She will only drink milk if it's in a bottle--if I put it in the sippy cup she refuses to drink it. She's okay with going off the bottle but how do I get her to continue to drink milk?
2007-01-26 14:57:06 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Don't give her juice. Simple! Tell her you are out of juice and can't go to the store or whatever you want. You are setting yourself up if you give in on something like this when she is so still young.
Also, don't worry too much about fluids if she eats a good diet. And if she eats enough foods with the same nutrients as milk, you don't need to worry about milk either.
2007-01-26 15:03:22 · answer #1 · answered by Katherine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are really determined every time she asks for a drink give her milk in a sippy cup. Nothing but milk. (Obviously don't let it sit out too long)
She will give in eventually.
If you are trying to take away her bottle because "Everyone is telling you to" the don't, because many breastfed babies breastfeed for 2-4 years. The World Health Organization reccommends AT LEAST two year for breastfeeding.
Also bottles are designed by dentists to have minimal impact on teeth, gums and jaws. Sippy cups are not. Sippy cups are meant to be a very short term step between bottles and real cups. So sippy cups aren't really "better"
You could give her her milk in a real cup, let her pick a fancy cup at the store. Maybe even some crazy straws.
However, ultimately you need to decide what is best for your child, sometimes it isn't in your child's best interest to take away their "security blanket". Listen to that little voice inside you that tells you what is right, not me, not the internet, not some book, not your friends and family. The internet and books have never met your child how do we know what is right for her? Your friends and family surely do not know your child as well as you and ultimately you are her mother and the buck stops with you.
2007-01-26 15:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No juice until the milk is gone, try giving her chocolate milk in a new sippy cup, let her pick out the cup, and her cup color, this will help too, letting her know it is her chocolate milk cup. We like nubbie sippy cups with the soft drinking spout, they work great. You can buy them at Walgreens in a two pack for around $3.00 Best Wishes!
2007-01-26 15:33:41 · answer #3 · answered by Janice 10 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know every kid is different, but I'll share what I did. My daughter (who is 18 months) will only drink milk from a sippy. When she was sick, we wanted her to drink juice so we undid the lid of the sippy and she drank it from the cup, (I held on to it the whole time) so she knew what was in it was good. Then she watched me screw the lid back on, and she took it. We have to do this often when there is something other than juice. I hope this helps!
2007-01-26 15:04:21 · answer #4 · answered by glassflower 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man, I don't recall having my two girls cried over their bottle when I stop bottle feeding at 1 year old. They didn't even have chance on sippy cup. I have them a little kiddie cup for water and other fluid, not sippy. If you want them to learn from you teach them to do what you do. Kids imitate what they see. So, do away with sippy cup, she's old enough to hold a cup in her hands and let her drink just like you.
2007-01-26 16:55:34 · answer #5 · answered by KaPaul L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more juice. And if you let her win, she will run the household.
Get another kind of sippie cup to make it new and interesting
and NO juice not until she learns to drink milk
2007-01-26 15:02:32 · answer #6 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This may sound bad, but as my husband puts it, kids are like dogs....LOL. They will get hungry enough or thirsty enough to eat or drink anything. If she is refused juice, she will eventually drink milk from the sippy cup, just simply because she is thirsty. I have very good eaters. My kids at 3 & 4 will eat or at least try anything we give them.
2007-01-26 15:09:06 · answer #7 · answered by Westi 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take her to the store and let her pick out a new sippy cup just for milk etc. that way she will be excited about it.
2007-01-26 15:04:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't offer anything but milk in the sippy cup until she changes her mind...then offer juice or milk...give her a chance to enjoy milk from the cup by manipulating the variables.
2007-01-26 17:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by Library Eyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had the same problem-we actually started to put a half spoonful of chocolate powder in the sippy and it worked like a charm. after a few days she was drinking it both ways.. good luck!
2007-01-26 15:13:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋