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My oldest tried cows milk around 13 mos, because I was already pregnant with ds2 and ds1 gradually weaned from bf by 17 months. he loves milk and would drink it all day if he could. He drinks skim now.
Ds2 (3 years old) still does not drink cows milk (although dh recently let him try choc milk and of course he liked that!). He does not like plain cows milk. He bf'd until 31 months. He generally just drinks water. He does eat plenty of yogurt and cheese. He will sometimes drink soy, and prefers soy on his cereal.
I think the way I did it with ds2 is fine. I will probably do that again with ds3.