when can my daughter start drinking milk from a glass or with help of straw from glass?

Question

she is so far having milk from same playtex nurser since she was one month old. she kind of associates nurser with milk and sleeping time. now i want to get rid of those liners and that extra expense. she knows how to suck from a hard starw .. she uses a glass with straw for water but refuses same for milk most of the times. if not straw directly from glass is even better.... what's next step after bottle. she absolutely doesn't touch sipper.

Answer 1

The only advice I can give is based on my own personal experience, and that's with a child who DID transition over to a sipper with no problems. The sipper allowed her to grow comfortable with the feeling of the difference between holding a bottle and holding a cup.

Not too long ago (my daughter's 15 mos. now), she started expressing interest in cups (she'd point to the cup from which I was drinking). Since then, I'll let her grab each side of the cup and help her out by slowly tipping the cup between her lips until she can drink the beverage inside. She also uses a straw, which was a fluke because both of her sippy cups were no where to be found and I was desperate to give her some water. I put it in a tiny cup, put a straw in and held both while she drank from the straw.

So... I don't let her hold an uncovered cup by herself because she's not coordinated enough. Her male cousin, who is exactly one year older than her, was holding open cups and drinking from them successfully by the age of two. Maybe it's just an issue of waiting until your own daughter really expresses an interest in drinking her milk from a cup?

Now, as far as her unwillingness to drink 'milk' from a cup goes... that, I don't know about. What if you tried serving up the milk in the platex nurser, but have her drink out of it with a straw (without the lid on, of course)? This way, she's getting delivery of the milk in, essentially, a vessel that's familiar to her, but with a new means to retrieve it. Then, after you've had a few successful goes doing it THAT way, try transitioning over to a cup. I've never tried that, so I don't know if it'd work... but, if I were in your shoes, that'd be My next step.

Good luck to you!

Answer 2

My first was totally off the bottle by 9 months & yes on cows milk per her pediatrition. She refused most sippy cups so I found a bear shaped cup with a straw that folded down when not in use. It was the hard type straw & worked like a charm. After that we experimented at restaurants with their straws. By 1 yr she was drinking from a straw in a regular cup. My youngest refused straws & instead we switched to the nuby cups with the nipple like top (& she was off the bottle by 7 months)& she did great until she figured out how to poke the nipple part with her finger making the hole huge & making it leak. Then we went to a parents choice regular sippy with a soft spout. I would try the cup witht he hard straw and see if it works, you can get them at Wal mart. Weused ours for a good year or more, even after she could use the regular straw. Hopefully it will work out for ya. Good luck.

Answer 3

There truly is no certain age to wean a child from one pattern or system and introduce another.

It is interesting that she does use the straw for water. Perhaps she still associates 'milk with bottle', hence the reason she refuses to do what you would have her do.

I have seen this before and it is not a big thing. Just keep coaxing her gently and when she fully grasps what you want and that it is okay to do it your way (which is a new way), she will be happy to follow through.

Answer 4

Well I have a 18month old that is similar. She is on cows milk and the only way she will drink it is from a bottle. I can get her to take sips from a regular cup or one with a straw in it so that is what we do. So if your daughter will drink from a glass then let her.

Answer 5

I have a 19 month old daughter. On her one year birthday I stop giving her the bottle. I actually slowly started giving her the sippie cup before she turned a year old so that at least she was introduced to it. You need to take that bottle away from her. Give it a week and everything will be fine. If she's thirsty then she'll drink from her sippie cup. Just throw all the bottles away. Don't let her see them and if she goes to daycare make sure they don't let her allow to have one or see one. Good Luck. Remember you are the parent.

Answer 6

The only way I was able to get my son away ffrom the bottle was to stop giving it to him. Whenever he asked for it, I'd give him a cup. After two days of only being offered the cup, he began to take it. He now drinks from a straw with no problems.

Answer 7

I'm hoping you don't mean cows milk, since children shouldn't have it till they are one ...

I don't they there is a secret. She is clearly capable of doing it. So I guess you just need to talk it up more, you need to show her that she is being a big girl and using a big girl cup and that you're so proud of her. Let it be something she's excited about, not some horrible thing you're forcing on her.

Answer 8

Why on earth would you want to give her milk?? If she's old enough to be weaned from the bottle then do it. She doesn't need milk she needs good food and water(unless she's a baby cow). Maybe she's trying to tell you she doesn't like that crap.

Answer 9

It depends on her ability to do so. There is no age set in stone. When you think she is ready try it out. Just don't push her into anything she may not be ready for. It may scare her off of learning new things.

Good Luck