Cow's Milk: Gerber
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Anyone Used the Gerber Cups with the LONG Handles?
Asked by N.D. from Chicago
on April 16, 2007
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Has anyone used the Gerber sippy cups that comes with the long handles? They are supposed to help transition a baby from bottle to cup. We are going to wean our little...
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- We use the Gerber sippy cups w/out handles and our son likes them. I also love the Take & Toss cups that the First Years makes. Target sells them. They're about $2 ...
- We LOVED the nuby cups b/c they have a soft spout to drink from like a bottle....they are only like 1.50 at walmart etc.. so you cant go wrong with trying them....I ha...
- I use the long handle gerber cup and love them, my son loves them as well. I think it is a great idea to use a different cup for milk then you do for water. I tried ...
Gerber Nuk Bottles
Asked by M.P. from Milwaukee
on September 28, 2009
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My daughter is using gerber nuk bottles. Does the hole need to face up against the roof of her mouth or down against her tongue?
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- The flat part should go to the roof of the mouth.
- facing up. I verified this on the manufacturer website when I tried them with my baby. I never felt that I got a good "fit" with them as she could barely get any mil...
- we use both the nuk bottles and pacifiers... i actually grabbed both and "matched" them to figure out where the hole should be... the flat part goes against the tongue...
18 Month Eating Stage 3 Gerber
Asked by M.W. from Chicago
on May 25, 2009
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I have a friend who cares for a 18 month old baby. For some reason, the mother refuses to let the baby have gerber graduates or any kind of table food. The baby has...
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- I'm just wondering if the 18 mos. old had an food adversions & that could be the reason for the baby food?? I know my daughter had ALOT of & still does have problems w...
- If she feels the child is still hungry after eating the baby food, she could just mention that to the mom, but I would not actually tell her what to feed her child. ...
- I understand what you're saying, but unless the mother is actively asking you for help it is really best for you to keep your opinions to yourself and stay out of it. ...
Warming up Milk
Asked by J.M. from Philadelphia
on January 25, 2007
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Hi, I was wondering if there are other moms out there that have to warm up the milk before their child will take it. My daughter is 1 year old and I give her whole mi...
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- I used to get a small plastic pot, microwave the water in it and then put the bottle with milk in it for a minute or so. i did this until girls were 15 months. two bot...
- My son, Aidan, is now three and a half and I have just now got him off of the warm milk at nap time and bedtime. I have a twenty-one month old who still takes it warm ...
- J....I wish I had some advice for you...but I don't! I just have to laugh. My daughter is almost 3 and still refuses to drink milk unless it's "worm." I can, ho...
Milk from a Sippy Cup Help
Asked by C.L. from San Francisco
on September 2, 2008
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I am trying to get my son to take his milk from a sippy cup and it just isn't working. I realize that it's only been a day but can someone please tell me that it's goi...
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- yes, it gets better and takes time. What I did with my twins was introduce the sippy with water first (at about 5 mos), so they could play around with it, test it out...
- My son didn't seem to know what to do with a sippy cup. He just kept chewing on the spout...until I took out the little insert that kept it from dripping. Then the m...
- C., Keep offering it to your son. Change is hard for all of us and kids are no different. It just takes some time to get used to it. I would say though to stick wit...
Tansitioning to Whole Milk
Asked by C.M. from Phoenix
on January 2, 2009
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I was wondering if I can mix formula and whole milk. My son is about 2wk from turning 1 and I want to get this started soon.
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- You can to help in the transition, but try whole milk cold turkey and see what happens. I did and my son had no problem. He loves it!
- I have a son that just turned one and we are in this process right now. His doctor told us to start with 1 oz. whole milk and 7 oz. formula for every bottle for a whol...
- Yes you can. Just do 50/50, if he will drink it and tolerates it keep increasing amt. of milk until it's all milk. I just dealt with this! Mine did great!
Getting to Drink Milk NOT in a Bottle
Asked by L.N. from Syracuse
on September 23, 2007
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My daughter is going to be 18 months and my husband and I have taken her off the bottle. She was drinking at least 24 oz a day out of the bottle, and now she won't dri...
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- L., my advise is that little ones need to be introduced to a cup while still ona bottle- I always started with a cup at mealtime when the kids were about 6 months old....
- Hi L. I was worried about this with my daughter as well. But we got thru it. First of all she won't use a sippy cup, it makes such a mess, yes even the non spill on...
- My son stopped drinking milk at 18 months when he stopped drinking from a bottle. Instead I give him yogurt and then give him a vitamin to make sure he is getting the...
Getting Rid of the Bottle and Putting Milk in a Cup
Asked by S.H. from Orlando
on July 30, 2007
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My son is now 16 months old and has 3 bottles of milk a day. We started with the midday bottle and tried to switch it from a bottle to a cup. We have tried a few varie...
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- I'm with Beth on the Gerber sippies, they have been the most leak-proof. At his one year check up, his doctor asked me if he was still using a bottle. I told him he ...
- Well, the fact that he knows you will pour it back into a bottle (if he just lets it sit long enough) probably is not really helping the situation. You know, my Mom a...
- For me, my son was totally off the bottle at 14 months I believe. I went through several sippy's until I used the one sold at Target by Gerber. There is 2 in a pack ...
How Much Milk Should My 17 Month Old Be Drinking?
Asked by R.D. from Richmond
on May 25, 2011
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My 17 month old son drinks a full cup of milk first thing in the morning, and a full cup last thing in the evening before bed.
The rest of the day, he prefers to si...
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- Everyone says children need lots of milk to build their bones, but what they forget to say is that COW's milk is mostly a calcium that human bodies can't absorb (they ...
- My ped told me that my daughter should have 3 glasses of milk a day, no more. That's tough for us because my kid loves milk, just like me. She drinks water the rest of...
- if the child wants milk, let him drink as much as he wants,besides yogurt and cheese, there is no better way to make sure that they are getting enough calcium, ignore ...
Help with 1 Year Old Drinking Milk from Sippy Cup
Asked by J.E. from Chicago
on April 5, 2009
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We are trying to get our 1 year old daughter off bottles and on to drinking milk from a sippy cup. She has transitioned to whole milk in a bottle perfectly and drinks...
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- When someone figures this one out let me know. None of my three children would ever drink milk out of a sippy. The best advice I could give is to buy one of the sippie...
- I think you just have to keep trying to give it to her in a sippy, or try in a regular cup. I've been giving my 16-month-old a regular cup to drink from since about 1...
- For my two kids, (who were drinking out of the bottle 3 times a day), I started about a month before they turned one. For one week, I started off with the afternoon m...
