How do I get her to drink milk from cup?!
Hi ladies,
Similar post to one below this, however my little one is 11 months, and my HV has told me that by the time she turns 1, she shouldn't be drinking from her bottle.
I have tried the milk in 2 different cups so far, both have handles and lids, and she will take a mouthful or two, and then throw the bottle away. If I persist, she just gets stroppy. When I put the milk back into her bottle, she guzzled it down.
She is clearly hungry, so how do I go about changing from bottle to cup? Do I keep doing what I'm doing?
My second question I'd, how did you go about changing from formula, to cows milk? My LO is on Comfort formula ass she suffered from very bad wind and reflux when she was a little baby. She gets cows milk( full fat) in her cereal in the morning. Any tips on making e switch?
Thank you in advance xxx
Similar post to one below this, however my little one is 11 months, and my HV has told me that by the time she turns 1, she shouldn't be drinking from her bottle.
I have tried the milk in 2 different cups so far, both have handles and lids, and she will take a mouthful or two, and then throw the bottle away. If I persist, she just gets stroppy. When I put the milk back into her bottle, she guzzled it down.
She is clearly hungry, so how do I go about changing from bottle to cup? Do I keep doing what I'm doing?
My second question I'd, how did you go about changing from formula, to cows milk? My LO is on Comfort formula ass she suffered from very bad wind and reflux when she was a little baby. She gets cows milk( full fat) in her cereal in the morning. Any tips on making e switch?
Thank you in advance xxx
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However, if you really want to do this than I think the only way is to not give her an alternative. I had the same problem trying to get my daughter to take a bottle when I was BF! In the end I had to completely refuse to BF her, Can you believe within a few hours that very evening, she took a bottle with no problems. She did scream for a good few hours when I refused her and it was hard but once I started I had to follow through! She was 14 months old then.
About the cows milk, as soon as I switched to bottle feeding, I changed to cows milk and she's been fine with the switch. Before then I started using cows milk in cereals and breakfast like you.
Good luck xx
Tum will get used to it easier
I did buy several cups - even one she picked herself, but end up using the same cup as bedtime. I offer stickers for drinking all her milk or some cheese which she loves.
I have tried, with failure,using straws but didn't work. Other suggestions I have received is giving her hot chocolate with milk.
good luck and let me know how you get on.
He was a silent reflux baby (tho much better now) at his 1year check they said get him on to cows milk, which he reacted badly to, and his gastro doctor said he can stay on formula for as long as he likes, so we're going to phase it in when he is two and see if he takes to it better xxx
I think the idea of getting them involved in choosing their cup or having it in a special box and just making a big deal when they drink from it is a really good idea xxx good luck
On the cows' milk front, we just switched, we already knew he loved it because he'd had it in his porridge for ages. We just warmed it to the same temp he had his formula and it took to it fine. I don't know the ins and outs of reflux though, it might be worth chatting to the HV as I don't know if it makes the switch different, iyswim.
Em x x x
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My son is 15 months old and I'm currently trying to get him to switch from a bottle to beaker. I have tried different spouts but now trying a soft one but he takes a few sips and that's it!! (he doesn't want to let it go though!!) from today I'm going cold turkey as have been mixing both for the last few days and think its confusing?! But now he hasn't had a full amount of milk for 3-4 days I'm hoping he'll eventually give in like blondefriend above said???!