maybe a silly question regarding milk in a sippy

Re: maybe a silly question regarding milk in a sippy

• krazikat99

  August 2010

  I have no advice, but I understand this confusion. My DD will not drink milk out of anything but her bottle. She loves water with the straw and in a sippy cup, but only water. She is almost 14 mos and still takes her bottle in the morning and before bed.

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• oohlalagirl

  August 2010

  Thanks ladies. I'm not sure how to proceed lol. DS will drink milk from a sippy as long as it's at meal times or just sipping throughout the day (heard that's not good though?)

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• Mr Pink

  August 2010

  I have do milk in sippy at meals and kept the night time bottle until they were a little older. 

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• MrsAmers

  August 2010

  Milk in a sippy with meals and water in a sippy in between meals.  I also let my kids have water in a sippy in/near their bed for thirst at bedtime or overnight.

  I would just start offering a sippy of milk with all meals and once he's drinking some of it, try to stop offering the bottles.  Either drop them all cold turkey or drop all but his favorite bottle (bedtime?).  I honestly don't even measure how much milk my kids drink at mealtime.  Some meals they drain their cup and want more and other meals they just take 3-4 sips.  Milk is just one part of a whole balanced diet - they don't need a ton of it, especially if it is limiting their food intake.
  

  Heather Margaret --- Feb '07 and Todd Eldon --- April '09
  

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• VegasAsh

  August 2010

  I started replacing bottles with sippy cups - maybe one every two weeks.  I started with the morning bottle and then started sending a sippy to DC, along with bottles.  Then I started offering DS a sippy of milk at dinner and he would kind of graze with it after dinner/before bed (if he finishes it, he won't usually drink any more at bedtime).  I tried offering him milk with meals but he never seems interested.  Maybe I just got lucky because all of a sudden, DS just stopped taking bottles last weekend.  He still likes milk before his nap and before bed but he will only take it in a sippy that he holds himself (he NEVER held his own bottle) so I still rock him but he feeds himself instead.  Good luck!  It sounds like every LO is different so just keep offering the sippy cups and you guys will figure it out.

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• Lotzodotz

  August 2010

  I just dropped my DD's bottles on Monday.  She has been drinking out of a sippy since she was 10 months old, so she was use to it.  My DD gets a sippy of milk 6-8 ounces in the morning and she gets 8 ounces at her nap time and bed time.  My doctor said that's a fine amount for an 18 month old.  I give her water throughout the day and I don't do milk at meal times.  

  I was afraid of her being happy with the sippy of milk at nap time instead of her bottle.  She didn't even care!  I did the same thing I did with the bottle though, I warmed up the milk and fed it to her while I rocked her.  I am going to do that for a while and eventually not warm the milk and not rock her, until she is just drinking a cup of cold milk and going to bed. I will continue that until she potty trains because I don't want to give her 8 ounces of fluid before she goes to sleep!

  Good luck 

  

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• Jen748 member

  August 2010

  We did the formula to milk and bottle to sippy the same time and gently moved "bottle time" to coordinate with meal time. So she gets a sippy of milk with each meal.

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