How to Start Babies on Milk

Begin feeding your baby vitamin D enriched whole milk at 12 months of age unless your pediatrician advises earlier. There are not enough vitamins, minerals or nutrients for an infant's mind and body's developmental growth in regular whole milk. Stay away from skim milk or low-fat milk. Feed your baby small portions of vitamin D whole milk, so the baby becomes accustomed to the taste of the milk. Add a little bit into their formula, or mix it into breast milk. Make sure the baby eats baby foods with proteins and vegetables that supplement the vitamins, minerals and nutrients that are missing in whole milk.

Feed your baby up to 16 oz. of milk a day after introducing the milk into his diet. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that this is an adequate amount milk to feed your baby.

See the pediatrician, and discuss feeding your child soy milk if whole milk disagrees with your child's digestive system. If the baby constantly spits up with a very sour smell, vomits, is flatulent or suddenly has stool problems, there is a problem. Allergies to milk and lactose intolerance cause all of these symptoms, and a physician's attention is required.

Feed your baby other products containing whole milk. Babies can eat other dairy products like soft cheese and ice cream. Count these products into the 16 oz. of milk the baby is allowed each day. Also introduce milk to your child's diet by mixing milk into his food. Add milk to cereal, cheese on vegetables or sour cream on fruits.