I've looked at some of the other questions on this but my issues is that my son doesn't even seem to know what to do with a sippy. He's 11 months only and I'd like to ditch the bottle soon.
I don't remember having this problem with my daughter she took to it like a duck to water.
Also when and how have you transitioned your child from formula to milk? I know it should be whole milk but I don't remember when or how.
2007-03-22 01:14:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
You have to take the bottle away cold turkey. It will only confuse your son more if you take it away but give it back hours or days later. Call the sippy cup a bottle if necessary; a few of my friends had trouble and they just kept using the term 'bottle' when referring to the sippy cup-they still do. One of my friends sons woke up 3 & 4 times a night to have a bottle. Once she took the bottle away, he began sleeping throught he night.
I began mixing formula with whole milk shortly before my babies turned 1, so you could start introducing whole milk now. I began with 2 ounces of milk to 6 ounces of formula, and gradually increased the amount of milk while decreasing the amount of formula. This way you get your son's digestive system used to the milk without it being a shock to his system. It will also allow you to see if he is going to have a milk allergy.
2007-03-22 01:31:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always feel so bad when taking away the bottle, I guess it's because I really wish I could have done extended nursing and I've never made it that long. So far I've seemed to have more trouble weaning the ones that I nursed early on even though they've been on the bottle quite awhile, I'm not sure why.. did you nurse him at all? anyway the cold turkey thing was the only thing that worked with them, I tried taking it and giving it back during naps or bed but it just prolonged everything and made it take longer. You could try getting a few different cups, I know that was an issue with the last one I weaned, he was picky and had to have a soft spout cup for awhile. Good luck
2007-03-22 01:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was 22 months before i took her bottle away, but i just got her to help me pack her bottles away so she knew they weren't there anymore and made a big deal out of her being a big girl and having sippy cups and she was fine with it. To give her whole milk, for a couple of weeks i mixed the milk with her formula then eventually just gave her whole milk.
2007-03-22 02:03:16 · answer #3 · answered by Stuck in the middle of nowhere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you just have to get rid of the bottle and he will learn to use the sippy cup. I took the bottle from my daughter the day she turned one and I put her on Milk the same day. I used Vitamin D milk and I just put it in the cup and that was that. It might be rough the first night with out the bottle but just hang in there.
2007-03-22 01:19:42 · answer #4 · answered by something sweet & sexy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i nursed my daughter until she was about a year old. she weaned herself, straight to a sippy cup. when she wasn't nursing (once before bed) she had a sippy cup of water or watered down juice that had calcium in it. i was unable to give her milk after breastfeeding, mix formula with milk, or any of the other transitional means of getting a child on whole milk because of milk allergies. she was breaking out in hives anytime i tried to give her milk or milk products. i give her the whole milk version of lactaide. a child that young needs to have WHOLE MILK, they need fat, calcium, and vit D. i would just try it at anytime you feel is right. he should be able to ditch the bottle now.
2007-03-22 03:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by amesanita1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to find a cup that he like and that he can drink out of . and the other mix it half and half til he is about one to one and a half then just milk
2007-03-22 06:50:09 · answer #6 · answered by hatchertammy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋