Milk During Weaning

Milk during weaning

- the start of the weaning process does not signal the elimination of milk from your baby’s diet.
- breast milk or formula will still be the major source of protein and many essential vitamins & minerals.

- mothers may continue to breastfeed throughout the first year of life.
- breastfed infants may need additional iron, vitamin D & perhaps zinc as they grow older.
- consult your health care professional for details.

- if you have been feeding your baby with infant formula, you can continue to do so for the entire first year of life.
- you may want to consider using a follow-on formula that has been specially designed to help ensure optimal growth & development in babies 6 mths of age and older.
- during weaning, approximately 500 mL of one of these nutritionally complete fortified milks is recommended to be fed daily.

- nutritional experts agree that cow’s milk should not be introduced at all during the first year of life.
- cow’s milk and full-cream milks are nutritionally inadequate for children younger than 1 year, even if they have begun to eat solid foods.