Milk in a sippy Cup

remlap235 · February 2014

Ok my 18 month old daughter will only take milk in a bottle

we seldomly have a bottle any more but she will not drink milk out of a cup

any suggestions????

Litgirl77 · February 2014

Have you tried warming it up a bit? That did the trick for my LO. I've slowly decreased the temp that I give to him and he'll do it lukewarm now. Someday we'll get to just drinking it cold… I guess?

remlap235 · February 2014

I will have to try that thank you.

amroke · February 2014

LalaMama81 said:
I'd keep offering it in a straw or zippy cup from time to time but I wouldn't worry other than that. She doesn't NEED milk.

Uh, according to my son's pediatrician, an 18 month old absolutely does need milk.

fanofanne · February 2014

we weaned our kiddos off the bottle pretty late too. we tried off and on before but I felt that they just weren't drinking as much milk as the pedi said they should, so I kept offering bottles. one day, I said "f it" and literally threw away the bottles, and just went with the sippy cups. lo and behold after a few days, they drank just as well (well, almost as well) from sippy cups as they did with bottles. I guess my suggestions would be just to go whole hog for a few days, maybe a week, and see how they do. like pps said, if they want milk, they'll drink it from a sippy cup.

Heyjordynhey · February 2014

janniep said:
we weaned our kiddos off the bottle pretty late too. we tried off and on before but I felt that they just weren't drinking as much milk as the pedi said they should, so I kept offering bottles. one day, I said "f it" and literally threw away the bottles, and just went with the sippy cups. lo and behold after a few days, they drank just as well (well, almost as well) from sippy cups as they did with bottles. I guess my suggestions would be just to go whole hog for a few days, maybe a week, and see how they do. like pps said, if they want milk, they'll drink it from a sippy cup.

This. This is what we did when ds turned one and it took a few days for him to drink out of the cup but like others have said if they want it they'll drink it

hollygb22 · February 2014

we had to just quit cold turkey. She cried for a few days, absolutely refused the sippy, but then after a 3 day strike or so took it. I found it more difficult the more we gave her the bottle and then tried to offer the sippy.

My pedi advised us to try that and told us she wouldn't die if she wasn't drinking milk because she was eating solids, other sources of calcium, and staying hydrated with water. I just kept telling myself that. It was odd though..she always drank water fine from the sippy..but once she figured out milk was in there..went into meltdown mode

SunAndRain · February 2014

Seriously, just take the bottles away. Let her scream, cry, fuss. She'll cave eventually. Stop letting a toddler call the shots.

Myzticsunshine · February 2014

I can hardly get LO to use a dippy at all. He'll throw them so hard and break them

it's super frustrating

veetveet · February 2014

Cut the bottles cold turkey. That's what we did.

Dubsgirlie · February 2014

Step away from the sippy cups!!! They aren't really a "step down". They were simply made to prevent spills. Open cup or open cup with a straw are the ways to go! Good luck!

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