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My son is 10 months old. hes breast feeding till now. is it ok to switch him over to cows milk or goats milk .
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Babies need iron: No, infants need a dietary iron source until they are about 1 year. They can't store iron and so are at high risk for anemia without an iron source. They must have breast milk or formula until age 1. Formula also has specific nutritional qualities to make it like breastmilk. Cow or goat milk, even with a liquid vitamin supplement, is not an accepted substitute for breast milk or formula.
Answered 9/23/2013
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Not Ready Yet: The american academy of pediatrics recommends introducing animal milk (cow) at 1 year of age. Some evidence sugges that introducing earlier may lead to allergies and other issues.
Answered 9/15/2015
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