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Switching to Milk
Asked by C.S. from New York
on September 2, 2008
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My son is going to be one year soon and I just started the transition to whole milk. I am trying to give him a cup with each meal, which so far is going okay. My quest...
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- I got my son off formula and the bottle at the same time. I weaned to milk just like you are doing and it went great. At the same time I introduced sippy cups. He H...
- Hi C., The best thing I ever did was to get my kids off the bottle at age 1. My sister and friends kept going with the bottle and it was a nightmre getting them ...
- I'm glad to hear giving him milk in a cup is going well... As long as he is going well and drinking his requirements, continue on with it... Hang on to the bottles ...
Won't Drink Milk
Asked by M.H. from Philadelphia
on May 23, 2008
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I just got my daughter off the bottle. It was very easy... the only reason I did it a little late was because she is my first and I enjoyed her laying on me and drinki...
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- We ran into this with my son and it's still a battle every day. Some of the things we tried (which incidentally didn't work)... adding chocolate syrup to the milk, a...
- My daughter was the same way. Easy transition, then no milk from a cup. We had to warm it up for her to drink it. Sometimes, I had flavoring.
- Hi M., My daughter weaned herself from the bottle at 17 months old, and weaned herself from milk at the same time! She is now 4 years old and still does not drink m...
How Much Milk??
Asked by M. from Dallas
on June 4, 2007
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Hi guys-
I just swtiched my DD to whole milk, I am just wondering how many ounces she should be drinking a day?
Also your opinion: should I take all the bottles away...
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- Whatever you do don't make your child drink too much milk. Milk isn't as great for kids as people say it is. it can be the cause of many health issues such as food a...
- just take it away cold turkey. My son drinks milk about five or six sippy cups of milk or chocolate milk a day. But he will be three next month.
- I don't think your child will let you take the bottles away cold turkey--- You should wean--- My daughter is 2 and she still has her bedtime bottle-- I started w sippy...
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...
Need Advice on Cold Milk in a Sippy Cup
Asked by G.M. from Washington DC
on October 26, 2009
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My 19 month old still drinks warmed (or room temp) milk in a bottle. one bottle first thin in the morning and one at night before bed time. I know I probably should ha...
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- Hi I know some people really have a thing about babies having milk in bottles after a year old but I have to say that I cannot see why it is such a big deal. My yo...
- I actually think its better for younger kids to have warm milk. Its more important for you to make sure that she is off the bottle than it is for her to drink cold mil...
- My oldest son hated milk but would drink it warm in a bottle one time a day. He did this until he was 22 months old. My youngest is now 22 months old and he still ta...
How to Go from Formula to Milk
Asked by M.E. from Syracuse
on June 6, 2007
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My son is 1 year old and the doctor said that we could start him on milk. Has anyone done this successfully? He vomited when we gave him a whole bottle of milk(after b...
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- all good posts there. Remember that at a year they suggest we start gettin goff the bottle as well... what about milk in a sippy cup?> I also think the idea of giv...
- Hi M.... Are you doing half formula half milk?? That's what I did to wean my daughter and it worked out great! Chances are if he was on regular formula then he won't ...
- He could be allergic. My son could not do the whole milk. I had him on lactaid milk for about a year and then weaned him to milk. now he has milk, ice cream and yog...
Switching from Formula to Milk
Asked by J.B. from Amarillo
on March 13, 2008
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I've gotten the go ahead to switch my son from formula to milk. My pedi said to put the milk in a sippy cup rather than his bottle so that he gets use to getting his ...
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- the bottle to sippy cup was not an overnight event for my DD. She fought us for about 2 weeks, but when she realized she had no other choice, the sippy cup won. It tak...
- Monica is right on the money. I have kids from 19yrs to 4rs and a 1 yr grandson. The bottle weaning is right up there with potty training..:) He is asscociating...
- I would suggest switching drinks. Only put water in his bottle, and milk in his sippy cup. Eventually he'll get tired of water & give in. You might offer him both at t...
Transitioning Milk from a Bottle to a Cup
Asked by T.A. from Dallas
on May 21, 2008
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My 13 month old son will not take milk from a sippie cup, only from a bottle and only if it is warmed up. I know this may take awhile for him to do, but I was just wo...
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- What we did with our kids was to cradle them at night, like you're giving him a bottle, but use the cup instead. This works best if he is already pretty tired and just...
- Toss out the bottle and say another baby needed the bottle. If it is out of sight ie availability, he's likely to graduate to the sippy cup.
- I'm having the same problem! My older son just seemed to naturally take to the sippy cup, but for some reason, my 12 month old will drink very little milk out of a cup...
Switching to Milk and Getting off Bottle
Asked by T.K. from Chicago
on November 7, 2006
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My son is currently 11 mo. and I had planned on switching him from formula to milk when he was 1. However, since the daycare that he will be going to for a day needs ...
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- I agree ith everyone else. You should have no problem switching. The only thing that I have done with both of my girls is to switch them cold turkey. Thye will drink it.
- My only suggestion is that you do not change to a sippy cup when you first give your child milk. I would start by giving him his formula, or water, or juice in a sipp...
- My children never took to a bottle so my advice may not be that helpful, but here are my 2 cents.....Both my daughters started on a sippy cup at 6 months with water. ...
Will Not Drink Milk Out of Sippy Cup
Asked by D.T. from San Francisco
on January 8, 2008
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My one year old will not drink milk out of a sippy cup, he will drink it out of a bottle. He does drink water out of his sippy cup but not milk.
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- Actually - think of it as a good thing. It makes it easier to ween him later. At meal time, give him a small plastic cup with a small amount and hand it to him when ...
- I'm not sure when I pulled the bottle completely either, I believe it was closer to 18 months, but I know that after a few days my twins figured it out and if they wan...
- Try the Born Free Sippy cup. You can get it at Whole Foods. It's a cross between a bottle and a sippy cup. It might make the transition easier.
