.