Introducing Milk to My 1 Year Old

I would stop mixing the formula with the milk, it probably tastes horrible and who knows how it is settling in his stomach. Whole milk, which you should be giving him, is very filling and, my guess is the mixing it with the formula is why he won't take it. Taste test it and see if you would drink it. Hopefully it is as easy as that. Good luck

when u go to the store show him the different cups that he's able to deink from and let him pick one out that he likes and he may be more willing to use it. If mixing milks isn't working just try only the whole milk and see how he responds. If it's too upseting, they also sell transitional formula. good luck

Are you warming the milk a little bit? My youngest didn't want milk in a sippy cup, only a bottle. I continued to give it to him until he was 2, and then he'd gotten so used to other things in the sippy cups that it didn't matter anymore and he drank it cold. I never saw the problem with using a bottle for a while longer. They are still babies.

N.,
I would suggest giving the milk or milk mix to him in a bottle for awhile if that is how he will take it. My oldest daughter only drank water from her sippy for a while and we finally got her off the bottle at about 15 months. My youngest daughter will drink milk from a sippy during the day but will only take it from a bottle at bed time.
The change to milk may be upsetting his tummy some. Was he on milk based formula?? With my oldest, she was on formula before milk and we did the mix thing. It worked great but took us a month to be only milk. We did a week of 75% formula/25% milk, then the next week 50/50, followed by 25/75, and finally all milk.
Wishing you all the luck with this transistion! Just remember it is just a phase and things will get better.

The swicht to milk can be hard. IT took James like 6 weeks to just drink it. Just keep giving it to him. He might have little bit of a tummy ach too. It can take a few weeks for there systemys to adjudt to it. We got JAmes to take milk out of sippy better when we put a little bit of vanilla soy or chocolate milk in with the regular milk. Know we can give him just stright milk and he takes it just fine.

My son is very sensitive to cow's milk proteins and was 22 months old before he could comfortably drink small amounts of milk. I never pushed it on him because as long as he's eating other foods that have the same vitamins and minerals that milk has, I know he's fine. If he wants to drink milk, that's fine, but I wouldn't push it. Remember that we are the only animals that drink the milk of another animal and believe it or not, most kids (and a lot of adults as well) are sensitive if not intolerant to the proteins in cow's milk. If it's the milk you want him to drink, try Lactaid (lactose-free), soy milk, rice milk, or some other variation and see if it helps with the fussiness. If not, it could very well be teething or a small cold or allergies.

As for the bottle, I don't feel right offering much advice because my son just turned 2 and still has his water bottle in his crib for naps and bedtime. I agree with the other mom who suggested putting what he likes in the sippy cup to get him used to the difference from the bottle. If you want to eliminate the bottle completely, you may have to take it away and not let him ever see it again. It's a really personal choice, but whatever you decide, stick with it. Good luck :)

What is the primary objective- drinking from a sippy or more milk?

If it is get into sippy cup, then put what he likes in the sippy. Then gradually dilute it down with milk until he is used to all milk. Get the buy in and then switch it slowly.

Stephanie

Hi,

I am a mom of two beautiful girls, ages 22 months and 5 months. When we switched to regular milk for my 22 month old we switched to the playtex sippee cups that look like regular cups and allow the milk to come out faster. They also have some with straws. This worked much better because she could sit and drink it quickly (like she would do with her bottle) instead of sip and go like she would do with her water sippee all day. Maybe your son is getting frustrated because it is more work to drink from a sippee. Another suggestion- try giving it to him in his highchair, and remove the no spill rubber stopper under the lid so he can drink it without working so hard. Watch out for the mess at first, but once he gets used to drinking from a the sippee you can add the no spill stopper back and see if he is okay with it. Good luck!

W.

Hi N.!

I totally understand...I had a hard time at first with my daughter...I actually did it cold turkey style and just started giving her the milk. She wasn't a happy camper at all..I know she always had things room temperature so I don't know if it bothers her that its cold but then I started letting it set out a few minutes before giving it to her. It usually takes a few weeks to adjust from what I've noticed. Also, I tried to change her to a sippy cup at the same time..I would suggest waiting a few weeks. I still give Jayda a bottle at night and before a nap..the rest is sippy cups...I first started with the breakfast bottle and that worked pretty good. That was the easiest switch....breakfest for sippy :) Im going to change her nap bottle too shortly. Hope this helps! Good luck!