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Milk! Repost from 2U2

mama2kylemama2kyle member
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We went cold turkey on bottles for my 20 month old about two weeks ago. He doesn't seem to care about his bottle, but getting him to drink milk now is challenging to say the least. He drinks water out of a sippy cup and refuses to drink milk in anything but a bottle. It is driving me INSANE. He likes milk, since he would drink it in his bottle every day, so the taste isn't the issue. We've tried chocolate milk, milk cartons, milk in a regular cup with a straw, sippy cup... nothing works. Any thoughts??? The main concern I have is that he's also going through a picky eating stage (at least I hope it's a stage) so he's not even making up for the dairy because he won't touch yogurt or anything. He will eat cheese if it's like a grilled cheese or something but that's the extent.  We cut out juice and have only been offering him milk and water but of course he just drinks the water. I figured by now he would just get over it and drink the stinkin' milk! STUBBORN! He acknowledges the milk in his sippy cup by saying "milk!" so he knows what it is, but he just refuses to drink it. Just wondering if anyone's child is as strange as mine ;)
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Re: Milk! Repost from 2U2

  • JaysonandKristinJaysonandKristin member

    He doesn't need the milk.  Just let it go.  I'm assuming that he's drinking the water from a sippy just fine...  If that's the case, it's a comfort thing for him to have the milk in a bottle.  Just keep up the cold turkey, keep offe

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  • bsinnobsinno member

    i agree with pp. 

    my DD started throwing her milk on the floor at mealtimes (we do milk at meals and water in between) so finally i stopped offering it to her and gave her water. A week or so later she was asking for milk again. &n

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  • StefandToddStefandTodd member
    imageJaysonandKristin:

    He doesn't need the milk.  Just let it go.  I'm assuming that he's drinking the water from a si

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  • Monsieur_et_Madame_HaMonsieur_et_Madame_Ha member
    I wouldn't sweat it. You can always offer dairy in the form of cheese or yogurt. As bsinno pointed out, little ones are always going through some phase or another, so my bet is your LO will be drinking milk again before the month is over.
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