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21m old and still has a morning bottle....bad?

LonghornMommaLonghornMomma
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Ok....i have posted on here a couple of times with the problem of my DS not drinking any milk out of a sippie.  he is still having this problem....he drinks everything else from sippie's but spits milk out if i put it in one.

I have finally convinced myself that this is only going on because of ME and being selfish because i love his morning bottle.  I know he gets his 8 ounces of milk .  otherwise, he would not get any.  His pedi told me it was fine...just go ahead and take the bottles away....he will figure it out.

is it bad to still have one bottle a day at this point?  :(

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Re: 21m old and still has a morning bottle....bad?

  • Mrs MannersMrs Manners member
    I would drop the bottle. It's only going to get harder and harder to take away the older he gets. Try giving him milk out of a cup (not a sippy) or some other type of sippy than what he normally drinks out of and only use the other type for milk (ie. get a straw sippy if the rest of his are regular sippys). Keep offering it to him with meals and at other times of the day. Also, do you do anything differently to the bottle that you don't do when you offer it in a sippy (like do you warm the bottle but not when you're putting the milk in a sippy)? You might try warming it and putting it in his sippy. My ds loves warm milk (I think it's totally disgusting). What does he drink the rest of the day if not milk?
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  • mrshutchmrshutch
    I had a DD who stopped taking bottles at 12 months, but every kid is different. If your pedi said it's just fine and it's just one bottle, I don't see the big deal. The main thing is that he's drinking the milk, right? Will he drink out of an open cup at all? DD's in daycare and I know that after the 2's room they don't allow sippy cups. But again, if this isn't an issue for you, I don't see a big problem. I'm sure he'll figure it all out soon.
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  • dpdwdpdw member

    imageMrs Manners:
    I would drop the bottle. It's only going to get harder and harder to take away the older he gets. Try giving him milk out of a cup (not a sippy) or some other type of sippy than what he normally drinks out of and only use the other type for milk (ie. get a straw sippy if the rest of his are regular sippys). Keep offering it to him with meals and at other times of the day. Also, do you do anything differently to the bottle that you don't do when you offer it in a sippy (like do you warm the bottle but not when you're putting the milk in a sippy)? You might try warming it and putting it in his sippy. My ds loves warm milk (I think it's totally disgusting). What does he drink the rest of the day if not milk?

    Ditto this.  Both of my kids wouldn't drink milk out of the same sippy as they drink water.  I also had to get the milk to room temp (that how he was used to drinking formula) for about a week or so until they got used to the cold milk.

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  • LonghornMommaLonghornMomma

    Thanks so much ladies!  It never occurred to me that the milk in his cup is cold....he does like his bottle warmed.  i am trying it tonight...going cold turkey! :-)

     

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  • tegteg

    I'd get rid of the bottle. he may a few days or a week without milk, but there are other ways to get calcium, etc.

    have you tried a regular cup? DS is drinking almost exclusively from a regular cup, maybe your son would take milk that way (and he'll have to learn how to drink from them eventually).

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  • kada626kada626 member

    maybe after you warm it in a bottle, you could show him that you are putting the same milk into the cup and that the cup is for him.

    Either way, I would drop the bottle. It's not a bad thing but I think it will be harder as he gets older.

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  • neverblushedneverblushed member

    I would roll with the pedi's advice and drop the bottle.  I know that for infants, the number of ounces of milk is a BIG deal.  It gets to be much less of a big deal with toddlers.  An infant has few other sources of nutrition, so getting the right amount of milk is really emphasized.  A toddler has lots of sources of calcium in his diet, so actual milk is less of a big deal.  A toddler can withstand not getting milk for several days with no harm done.

    It's distinctly possible that he's holding out on the milk sippy because he can.  If you take away the bottle, he'll eventually start to drink milk from a sippy.  He may hold out for a week or so, but he'll eventually make the switch.

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  • PeskyPesky member
    I'm never one to throw stones about parenting choices (provided we aren't talking major harm).  Try ditching it.  What you can do is warm the milk in a sippy.  I know my neighbor did that and no issues.  Try to do with soft spout as it's more like a bottle nipple and move to hard spout later.  GL!


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  • Amy720Amy720
    I didn't drop the night time bottle until a week after Ben's 2nd birthday and guess what...he's fine.  He'll drink everything out of a sippy now and even uses a plastic cup a lot of the time without spilling anything.  I don't think there's any magical age to drop the bottle I think it depends on you and your child.  Don't feel bad for being a concerned mommy. 
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