How do you get them to take cold milk?

robinsokj

We're done with formula.  Hooray!

But, I still have to warm the friggin milk and I hate it.  

Also, when out and about and it's bottle time what do you do?  I always had a thermos of hot water and my formula dispenser for bottles while out, but I'm not sure how to work this milk drinking in public situation.

naflmj

Good question...We are hoping to do the transition in a week or so once we get the OK from our GI and DS needs his bottles so warm.

diana.filipi

For awhile we always warmed it and then I started just barely warming the daytime bottles and now I just don't.  I still warm the night time bottle because I think it helps her relax :-)

jessNdean

I actuallly just gave it to dd like that.  And she really liked it cold.  I know i'm no help. but maybe just try a dinky bit cold and see what your lo does?

essey1234

the first week or so, i would barely warm the milk in his sippy, just enough to take the chill off and gradually had it be colder and then i kept giving it with meals and now he loves it. I do warm his night bottle though. He loves it

FutureMrsBB

diana.filipi:

For awhile we always warmed it and then I started just barely warming the daytime bottles and now I just don't.  I still warm the night time bottle because I think it helps her relax :-)

 I've been trying to do this same thing but once they reach a certain temperature that he decides is too cold he just throws it on the floor and I feel like we are back to square one. I guess we will just keep trying.

homebird

I just gave it to her cold and she drinks it. She does like her night-time milk warmed though.

Maybe you could "wean" them off the warm milk? Gradually decrease the warmth over a few weeks time?

robinsokj

FutureMrsBB:

diana.filipi:

For awhile we always warmed it and then I started just barely warming the daytime bottles and now I just don't.  I still warm the night time bottle because I think it helps her relax :-)

 I've been trying to do this same thing but once they reach a certain temperature that he decides is too cold he just throws it on the floor and I feel like we are back to square one. I guess we will just keep trying.

Same here.  

kcisthebombdotcom

We still warm DS's milk. When we go out, we just bring sippy cups of water.

only1erin

back when i transitioned i would just warm it a bit for a couple of days...then i just gave him the bottle once w/o warming it at all and he drank it.

kpearl30

My DS is very picky when it comes to his milk.  We went cold turkey giving up bottles.  I went two weeks and he refused to drink milk out of a sippy cup. I found it very hard to supplement his diet with dairy/calcium so I gave in and warmed the milk that went into the sippy cup and he drank it.  So now if I'm going to be out, if I'm close to a starbucks or coffee shop, I'll order steamed milk.  Otherwise I'll make sure he gets an extra serving of dairy in his diet that day.