Milk transition .. Help!

shellpep3

I'm heading back to work next week.. I am trying my DD with goats milk or whole milk in a sippy and she just won't have it.  Today I tried mixing milk with my breast milk and she is still not drinking much.  I know how important milk is at this stage and I don't know what to do to get her drink it.. Can any one help provide suggestions??? 

vilaro

Is she used to drinking from a sippy? My DD drinks all milk from a bottle still since she never drinks enough from her sippy cup.

Anne Mommy

vilaro:

Is she used to drinking from a sippy? My DD drinks all milk from a bottle still since she never drinks enough from her sippy cup.

This is exactly what I was thinking. Tackling two transitions at once is hard.

stephanie_shoe

I guess I would need a little more back story...while transitioning, have you gone cold turkey off formula or breast milk, or have you been mixing?

Also, my daughter had a hard time with the sippy/bottle transition.  We are still in the process of eliminating the bottle, but after 4 months of having water in the sippy, she is just now drinking milk out of it.  We are 2 bottles of milk now and 2 cups of milk...but the bottle I think is more for me.  It's the only time I get to snuggle with her!

Just keep offering the cup.  She'll get there if she is thirsty enough and has no bottle as an alternative.