Babies over six months of age can have whole cow’s milk, according to a new recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
The new guidance comes amid the infant formula shortage in the United States.
The AAP says whole cow’s milk is an option for older babies if formula is not available, as long as the child doesn’t need a specialty formula for allergies or other health needs.
However, the AAP says cow’s milk isn’t ideal, but it is better than diluting formula or trying to make it at home.
My kids were on whole milk at six months. 1970…..you can sell more if you get the pediatricians to say one year..
My mom knew some crazy OCD b!tch when they were living on base in the 70s. She confided to my mom she was gonna put her baby on skim milk and not tell the pediatrician. I don’t know how old the baby was. Maybe less than a year? Hopefully the husband or somebody closer to her than my mom got wind of it and talked her out of that craziness as the kid would have been malnourished and possibly developed brain damage.
Ya know...I wonder if all the “allergies” our kids are developing like peanuts and gluten intolerance has to do with all the baby formula they are fed the first couple years of the life? We never got formula when we were born and our generation didn’t have the problems kids do today.
In 1968 our son’s military pediatrician put him on whole cow’s milk at 3 months old.
He was a robust little guy and he did just fine. We did have to give him prune juice to keep him regular.
But, this current situation is an outrage for those with sensitive and allergic babies.