Does/did your LO refuse milk?

dcunningham2 · May 2011

DD has been EBF since birth. She hasn't had many bottles since I quit working in December. We introduced the sippy at 9 months with water and juice and she drinks out of it no problems.

At 11 months I wanted to introduce cow's milk by mixing it with BM in a bottle. The first couple of days she took it no problem, but as I started increasing the amount of cow's milk, she began vehemently refusing the bottle. I decided to give it a break for a few weeks and try again after her birthday.

Last week I tried it again - no luck. At her 12 month appt, her pedi suggested just stopping nursing cold turkey and to just offer milk in a sippy at every meal. That didn't work either.

I wouldn't really sweat it, but she refuses to eat yogurt or cheese too. I don't think she's allergic or lactose-intolerant, as I have eaten dairy all along. It really seems like to me that she doesn't like the taste.

Anyone else have this issue?

woolgathered · May 2011

Yes - but in a different way. My son refuses rice milk (he is allergic to cow's milk but can still have small amounts of dairy), won't drink formula out of a sippy or straw cup, and barely will drink water out of a straw cup, too. He will only drink those yogurt smoothies or a juice box, but I don't want him having those all the time.

I'm not that worried about the formula for now, because it is more nutritious than milk anyway, but we just can't kick the bottle habit. I told myself I shouldn't worry so much since I am due Sunday with #2, and I don't really want to take it away right now since this will be a major life change for him, BUT...

I did buy him some rice milk in a single serving size, I'm going to try that out today and see how that goes.

danto · May 2011

Could it be a temperature thing? DD refused a few cold bottles (and sometimes now she actually hands them back to me to warm up). She'll drink them room temp no problem. We also did the slow mix (although with formula) and I decreased by 2oz each week. So it took awhile.

melody921 · May 2011

Sort of. DS wasn't BF for as long, so we were transitioning from formula to milk. I mixed the two for awhile, and he wasn't really keen on it. But as I increased the amount of milk and decreased the formula, he suddenly liked it better. I don't know if he was getting used to it or if he didn't like the blend. Now he drinks his milk like a champ.

meg1974 · May 2011

That's odd that your pedi told you to quit BFing b/c the BM contains enough of the fat and calcium they need, to make up for them not drinking milk.

DD refused milk until around 18 months. I BF'd until 15 months, but when I stopped it didn't make a difference as far as her cow's milk drinking. I just made sure she ate enough cheese and yogurt to get her calcium in. What ultimately got her to drink milk was mixing it with Carnation Instant Breakfast. She drank that for a week or so, and then we slowly diluted it until it was straight milk. Now she actually likes milk.

TiffanyBerry · May 2011

I have no idea why your ped would say to STOP bm and try to force cow milk instead; that just doesn't make any sense. My DD doesn't particularly like cow milk either (though she'll eat yogurt once a day or so), but we're still bf'ing and I plan to do so until she self-weans. I wouldn't worry too much about it - there are lots of ways to get calcium, and if you make sure that she's got enough exercise, vitD and magnesium in her diet, the RDA is a bit of overkill.

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