How do I get my 1 year old to drink her milk from her sippy cup like she drinks her juice?

Question

My daughter will only drink her milk in the bottle. Every time I give it to her in a sippy cup she takes a drink and throughs it. She will only drink juice in the cup. She has gone three days with out any milk since she refuses to drink it in the cup. I even put a lttle chocolate syrup in the milk, and she still refuses it. I did break down today and give her a bottle since all she has had in three days is watered down juice. My docter said he doen't push the issue of taking the bottle away until kids are 15 months, but I feel if I wait until she is older it will just be harder. Has any one had this problem??

Answer 1

She may just not be ready. My middle and youngest daughter continued to use a bottle untill about 18 months old. By then they were well into walking and eating regular food. Milk was then switched to a cup, a little at a time. Like breakfest. Then Lunch, then supper. If you are 100% on not using the bottle anymore maybe a soft spout sippy cup, or only offer milk in the cups untill she accepts it.

Answer 2

my kids were late getting off the bottle completely. I don't care what people say, as long as the bottle is not the only source of nutrition, letting the baby keep it for a bit longer is no problem.

If I were you, I would only offer plain water in the bottle and anything else in the cup. After a little time she will probably give up the bottle on her own because it's just not satisfying her. If your baby is eating well, then skipping milk for a few days will not do her any harm. Does she take a multi vitamin like prosobee? If not, ask your doctor about it. That will help even more during the time she won't take the milk cup. Good luck!

Answer 3

My 2nd child would not drink milk from a sippy cup..... so what i did was giver her nothing but milk in a sippy, no juice no water no nothing and it took about most of the day but by the end of the day she was fine.... My friends child would only drink juice outta a sippy and she waited a bit to pull the bottle and her daughter was just fine she made the switch with no problems... She just wasn't ready to give up the bottle so u know she can drink from a sippy so giver the bottle of milk and just keep pushing the milk in a cuppy. If by the time she is a year and a half she won't then you just might have to force her.

Answer 4

Just a tip for you that use white milk and hershey's syrup. It's not the same as chocolate milk. Try the real thing. When you use the syrup it tends to end up in a big chunk at the bottom of the cup and really doesn't taste any different than white milk. I used to do that thinking it was cheaper...It's not. It came to the point I was tired of mixing that crap together and started buying the real deal and my daughter loved it that much more. Good luck with you. It will just take time. Kids work on THEIR time frame never yours. :) The soft tip sippy cups would probably work for you because it's makes it more of a transition for you. BUT....those things are a gripe to clean up after. What ever is in them ends up everywhere. The one I used and the only one I've seen is one called a NUBY. They have it at Walmart.

Answer 5

try a different type of sippy cup. My son would drink juice out of anything you gave him, but we had to try different sippy's before he would drink his milk from one. He did really well when we got him one that had a really soft spout. I also stopped giving him juice and just kept offering him the sippy with milk. You could also try to give him milk in a regular cup and help him learn how to use it. The little bathroom size dixie cups are the perfect size for little hands. Oh, and have you tried to give him the sippy without the leak stopping valve? Milk is a little thicker than juice and sometimes they just don't want to make the extra effort. Once he gets used to using the sippy you can try putting the valve in and he may do just fine.

Answer 6

I use nuby soft sippies. We had the same problem for milk (we still do have the night time bottle he won't give that one up), but for breakfast I put milk in it and offer it when he's eating cereal. He'll get so thirsty that he will take any liquid. So that got rid of his breakfast bottle. We do the same thing after dinner, after awhile he didn't mind milk in the sippy. When he was really tired he didn't want anything to do with a sippy, that's why we still have that dang night time bottle and he's 14 months. Good luck!

Answer 7

I had this problem with my oldest son (obviously when he was still a baby, he is now 22). My kids were all breast fed.

Anyhow, my son did the same exact thing. Refused to drink milk out of anything other than a bottle. I am not sure if it was a security issue or that he just expected milk to come from a nipple. He eventually grew out of it.

My opinion is that she is still a little young to try to wean her from milk and the bottle. Kids can be stubborn and do not always respond well to "cold turkey" methods. I would recommend that you keep doing what you are doing (switching up the drinks and trying new ways/combinations to get your daughter to try to drink milk by means other than the bottle) and be patient. She will outgrow it.....when she is ready.

This is kind of like potty training. There is no set schedule or any one "right" way to teach it. It comes along gradually and at the pace that your child will determine.

Good luck!

Answer 8

My sister had the same problem with her oldest son. Stop the juice--completely. Put water in 1 sippy and milk--chocolate is fine--in the other and offer her both. Keep both cups available at all reasonable times. She will protest for a few days. Try to fill her diet with calcium rich foods--yogurt, pudding, a little ice cream, cheese, and get a loaf of Heiner's Iron Kids bread--it's enriched with calcium. It will take a while but she'll get used to the milk. And yes, keep the bottle away--it'll be too confusing to take it away and then give it back.

Answer 9

What your doctor said is true. You shouldn't force a 1 yr old not to drink milk. Milk is good for her. Let her drink in her bottle coz all babies are the same. My daughter is 2 1/2 and she still drinks in the bottle. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's the nature and part of growing up. There will be one point where oneday she'll refuse to drink in the bottle and at that time you will realise that she's no more a baby.

Answer 10

Get a sippy cup that has an extra soft "mouth" piece on it, closer to the feel of a bottle. That's the only way my kids and grandson would drink their milk out of one.