Frustrated with WCM/ Sleeping Issues (long sry)

mama&baby

(I will probably repost on the toddlers board)

So here I was thinking LO would love WCM... I am not sure which he hates more; that his bottle is being taken away or that he now has to drink milk (doc says no WCM in a bottle- sippy cup only). We are on his 4th day of WCM consumption. I am thinking it's more of a bottle issue because on the day of his birthday we gave him WCM in a bottle so he wouldn't be in a bad mood and he drank about 10-12 oz (pedi recommends 12-20). It seems that with the sippy cup  we are lucky to get in about 5-7 oz a day. He will scream bloody murder and throw the craziest temper tantrums when I show him the milk. We've tried taking the lid off and letting him drink from just the cup... but that only works when he doesn't hit the cup away. I feel like it's cruel to give him such a small amount of milk a day even though I know food is supposed to be his main source of nutrition. Anyone dealing with this or gotten over this?

Also... for the past 3 weeks LO has been waking up at around 4 AM. He will scream until picked up and immediately fall asleep when you do. I am all for CIO but he will do so for over an hour. I don't want to keep picking up him because then it will turn into a habit but at the same time DH has been helping a friend in the mornings and needs to sleep. It used to be spaced out but now  seems to be almost every night. He tends to take short nap (45 min-1 hr) in the morning and a longer one (1.5-2 hrs) in the afternoon. Since he started WCM, he has been resisting all naps.

I could really use any input you have.. this morning I started crying right along with LO. I haven't remembered being this frustrated since he had colic up to 4 months

Nwlywed07

I don't really have a solution, just wanted so say that we are right there with you. In fact after trying really hard, I caved and we are still doing bottles at nap and bedtime with my remaining formula I have. DS did really good with WCM until (it seems) that he realized that the bottles were slowly going bye-bye. Now it's a battle to get him to drink anything unless it's in a bottle and I refuse to put anything other than formula in it! I will not start that battle! Hope you can figure out some sort of a solution soon! When you do, pass along the advice! 

gracefulruby33

I know your pedi told you not to put WCM in a bottle, but if I were you, and I'm doing this now, I would still put WCM into bottles until you get Ethan used to the WCM. How is he pooping? Does his stomach seem to be upset? Before we went 100% WCM, I did 50-50 with formula.

We have replaced her lunchtime bottle of milk with the sippy today and she only drank maybe 2 oz. of the usual 6 or so... she still drinks about 6-7 at 7am and before bed (each). She gets plenty of calcium w/o the milk, but I still feel better knowing her belly is full- before bedtime especially.

FWIW, my pedi said that we shouldn't worry about weaning from bottles until 15 months or so. *shrug* Basically, I would follow his cues and go with your gut. You know what's best for him.