Got Whole Milk???

So the sippy cup thing is still not clicking with Andrew, so we are going to put it on hold for just a little bit. I am actually wondering since he is cutting his very first tooth, if that is more of a reason he hates the sippy cup. So seriously does anybody else have a baby with no teeth?!! So that is what we are thinking/hoping so when the tooth finally gets all the way through maybe he will be more receptive to the whole sippy cup thing.
But on the plus side we decided to start with the transition of changing from formula to whole milk, and I am thrilled to report that it is seamless. We are doing half formula and half organic whole milk, and he drinks it up just like if it was only formula. I am still warming it up, but I think once we switch over completely I might try to go from warm to semi warm to cool to straight from the fridge. Wish me luck!
As far as the whole idea behind changing him starting at 11 months old...I have read to start at 12 months, but a lot of daycares require children to be on milk before the switch to the one year old class. And I figured that if it was bad for the children, they would never require that transition before the baby was ready for it right? Either way, we haven't noticed any difference in him drinking it, his activity level, his ability to eat regularly (we thought he might start getting hungrier if it didn't fill him up the same...), but his poo is definitely different. It kind of reminds me to going back to breast milk. I don't know if this is just until we get used to whole milk, of if this is the way it is going to be until he is more on finger foods...but over all I am relieved that this transition is working so well for him.

mel