Weaning Help Needed

dawneo

DD is almost 13 months and was nursed/BM from a bottle until about 4 months when she started to refuse the bottle, so she has been nursed exclusively since then.  She will not drink anything other than water out of a cup (and we have tired MANY different cups).  If I give her milk in her water cup she takes a sip of it and spits it out.  We have been trying to switch to milk since 11 months and she will not take it (we have tried homo, 1%, rice and lactose-free milk).

Does anyone have any suggestions? TIA

ETA:  DD is a great eater - there are very few foods that she will not eat.

bethCT

All I can say is welcome to my world.  DD gave up the bottle early and exclusively nursed (except at day care, whew!), and I just weaned a few weeks ago.  But she has never drank anything but water or milk from the source.  DH and I figured that if we get a cow or a goat, she'll drink milk, otherwise, she drinks water and get lots of cheese and yogurt.

jonnygurl76

we were in the same boat--her pedi suggested the yo baby drinkable yogurt mixed with the milk and she drank it!!  we used a straw sippy and i had gotten down to giving her just a splash of the yogurt mixed in and then she got sick and she has refused it since she has been sick.  but it was working--GL!!

HoonFan

Maybe have DH give her the milk in a cup without you being present?  She probably thinks she can manipulate the situation with you being there.

We mixed cow's milk (25%) with formula (75%) (which is what he was drinking at 12 months since I wasn't producing anymore).  We gradually adjusted the amount of cow's milk and formula until it was 100% cow's milk.

Cityplanner

DD was EBF (with a bottle at daycare) until 1 year. I day weaned her between 12 and 13 months. At 17 months I dropped the nighttime feeding. We're still nursing once in the AM, but on the verge of dropping that.

DD won't drink milk. Only in the past three weeks has she started to drink a few sips at daycare. I give her Greek yogurt (look at the labels, it's got way more protein and fat than the regular or Yobaby stuff) and cheese and eggs and cottage cheese. There's no magic to milk. It's just the easiest way to get nutrients. If you've got a good eater. I tried everything to get her to drink milk. It didn't work and it was fine.

dawneo

 

dawneo

jonnygurl76:

we were in the same boat--her pedi suggested the yo baby drinkable yogurt mixed with the milk and she drank it!!  we used a straw sippy and i had gotten down to giving her just a splash of the yogurt mixed in and then she got sick and she has refused it since she has been sick.  but it was working--GL!!

That might be worth a try if we rule out a lactose intolerance at our pedi appt in Jan.  Right now no lactose for DD  - maybe they make a lactose free drinkable yogurt, I will have to check.

dawneo

HoonFan:

Maybe have DH give her the milk in a cup without you being present?  She probably thinks she can manipulate the situation with you being there.

We have tried this - she will not take it from DH or at daycare.

We mixed cow's milk (25%) with formula (75%) (which is what he was drinking at 12 months since I wasn't producing anymore).  We gradually adjusted the amount of cow's milk and formula until it was 100% cow's milk.

DD has not had formula since she was about a week old, but it might be worth a try to pick some up and see if she will take it.