12-18 months....WHEN during the day do you give them sippys w/ milk?

We've eliminated the afternoon bottle....she takes her water or milk from a sippy.

We're SLOWLY working on the morning bottle....some days I give her the bottle, on days she seems to drink well from the sippy, I let her go with that.

She still gets a 7 oz bottle of milk before bedtime.

So my main question is.....

Do you give sippys with milk at meal times or in between meals?

I know if she's thirsty, she'll drink it but I can't seem to get over HOW MUCH (oz wise) milk she should be getting AND the fact that she fills up her belly before going to sleep.

Alyson takes most of her milk before going down for her nap/bedtime during her "wind down" time.

Am I doing this wrong?

Re: 12-18 months....WHEN during the day do you give them sippys w/ milk?

Alex is virtually on a milk strike for weeks now, so I basically keep her sippy cup out on the floor the whole day (I replace the milk every few hours, and only put a little bit of milk in each time). I also keep a sippy cup filled with water out on the floor as well. She takes it during the day whenever she's thirsty, though she usually opts for the water. If I'm seeing that she's not really drinking the milk, I give her two servings of yogurt for the day. I checked with the ped, and he said that's fine...so, to answer your question, I just go with the flow, and let her drink what she wants, when she wants... I try to pay attention to what she's drinking so I know whether or not I need to supplement with other dairy products.

Re: 12-18 months....WHEN during the day do you give them sippys w/ milk?

TY for responding Beth. Aly LOVES anything with cheese and will eat SOME yogurt, but never a full serving.

She'll sip the milk here and there....I'm just paranoid about leaving it out and it getting nasty.

She really seems to drink from it just fine...I think she is just attached to the bottle because that goes down almost all at once!

Re: 12-18 months....WHEN during the day do you give them sippys w/ milk?

Even at 20 months, Nate still drinks milk in the morning and before bed. During the day he'll get water or water-down juice with meals.

Re: 12-18 months....WHEN during the day do you give them sippys w/ milk?

My twins will not drink milk from a cup - they do drink juice or water from it though.
They are still getting their bottles of milk for nap/bedtimes. Although Zachary could go without the bottle all together, but I worry he isn't getting enough milk. Hailey on the other hand loves her milk and will take Zacharys bottle when she finishes her own and proceed to finish his off.
I tried offering milk in the cup - but they seem to have no interest in that.