Introducing whole milk at 10 months?

[Kado]

My daughter has been eating solid foods since 4 months to try to put some weight on. She's now 10 months and is 12.5 lbs. I know at a year Wic will take us off formula and I can't afford it. Can I start introducing small amounts, mix it in with formula?

 

[asrai]

I would see your doctor about your daugther's weight. In my experience solid foods dramatically reduced the amount of weight my children gained. Breastmilk and formula have FAR more fat than any food.

 

[Chibi Oka-san]

Slowly yes. I did at 11 months with my son to help the transition be a bit smoother. Just replace 1oz of formula with 1oz of milk and keep it that way for a week and then go up and oz. Then keep doing that until she's totally on milk. Use whole milk though and make sure she's getting food to eat.

 

[Nikki]

Yes you can I actually just put my daughter on milk at 11 months and she did fine

 

[drop_in_the_ocean_2006]

How in the world is your daughter only 12.5lbs at 10 months? I would talk to your doctor about when to put her on whole milk because she is crazy small for her age especially if she is eating solid food she should weigh more then that. She may have a milk intolerance and not absorbing the nutrients from her formula the way she should.
I know all babies grow at different rates but your daughter shoul be at least in the 15-20 lb range. My daughter is 4 months and weighs around 13lbs and everyone coments on how tiny she is.