Typical Day for 1 Year Old

Updated on November 19, 2008
G.W. asks from Peachtree City, GA
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I have a couple of questions really about my one year old. I just started her on milk and she refuses to drink from a sippy cup--any suggestions on how to transfer her to one? and i was wondering how to get her to eat "real" food. She gags on the slightest piece of food on her tongue. She does enjoy Ritz crackers b/c she can suck on them.. Is she just too young, how can i help transition her from baby food to people food? I never had this problem with my son...he just went with the flow!

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M.C.

answers from Charleston on

Don't push it. He won't go to college (or even kindergarten, for that matter) drinking from a bottle or eating baby food. I was very determined to have my daughter drinking from a cup and eating "real" food at age 1 and I totally lost the battle and created stress for both of us. At 15 months, I gave up and decided she'd do things when she was ready. She did! She declared her bottles were "for babies" at 18 months and never looked back. and SHE decided when to try new foods and was eating all grown up food by about 16-17months. Some kids are easy going and some are set in their ways, just like adults. If bottles make him happy, just cut back on the number until you're down to one a day--he'll give that one up eventually. As far as food--don't worry about it--just offer him grown up choices in addition to baby food and he'll get the hang of it soon. I still feed my 2 1/2 year old some of her old favorite baby foods and call them "soup"--it's so much healthier than what we eat--she still loves it! Good luck!

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H.R.

answers from Myrtle Beach on

I had this happen with my second. As a result I let her keep her bottle longer and kept her on formula till she was 2 so that I knew she was getting enough nutrition. Just keep trying with foods, but don't stress yourself out. Also you could give her a Pediasure too to make sure she's getting enough nutrition.
Some people really force going to a sippy cup at one, but why hurry. She is still a baby! Of course it's whatever is best for you, but in hindsight they just grow up so fast!

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D.D.

answers from Atlanta on

I breast feed my daughter till she was 15 months, during which she absolutly refused any type of bottle or cup. I gave her the straw cups and she took it with not problem. Maybe you should try a fun straw cup.

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C.C.

answers from Atlanta on

Hi-

My son is now 18 months but it took him the longest time to drink milk out of a sippy cup. He would drink water but not milk. We dropped all but the nighttime bottle of milk around the age of 1- and he just drank water during the day. I was worried he wouldn't get enough milk if we dropped all bottles at once. Finally, at 15 months, we decided to drop the milk bottle at night and offer a sippy. He didn't drink any at first! My pediatrician said that at first there may be a few days when he would not drink milk from a sippy, and he was right. But eventually my son caught on and now he drinks milk, and water, from a sippy cup.

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G.M.

answers from Columbia on

It is so foreign to her, so I would give her the chunky baby food to help her transition to softer people food. Gradually give her softer chunkier people foods as she adapts to what you have already tried. Don't worry or stress about it, it's all new to her, but I'm sure in time she will be eating lots of things, just don't make a big deal out of it. Give her some time, she is still a baby. Now if she is 3-4 and still not eating people foods then there is something wrong, maybe a sensory problem or other things.
Don't stress, go with the flow yourself and relax.

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P.L.

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Hey G.,

I had the same problem with my now 18 month old son. He absolutely refused the sippy cup until about 13 months. Then once he would hold it, the only way he would drink out of it was if I removed the spill proof stopper. I bought about 6 or 7 different brands, and he did the same with all of them. He acted interested and wanted it, but only if the stopper was removed. One day I had just had enough of cleaning up the spilled contents, so I placed 3 cups with stoppers in front of him on his highchair tray. He was very thirsty at the time, so I told him to drink, and after about a 30 minute screaming fit, he finally took one and downed the entire thing. We haven't had a problem with it since that day, and he will drink out of any type of cup.

As for the "real" food, my son had an aversion to a lot of food, especially fruit. I am convinced to this day he has a texture issue. He stayed on baby food until 15 months. I just kept trying different things at each meal, even if I ended up throwing it all away. I also made a point to have me and my husband and daughter eat the same thing and make "MMMM" sounds with every bite. (sounds corny, but hey it worked) He just now is eating most fruit, although there are some things that he still will gag on. I would just concentrate on giving her one type of solid food at every meal. If she takes it great, if not, just try again at the next meal. The crackers probably appeal to her especially if she is teething. Also, try giving her a spoon or fork to try out when she eats. Even if she doesn't get it into her mouth, she might want to look like you when she eats.

I feel your pain! My daughter was a breeze with eating, and I was shocked when my son was so picky. She will get better, just be patient and try not to let it bother you. As long as she is eating the pureed food, and taking milk/bottle, she should be ok. Good luck!

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G.P.

answers from Albany on

Hi G.,
My daughter went through the samething will a sippy cup. I just tried a cup with a straw and told her that she was a big girl. And she loved it. And for the food I would just try cutting everything up real small. And with the foods that she likes first. Try french toast, apple sauce, bananas. Hope everything works out for you..

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D.H.

answers from Florence on

As the mother of four, I can tell you that just like everything else they do each child does things in their time. I found that starting sippy cup early helped with three of my kids but not the fourth. I am not a big proponent of juice for little ones so I would give them the opportunity to have juice ( four ounces only per day) through the sippy cup only. I started as early as six or seven months once they could sit up and hold the cup well. The only time they could have juice was if they drank it from the sippy cup and this helped them get comfortable with the cup then transitioning to the milk was easy. I also started with the type of cup with a rubber type spout and then moved to the plastic spouts as they got better. My son that didn't do the sippy cup as well I waited until he was ten or so months to try again and he did better. They were all different when it came to eating solid foods also- my oldest was eating everything by the time she was sixteen months, my second was very funny about textures especially meat, my third took a month or two longer than the oldest and my baby was being fed everything by her older siblings that she shouldn't have had so she seemed to have no choice. They all develop in their own time- try offering the softer solids often- chopped banana, cooked carrots,well cooked green beans, peas- if she can scoop it up in her hand she will probably keep trying things until she feels right with chewing and swallowing foods that she has to work harder with. Good Luck!

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