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Any other LOs refuse formula/milk in a sippy?

stephdruskinisstephdruskinis
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Just wondering if anyone else is in same boat.  I'd love to start to transition B's mealtime bottles to a sippy during his meals, instead of a little bottle beforehand.  He drinks water out of a sippy like a pro - he asks for it, reaches for it, drinks it himself, etc.  But the INSTANT he knows that it's not water in there, all hell breaks loose.  

Any other LOs do this?  The only other thing I've gotten him to take in a sippy is Pedialyte and Gatorade - and I think that's only because he was so sick, he couldn't put up a fuss after puking so much.

What are your plans if your LO does this?  His pedi isn't concerned, he hasn't mentioned transitioning to milk or anything yet (he doesn't turn one until the last day in June, so our one year appt. is actually in July), and he's on soy formula, so I have NO clue what the next step is.  I'm not really concerned about getting rid of the bottles as soon as he's one - I am not one of those people who thinks there's a switch that gets flipped and suddenly baby doesn't need a bottle anymore at 12 months old.  I'm fine keeping a bottle...but a sippy would be nice at his mealtimes! 

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  • CarlaAndJamesCarlaAndJames member

    her daycare suggested we use a totally different sippy for milk than water (she mostly drinks water from straw cups so we're using take and toss's just for milk), and to just do the whole milk & sippy cup transitions all at once, so she knows to expect cold cow's milk from that kind of cup. 

    not that we've done this with success yet ;)  

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  • LollyBug18LollyBug18 member
    I've got no suggestions right now because the day I started trying to transition, DD got some sort of virus and decided not to eat or drink anything and she's still going through that some. But as far as having them off a bottle right at 12 months, our pedi said to aim for 18 months so you have some time. And nothing is strictly set in stone so try not to worry too much for awhile yet.
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  • SunidazeSunidaze member
    I think I posted about this a few weeks ago because Stella transitions to a different room after her first birthday and they do not do bottles.  I had been trying water just to get her used to them and that wasn't working.  And at the same time they were trying at daycare.  All of a sudden it is like someone has flipped a switch and she is totally fine with a sippy.  However, only certain kinds - so far what has worked has been disposable sippies and a nuby one.  She doesn't take to well to the cups with the handles.
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  • mom6311mom6311 member
    My DD is doing the exact same thing! Someone on here suggested trying a totally different cup, like PP said, and we are currently on our 4th attempt. :(  She literally won't even open her mouth for it because she knows it's not water. We may try giving it to her at the table, but I don't know how to do the morning and nighttime ones. We wanted to try and keep her milk feedings as normal as possible while transitioning to a sippy and then change times once she has that so it's not everything at once, but maybe those things need to change too. She drinks water like crazy out of sippies, but not milk.  GL with your LO, keep us posted if you find something that works! :)
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  • sunshine336sunshine336 member

    I was going to post something very similar to this.  Maya BFs and hasn't had a bottle since around 7 months old.  She's been taking water in a sippy for some time now- and does well/ loves her water.  Earlier this week I tried a little WCM in the sippy and she took 2 big sips, realized it wasn't water, and looked absolutely outraged.  When she sees that there's milk in her cup, the most she'll do is 1 little taste, then she throws it around, or tips the sippy and bangs it around so that milk goes everywhere- grrr.

    At least I know we're not alone.  I guess since we're just introducing it for now, it's not too big a deal.  I'm a little worried that she'll never come around to it, since when we tried to supplement with formula she flat out refused it and we never did get her to take it. 

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  • cassoppeacassoppea
    I think this is a very common issue. It's a big change for your child to suddenly have to drink something out of a foreign cup that he/she has been used to taking from the bottle for so long. You are starting at a good point right now - you have plenty of time to transition your child and it will come. It took my daughter a while to accept milk from a cup. I did the same thing as PP mentioned - used a different cup. I also would give her the cup with milk/formula at meal times and let her drink as much as she wanted (even if only a sip). Then I'd put the rest in the bottle after the meal and have her drink it in the high chair to finish. This taught her that milk now was only at meals. Eventually she would take more and more during the meal from the sippy until she didn't need the bottle anymore. I think you just need to get a game plan in order and it will come.

    With the cup throwing - Even now, if she throws it, she gets it back one more time and then it's left on the floor and she can drink it at the end of her meal.

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