Help us please...DD won't take milk/formula from sippy.

Sweetsparkles

She'll only take it from a bottle.  I am trying to wean her off bottles and she won't take milk from a sippy.  Whether it's formula only, 1/2 milk, 1/2 formula, or just plain milk, she doesn't like it from the cup.

We've even switched to 2% from pedi's suggestion (plus she was on gentle formula so whole is too much for her little tummy.)

How can I transition better?  Our "goal" was to be done with bottles by 13 months. 

mollyandmarcus

I wouldn't worry about getting her off the bottles.......making sure she is getting enough milk/formula is the more important issue! 

mabst196

Give it to her in a bottle till she's ready. We are still using bottles.

LaLaSweets

mabst196:

Give it to her in a bottle till she's ready. We are still using bottles.

I tried and dd refused big time. The beginning of sept . one fell out of the bag of my 12 different sippy cups that i had and she went and pretended to drink from it. That was the end of bottles. When they are ready, they will definitely let you know!

Funny dd will only take water from her munchkin sippy (which i found to have the softest spout) and milk from the playtex cups

edmo

My son will drink anything from a sippy except milk/formula.  He won't drink whole milk alone so we mix it with toddler formula, but he'll only drink it from a bottle.  So he gets it 3 times a day, morning, around 2:30, and before bed.  We're trying to get rid of the 2:30 one but it's hard when daycare isn't really cooperating with us.  Either way, make sure your baby gets the nutrition so continue with bottles for a little while longer, but keep trying.

Mrs.State746

I agree with all of the PP there really isn't that much a NEED or hurry to get her off bottles.  They function some what similar to a sippy anyway IMO.  They are still sucking from something.  DS is only taking one bottle of Formula a day now and the rest is Whole milk.  I try it in a sippy but he just throws them.  I am however going to use a different bottle.  We have DR Browns and it's a PITA to put it together just for milk.  But I have a box of Advent so at least I don't have to spend more $$.  Give it time she'll do it on her own time!

eliotsmuse

I agree with PPs - let LO tell you when she is ready to give up bottles. Have you tried a sippy with water yet - that may help transition.  As far as weaning our babies from things, it turns out to be a big headache because you cannot force your LO to do anything they are not ready to! Do not worry too much about this - I promise she will not be on a bottle when she leaves for Kindergarten!

silvurturtle

"The wait until they are ready" response is frustrating.  There are children who would never be ready, that's why you see 4 year olds walking around with paci's.  I'm sure those parents are waiting for them to be ready.  There is a time and if the time is now, try an easy transition.

 My DD bucked the sippy cups with milk hard.  (In fact, she bucked sippy cups in general).  Until I figured out the power of the yogurt smoothie.  I started 1:1 of whole milk to container of yogurt (blending well) and gradually over the course of 2 weeks transitioned her to plain whole milk.  Of course for this to work your child needs to like yogurt. 

On a side note, we did end up skipping the sippy cup and doing straw instead, so don't rule this possibility out either.  HTH.

laur1120

silvurturtle:

"The wait until they are ready" response is frustrating.  There are children who would never be ready, that's why you see 4 year olds walking around with paci's.  I'm sure those parents are waiting for them to be ready.  There is a time and if the time is now, try an easy transition.

 

This whole get them off the bottle at 1 is not some finite deadline and if your kid is on it longer they will be f'd up.  The kid is a year and a week old I think the PPs meant it's fine if her LO isn't ready yet.  most kids will let you know. 

silvurturtle

laur1120:

silvurturtle:

"The wait until they are ready" response is frustrating.  There are children who would never be ready, that's why you see 4 year olds walking around with paci's.  I'm sure those parents are waiting for them to be ready.  There is a time and if the time is now, try an easy transition.

 

This whole get them off the bottle at 1 is not some finite deadline and if your kid is on it longer they will be f'd up.  The kid is a year and a week old I think the PPs meant it's fine if her LO isn't ready yet.  most kids will let you know. 

I never said that any child will be f'd up if they stay on the bottle longer than a year.  In fact I believe, I didn't specify a time thereby leaving it up to the OP when the time was right for her DC and family.  What I meant by frustrating is that no one was answering her original question and instead remarking that her child must not be ready.  She knows her child and IF that time is now, other's experiences that generated success in transitioning from milk in a bottle to milk in a sippy would be helpful as she had requested.