Adding Cereal to Milk: Toddler, Nuby
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Cereal in Bottle
Asked by J. from Chicago
on March 21, 2006
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My doctor recommended thickening my 4month old's formula with rice cereal to help his reflux. I tried a 3mo+ sized teat but it still gets clogged. Any suggestions or s...
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- Some bottles have Y cuts in them specifically for cereal in bottles. Dr. Brown bottles, for instance. I've also cut the openings a bit to improve the flow. Try that...
- I am a mom of a 6-month old who had similar issues when she was born. Of course, I could not put rice cereal in her formula because she was too young, I was able to s...
- I never did this myself but my girlfriend used to add cereal to her kids bottles-- she just widened the teat with the sharp tip of a scissor. I would just be very car...
How Much Milk Does a 16 Month Old Need?
Asked by D.N. from Orlando
on July 18, 2009
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I have 16 month old triplet boys. They are still drinking out of a bottle. I have been have difficulty getting them to learn to hold their own bottle, let alone get us...
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- That is to much milk for 16 months.You should offer water and is it whole milk they are drinking? Water is better especially before bed. Going to bed with a bottle can...
- i want to say it's about 16oz of milk they need a day. my kids are HUGE mild drinkers. i've never given them a full cup or bottle because of this bc it cuts down on wh...
- Wow, that's a lot of milk! They're still pooping, lol? My son (18 mos) went thru a period around 12-13 mos when we first switched over where if we gave him too much ...
14 Month Old Not Drinking After We Took Her off the Bottle
Asked by R.M. from Chicago
on October 22, 2006
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Hi,
My daughter is not drinking milk from a cup (sipply or regular) since we stopped giving her milk in a bottle. At the advice of our pediatrician we stopped the ...
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- I just took my 1 year old off the bottle. One of my friends told me to use Oberwies (sorry for the misspell) milk because it is creamier until my son got use to drinki...
- We use two different types of sippy cups for my daughter, one for water and one type for milk. It has seemed to work well since she never expects her milk in her water...
- HI I had the same problem. I have four children and this happened to all of them. My youngest who 2 1/2 still gets one bottle of milk at night. I know what all peop...
My Daughter Will Only Drink Milk from a Bottle.
Asked by J.M. from Shreveport
on May 17, 2008
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My daughter is a beautiful, healthy 20 month old. She has hit all her mile stones on time. She is smart and fairly easy going although she does hate being stuck in the...
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- I don't know if anybody else suggested this but here it is anyway. Have you tried to put only water in her bottle? Sometimes if u put something they don't really like ...
- J., You have gotten a lot of great advice already so I won't go over all those same ideas. I am just urging you to just toss the bottles and your daughter will eventua...
- It is kind of the same as: If you continue to get up every night and give your child a warm bottle, that child will continue to wake up every night for that warm bott...
13 Month Old Won't Drink Milk
Asked by L.L. from Missoula
on June 27, 2008
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hello every one,I have a 13 month old little girl who is the best thing in my world, she is a very good gilr 90% of the time and is so easy going, she makes it fun to ...
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- Try chocolate milk, and if she really does not like milk don't worry, just feed her other things with lots of calcium, does she like yogurt or cheese? Good luck!
- My little girl did the same thing at about 11 months. The good news is that there are lots of other sources of calcium-- yogurt, cheese, even broccoli, spinach, and to...
- try chocolate or strawberry milk! and don't tell her it's milk
My Son Will Not Drink Milk Unless It Is in a Bottle....
Asked by A.C. from Springfield
on October 19, 2006
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Does anyone have any idea of how to get my 2 1/2 year old son to drink milk from anything but a baby bottle. He has one in the morning and one before bed and refuses ...
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- Breaking the Bottle Rules Easing the bottle-to-sippy-cup transition By the editors of Babytalk In a recent Babytalk.com poll, 53 percent of moms admitted that ...
- you could try taking the bottle to the toy store and getting a new toy BUT you have to pay the store with the bottle. Then there is a new toy and no more bottle.
- Hi A.! I am a fellow day care provider a town over from you. Anywho, have you tried having your son go to the store with you and pick out which one he would prefer?...
20 Month Old Daughter Will Not Take Milk from a Cup
Asked by A.W. from New York
on March 29, 2008
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My little girl will not drink milk from a cup. We have tried all types of sippy cups with all kinds of characters on them, but she refuses. SHe will drink juice or w...
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- Have you tried the NUBY brand sippy cups? They have a silicone nipple part, so it is a little like the bottle feeling wise, but is still a cup. That was how we got m...
- Have you tried the straw sippy cups? Those worked well for us but it was not immidiate and took a little time.
- Have you tried the Nuby brand it has a rubber top, very durable for chewers. it worked for me when i was trying to get my daugther off the bottle, it like a cup but wi...
How Do I Get My 1 Year Old off the Bottle and on a Sippy
Asked by L.W. from Cincinnati
on December 17, 2009
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Hi Ladies,
I am once again ready to listen. Please bear with me as I have questions about the questions I am going to ask.
My daughter turns 1 on Monday. I was told ...
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- Hey L.! So, I completely agree with getting off the bottle at 1. As a matter of fact, I had a party for my kids on the day of their 1st, and the very next day I got ...
- I would do it slowly. It doesn't matter exactly what month the bottle is gone, just that it is! the Munchkin silicone spout cups worked best for us. They were close...
- I disagree with the Moms who say you don't need to do it at a year. We went cold turkey with both kids, and neither of them ever had a bottle again. Both of my kids ...
16 Month Old Still on Bottle
Asked by T.R. from Indianapolis
on November 13, 2008
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I know, many of you may say I am a bad mom, but I put oatmeal and baby food in my son's milk. He is 16 months old and still HAS to have 7oz Milk, 1 jar 2nd Baby food a...
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- When my dgtr was 15 mos old, she wouldn't sleep without her bottle. So, when she woke up in the night, she had to have another one. She was chubby so I only put water ...
- My son was two when he gave up milk in the bottle and that was only because we basically took it away. Unfortunately that is sometimes all you can do. My son would not...
- Hi T., Both of my children had acid reflux and their GI doctor put them on special formula along with thickening up their formula with rice cereal. So, we too HAD to...
14 Month Old Does Not like Milk in Cup
Asked by K.J. from Chicago
on February 8, 2008
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Hi moms!
My 14 month old has been great for months with water in her sippy cup but she hates whole milk in it. She likes milk in the bottle (same milk-whole) and I ...
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- You should read "MY CHILD WONT EAT: How to Prevent and Solve the Problem" by Carlos Gonzalez. It's a fantstic book that teaches you to follow your child's lead on how...
- To be honest, if she's not drinking milk but she does yogurt and cheese, I would just avoid milk. It's probably just a phase. Wait a month or 2 and then re-introduce m...
- She's old enough to drink from a straw. You can make that so much fun for her and put the milk in that. Good luck. Jeanne Elk Grove Village, Il
