FIGHTING the bottle switch...

Kilts_Kimonos · July 2010

We are late on the switch from bottles to cups, DD is 21months. I tried at 18months and she wouldn't touch the cups, so I gave her a couple months and tried again at 20months and same stubborness. Two weeks ago a friend of mine said "What the hell is she still doing with that bottle?" So we made the switch cold turkey a week ago and its still going ROUGH. I have tried tons of different cups to find one she likes(soft/hard/slow/fast etc) nothing seems to really be acceptable by her royal highness. I can barely get her to drink any milk, I offer 3 cups a day of 5oz each none of which get finished. I have to put the cup in her mouth, and tilt it until the milk flows and then she will take 1-3 sips, but if I don't initiate she won't drink. I'm keeping her up with other fluids but never right before milk time so she isn't full. I'm also increasing her calcium in solids so she still gets her nutrition. Any tips/tricks/comiserating? I've even resorted to bribing with stickers, terrible.

jordysmom09 · July 2010

We tried last month. It was a fail. He will drink water and juice from the sippy but not milk. Im going to try again next month after we settle back in from vacation. Now he only has 3 bottles: naptime, bedtime, early morning. GL to you.

mieuxmieux · July 2010

We were lucky and Kate had no problem switching. If she doesn't drink all her milk it won't be the end of the world since you are giving her calcium in other items.

You could always add a daily vitamin.

WifeofaMarine · July 2010

No advice here, but just wanted to let you know you're not alone. DS is just over 22 months and drinks water/juice great from a sippy, but refuses milk unless its in a bottle. He is very attached to the bottle, and will stand in the kitchen crying for "baba" if we try to give him a sippy of milk. I think a lot of his attachment is because he never took a pacifier, never attached himself to a lovey and I stopped nursing him at 16.5-17 months. The bottle is very comforting to him. He typically has a milk bottle when he first wakes up, one before his nap, one late afternoon and another before bedtime while we are reading his stories.

Since he's a peanut and a picky eater, I don't want to go cold turkey. His pedi isn't concerned, just said some kids take longer to give up the bottle. Of course we'll keep trying to get rid of the bottles, but I'm not stressed about it.

soon2Bclc · July 2010

We had issues with switching too. I tried every sippy cup out there, but the one that worked was the Nuk sports cup. It is shaped very much like a bottle. The sippy part is shaped like a sippy cup top, but made out of soft transparent plastic like a nipple on a bottle. You have probably already tried this, but wanted to throw out what worked for us. We used this cup for a couple of weeks and she seemed to get used to the shape of a sippy cup top to where we eventually switched to regular sippy cups.

ohfour · July 2010

DD wants nothing to do with the sippy usually, but is starting to warm up to it. I feel like she's not drinking very much at all, though. She won't drink water or juice from the sippy, only milk, and same with the bottle, so I don't know how to get those fluids in her. I'm still giving her the evening bottle.

finally engaged! · July 2010

I'm so happy I'm not the only one! DD will only drink water from a sippy but will not take her milk in one. She's 14 months and still takes an early morning bottle, a before nap bottle and a bedtime bottle. I'm taking it easy now with the transition, she's still so young and if it comforts her and she's getting what she needs I won't stress just yet. GL everyone! PS- We are also battling getting away from the binky....ugh!

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