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Thanks for your kind words, friends! :)
Our pediatrician is usually ok. We decided that sometimes he just has bad days, but I usually appreciate his knowledge and thoroughness. I really like his physician's assistant and the fact that there about nine doctors in his group. It's nice to know holidays and off-hours are covered by the group. What initially torqued me off about this last visit was when I asked if he had any suggestions or advice for weaning over the next few months. He responded that, of course HE had no personal experience in weaning, but I could talk to the nurse who has three children of her own. I'm 99% confident that I'm not the first mom to ask this question, so I thought his answer and brush-off were a little frustrating. I'm not too worried about introducing cow's milk and figured I would take my friends' advice, but I thought maybe he had some stellar advice to give us. No such luck. When he later suggested we have the boys assessed by some county agency for development delays, I was ready to go home. We just needed to practice with them, that's all.
Thanks to you guys, we've made progress using sippy cups and we'll just keep working on that. I wanted to try to nurse right up until we get rid of bottles/the cow's milk transition because that's the easiest way for me to feed the boys in the morning and after school. Plus, it gives my parents a break from having to help with an extra feeding or two when Eric's out of town. So, Melinda, when you get it all figured out, let me know. No pressure. ;)
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I nursed K until about a week after her first birthday. I had slowly been cutting out feedings, so by the time she was 1 she was only doing one feeding a day. I was advised to do the step down approach and cut the feedings down as she ate more real food and that worked well for us.One day I just didn't feed her and that was it. She didn't get upset about it at all.
Once she turned 1 we began to give her cow's milk, but at first she would not drink it at all. I of course was freaking out about it, but I was told that as long as she was getting calcium from things like yogurt, cheese, etc. it was fine. I was told to offer her cow's milk at all her meals and eventually she'd take it. She did take to cow's milk after about 10-14 days and then things were fine.
I'm sorry you had a rough time with your Doctor. It's tough when that happens. You and Eric and doing a great job and the boys look like they are thriving, so do what you guys think is best.
I know a lot of mom's who have started cow's milk before the magical 365 day mark and things have been just fine.
Good luck!
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