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Moms of 1+yr olds - milk transition
Can we talk about this transition to whole milk? Are you done? What was your experience? Any tips? We're having a hard time so far. DS hates it. Gets super mad when he takes a drink from his cup and it's not formula. Will throw the cup and bring the wrath. And he's not tricked by giving it to him in his bottle.
Speaking of bottles - how did you phase these out? We still use them. Randomly since we're trying to phase them out.
AND what about the night time bottle/cup-o-milk? Andy has always fallen asleep with milk, but I know he shouldn't because of tooth decay [even though he still has NO teeth!]. What's the best way to phase this out?
I'm full of questions this AM and I know you ladies are the best. I don't post on any other board so you're all I got. 
TIA soverymuch!!!!!
DS Born July 2008
#2 & #3 Due 8/25/12
#2 & #3 Due 8/25/12
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Re: Moms of 1+yr olds - milk transition
Complete transition happened around 13.5-14 months. DD has/had stomach issues, so we had to back off for a bit - and then try again when she got a little older. Our pedi told us to replace one bottle a day with milk and then slowly transition that way.
DD didn't get off bottles completely until she was 14 months. We did the same thing - basically replacing one bottle per day with a sippy cup and going from there.
DD has a last cup of milk usually around 7:45/8:00 and goes to bed around 8:30. I don't see that changing anytime soon.
No answers as we are just going through this ourselves - will be reading all the answers!
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We just started yesterday (waiting for allergy tests to come back). Kate is still showing a mild sensitivity to milk so we have been instructed to add the milk to her formula in half ounce increments and stretch out the transition.
We are phasing out bottles slowly as well. We have switched her first morning bottle with a sippy cup. Sometimes she is unhappy and doesn't want to take it but other times she doesn't mind. Then we'll work on the bottle(s) she takes during the day. The last bottle to go will be the bottle she gets before bed.
She usually doesn't fall asleep while taking that last bottle, so we try to clean her teeth/gums before bed (I say try because she hates it and fights). Truthfully, that last bottle before bed doesn't bother me too much and we will probably follow her cues on when to drop it.
ETA: That first cup/bottle is right after she gets up for the day. She eats breakfast an hour or so later. She also has been OK with sippy cups of water/juice combo since she was 9.5/10 months old (she gets a little prune juice in her water to help with constipation).
We transitioned right at 1 year. For the 1st week or so, I mixed the milk with formula, varying the ratio to be more and more milk. So starting 75% formula/25% milk, and slowly changing it until it was the reverse, and then all milk. I did this until I used up all our formula.
I also found that he did not like his milk cold, so I'd warm it slightly by putting the cup or bottle in some hot water. He's used to it cold now, but I did that for about the first month or so.
We switched to all sippy cups, except at nightime, we still did a bottle. We did that until about a month ago because we wanted to have one constant during our vacation/move. But we could have stopped the bottle sooner. We tried to switch to a sippy at nightime, but he didn't want it. So now he has nothing. We do give him a small sippy of milk about 1/2 hour before bedtime so he has a little "snack" before bedtime. This helps him sleep too, I think. It was so much easier to drop the bottle than I thought....I think we were more reliant on it than he was! lol
Good luck!
ETA: I forgot to mention the schedule: We do a sippy of milk when he wakes up, which he drinks about half of and he finishes at breakfast. Then a sippy of milk at each meal, and then as I mentioned, a small sippy before we do the bedtime routine (while he's still playing). Otherwise, we only give water between meals.
We transitioned and had no problems. We started with DS's daytime feedings. We would replace one feeding with a sippy cup of milk a week. We started giving him a few ounces with dinner so he could practice and we could make sure he was getting the hang of it. He loved it so we didn't have any issue with taste. I had planned on mixing 50/50 with breastmilk and then the next week 75/25 but we didn't need to. i'd try 50/50 and if he doesn't like that then go with 25(milk)/75(formula) to start and maybe after a few days or a week up the milk ratio.
DS has fought the bottle since day one so we didn't have much of an issue with getting him transitioned to sippy cups. We pretty much did this as we introduced the milk and the change of both didn't seem to be too much for him at all. He used to nurse to sleep but we gave him a sippy cup after his bath and he'd drink milk instead and then we'd lay him down and pat his bottom until he falls alseep and that hasn't been an issue either.
for the most part we found that we were expecting WAY worse than what it was and we didn't give him enough credit. he's done great!
have you tried the straw sippy cups?
Also check out the Nuby Sports Sippy. It has a spout more like a bottle nipple. Andy likes this one a lot and will drink his milk/formula out of it.
#2 & #3 Due 8/25/12
Well Jenna used to drink some milk and now drinks none. She won't drink milk or formula and I am done nursing and have no more in the freezer so the ped said at her 1yr appt to just keep trying.
She only took bottles while I was working or randomly if we weren't home so we didn't have to deal with getting away from that. She has had a sippy cup of water for a while and is fine with sippy and straw cups.
She eats dinner at 630 which takes about 30-45 mins and then is in bed shortly after that (730) so she doesn't have a last bottle/cup. She dropped that nursing session a while ago.
For my next I will make sure I have more of a freezer stash to mix 25/75, 50/50, 75/25 to transition easier. I hear that works well.
Thanks. We sadly had to buy a new can of formula last night. I'm going to start the 25/75 today. Andy LOVES water in his sippy. Maybe too much. He drinks a lot of water and I need to replace some of that with milk now.
#2 & #3 Due 8/25/12
our ped said to offer only water and milk and she will take milk because she will be bored with water but she LOVES water. Even when I used to give her juice she preferred water and would only have a sip or so of juice. The ped said if she is still not drinking milk by her 15m appt we will talk about it then but to just offer it and not force it. He didn't seem to think it was a big deal and seemed to say most kids come around even if it takes a month or two
Very good to know. I've never given Andy juice but I know my inlaws have when they babysit. Not sure how he likes it. I try not to be anal about them giving it to him.
#2 & #3 Due 8/25/12