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Weaning 21 Month Old
Asked by K.G. from Burlington
on September 15, 2009
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Hey,
Im writing to ask for wisdom and advice on how to wean my little toddler. We have been cutting down the nursing sessions to just before nap, before bed and 1-...
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- Start offering a sippy cup with pumped milk maybe?? Or start a new routine instead- like ok today in stead of num num we are going to snuggle and read a book. I would ...
- Nursing is very important for her emotional development, not just her nutritional one. Are you sure that you want to wean? I'm nursing my 2 year old and it can be chal...
- You could have been writing about me! I too, have 21 month old, strong willed little girl, 11/12 (my third) who is also refusing to wean. However, being even more stro...
14 Month-old Won't Drink Milk from Cup
Asked by M.C. from Detroit
on April 14, 2009
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I am transitioning my son from the bottle to a sippy cup. He hates the sippy cup and will only drink a few ounces from it and then shakes his head no and will not dri...
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- Stay persistent and DON'T GIVE IN!!!! You have to throw away the bottles (I had the SAME problem with my 12 month old). If they're gone then that's all he'll have to...
- HI M.---I agree it is frustrating when it seems like your son is starving himself, but don't worry, he'd never do that. I do have a couple of suggestions. I have the...
- If you are just not introducing a sippy cup it could take some time. My daughter is now 13 1/2 months and has been off bottles since she turned 1. It was easy for her ...
Baby Won't Take Bottle (Or Cup)
Asked by J.M. from New York
on July 9, 2009
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I need help! My son is 10 months old and I am pregnant, and I want to start weaning him off the breast. I tried last night and today to give him a bottle (and a cup) o...
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- we added some vanilla flavoring and some karo syrup to the bottle, of course now you could use truvia/stevia for no caloric sweetner. the kids love thier vanilla milk...
- My son was 8mons old when we found out that we were pregnant with number two. He also had never had a bottle. I was uninterested in formula...I was actually entertai...
- My daughter never took to the bottle either. The only cup I could get her to drink from was the straw cups. I use the no-spill straw cups from Munchkin (they have at...
2 Year Old Still on the Bottle
Asked by S.M. from Sacramento
on November 18, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions of how to get my 2 year old off of the bottle? He is still on formula as well, we are trying to get him on other foods but he has a ve...
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- Hi there, I have a son that was allergic to corn, shellfish, peanut butter, eggs, chocolate and more plus he had eczema & asthma real bad. I had to monitor everything ...
- S., If you want dental bill out of the roof continue with the bottle. Children need to be transitioned to a cup at 1 year of age. NO MORE bottles!!! It ruins their...
- We just went through this with our 2 1/2 yr old and it was much easier than expected. However before you begin make sure you have the resolve to follow through in the...
Holding Own Bottle and Self-feeding
Asked by K.T. from Chicago
on June 17, 2008
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Moms,
I have a almost 12 month old that will not hold her own bottle or self feed. She has always refused to hold the bottle on her own. As far as the self feed, i...
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- i would mention it at the one year physical. these little things sometimes are nothing but sometimws early intervention needs to get brought in.
- Does she imitate you? I would get myself some food and eat it beside her with my hands. I would also give her the bottle and then get one myself and show her how I h...
- Hi K., I have 3 daughters: 4, 2 1/2, and 6 months. The oldest and youngest were/are angel eaters. The oldest one will eat ANYTHING we give her. However, my middl...
How Do I Get Her Weined from the Bottle???
Asked by A.A. from Atlanta
on November 5, 2008
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My daughter will be a year old Nov 23rd. She loves her bottles....seriously loves them! I have tried so many different types of sippy cups and she isn't really inter...
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- Straw sippy cups! They are at all grocery stores. N. mommy to ds8, dd6,dd4
- Try the sippy cups with a straw. That's the only kind my son would use at first. Alos, someone makes a sippy with a silicone spout that is shaped a lot like a bottle n...
- i found that especially with milk if you mix it with a little bit of chocolate milk in a sippy cup helped.
How to Introduce a Sippy Cup?
Asked by S.S. from Davenport
on August 3, 2008
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My son is six months now he is able to drink from a cup if you hold it. so I decided to try a sippy cup. He drinks out of it sometimes unless he is sleepy,but I can't ...
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- If he does not hold his own bottle, he not going to hold a sippy cup. Now don't forget a sippy cup is bigger around than a bottle, so it is going to take time for him ...
- that will come. i got the cups that are short and have the handles on either side of it... those worked good. my son got ahold of one at 7 months and never looked back...
- You can try the transitional cups with the handles. These were very helpful for my son, who when we started offering the cup would not hold up his bottle. He would h...
How to Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by R.L. from Chicago
on July 20, 2008
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Can anyone help with suggestions on how to transition from a bottle to sippy cup? My 13 month old is very attached to her bottle and doesn't seem to like the sippy cu...
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- Hi R., I'm A., and I'm a mom of 3: ages 9, 6, and 15 months. To transition, I would first just offer the sippy between meals with snacks. Try filling it with dilute...
- I am with a couple of the other responses. Try the straw cups. Neither of my kids ever used a sippie. Part of it was they did not see why they had to tilt a cup when ...
- This is what worked for us: I started mixing milk with water in the bottle and pure milk in the cup. I started with replacing 1 oz and then increasing that every d...
1 Year Old - Eating Habits/Schedule
Asked by L.L. from New York
on January 24, 2009
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I think some of you misinterpreted my request to mean that my son is not eating table food. He is eating all kinds of table food. The only reason that I am still giv...
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- Get the book Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron. This tells you how to make all your kids food and what is appropriate for them at every age. She is a vegetarian so it's up...
- Hi L., My son who just turned 1 is completely on table food and still does a night bottle for comfort. Everything else during the day is sippy cup or with a stra...
- My daughter just turned one and nurses at night still. During the day she gets bottles. She will drink a little juice, water or milk from a sippy cup. However, if I...
Advice on Weaning 1 Year Old off the Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.C. from Honolulu
on January 22, 2009
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Does anyone have advice on HOW and WHEN to wean a baby off the bottle to a sippy cup???? My son just made 1 yr last week. We took him in for his 1 year well baby chec...
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- K., You'll just need to introduce the big boy cup and also spend a little $$$ trying to find the one he likes best and that doesn't leak. We went with the ones t...
- I weaned both of my babies off of the bottle right around their first birthdays and it was a piece of cake (no pun intended!:) They were taking 4 bottles a day at tha...
- I say do what works for you and your son. When he's awake and thristy give him the sippy cup. Reseve the bottle for when he is really tired and may need the comfort ...
