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slukd79
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Milk in sippy help (long, sorry)
slukd79
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So my original plan for moving from bottles to sippys (with milk) was to go cold turkey. (She has been drinking water out of these exact sippy cups for about 5 months.)
But based on the fact that she never really would take a sip (when I tried here and there), I decided to keep morning bottle and before-bed bottle and replace her midday bottles with sippy cups. So for the past 4 days, this has been her routine:
6:30: 8 oz. whole milk in bottle
9:30: Offered 2 oz. of milk in sippy cup. No go at anytime.
1:30: Offered 2 oz. of milk in sippy cup. Again, nothing. Pushes it away immediately.
6:15: 8 oz. whole milk in bottle
So she is averaging about 16 oz. of whole milk a day plus a container of yogurt and random amounts of cheese. Enough calcium for her age. Before this new routine she was intaking about 20 oz. of whole milk over 4 bottles.
What should I do? We are making no progress.
Am I expecting results too soon? (Stick with it?)
Am I being too hard on her by taking away 2 bottles instead of just 1?
Am I sending mixed messages by keeping the bottles around for 2 feedings? (Should I go cold turkey?)
I am second guessing myself today based on today's daycare note:
"H really misses her bottle and looks at the other babies bottles and then back to us. She will not drink any milk out of her sippy cup. But we will keep trying!"
Then I was asked to bring in a bottle for when she refuses the sippy cup. I stated that I would like to try this a little longer since I feel comfortable knowing she is getting enough calcium through her only 2 remaining bottles and food. I feel like I am teaching her that if she holds out long enough, she will eventually get the bottle. (If I leave one at daycare.)
Thank you for reading this novel. Clearly I am distressed by a minor issue...
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Re: Milk in sippy help (long, sorry)
We went through the same exact struggle when we ditched bottles. Our ped advised NOT going back to bottles, even if he was refusing milk out of a sippy. After about a month of feeding him TONS of yogurt, cheese, etc., he finally consented to chocolate milk in the sippy. I was able mix chocolate and regular until I got to about 75% regular/25% chocolate - and that's what he's had since then. He still only drinks about 12-16 oz of milk per day, but it's better than nothing.
They can make a stand very early, can't they?? Good luck!
try a straw cup for milk
I think it helps if milk and water are in different mediums
Thanks! Yes, I did try this a couple of times with a similar response. I stopped because I thought maybe it was confusing. But I could always try again.
For now water is in sippy cups with handles and the milk is in more bottle looking sippy cups without handles.
Yes! I keep hoping that she won't be so persistent about refusing it but she gets that lovely trait from me!
At 12 mos, C had been drinking water out of a sippy for almost half his life. But even then, there was a week long adjustment period where he basically threw his sippy of milk back at me. I just kept offering (especially since I knew he didn't have a problem drinking water out of the same cups) and after a few days he adjusted.
Personally, I would go to all sippys, all the time. The first cup of the day was easiest - because he is usually clamoring for milk first thing and didn't notice what it came out of.We are really struggling with the sippy cup transition as well. Someone recommend the Think Smart sippy cups, and they have worked well with my boys. My plan is to only give them these sippy cups for a couple of weeks and then start to work in more traditional sippy cups.
My DH thought the same thing about the first thing in the morning bottle (moving that one to a sippy,) so I will have to consider it.
And thanks for the encouragement that it will get better! It gives me hope!
I haven't seen those! I will stick to the current plan for a couple more days and then its time to consider other things-- this might be one.
Gradual transition from bottles to sippies didn't work for us either because even at 13 months he knew if he held out, he'd get a bottle. So, much like eeclem, we had a long week where DS was rejecting the sippy but we didn't offer anything else. He got the hang of it.
none of us will have 5 y.o. still drinking from bottles, so there is hope
(except for one woman I know who, in a whisper, confided "my 6 y.o. still needs a bottle to take a nap" ack!!!!)
Right now we are trying Nuby cups. I agree, I thought this cup would be the closest to a bottle nipple, but she figured it out! We have tried Munchkin and Take and Toss straw cups. She is good at straw cups with water and juice, but milk...