anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?

ok...my daughter is going to be 18 months and i feel like shes the only kid out of all the kids we know, thats still on a bottle. Bella only associates milk in a bottle and not a sippy. she drinks water or juice in a sippy but when she tastes the milik she spits it all over herself!
i still offer her milk in a cup...once in a while she would take a sip and not realize its milk until shes finished sipping ...she ends up handing me the cup.
she was underweight at her last well visit and not eating good at all...so i felt like one milk bottle a day in the AM isnt a bad thing...but is it? i hate milk..and my mom told me once i stopped the bottle i stopped drinking milk..so i have that in the back of my mind that Bella is going to do the same thing. what is everyone else doing? should i stop the bottle?

Re: anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?

When I give my girls mikl in the sippy cup they don't really drink it. They take a few sips & then walk away. But, when I give it to them in their bottles they suck it down.
(My girls are 17 months)

Message edited 3/19/2007 11:34:17 AM.

Re: anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?

Mine won't drink the milk from the cups either.
If its juice or water they drink it right down, but not milk.
Now, they only get their milk bottles before naps and bed.

Re: anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?

Talia wont either. I have tried everything. This week I stopped giving her the morning bottle - she eats more to make up for it. I still give her the night time bottle though just to make sure she is getting enough dairy (she is also low on the weight charts).

I offer her a cup of milk every morning though - hoping one day she will start drinking it.

Re: anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?

How about trying to get her to drink it out of a regular cup instead of a sippy? If you give it to her at the table with her meals, you can sit there and help her learn to drink it. Or maybe even try those Take'n Toss cups with the lid and the straw?

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Re: anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?

Sydney doesnt drink as much milk out of the cup like she did when she was on the bottle. Every doctor is different, mine said not to worry about how much milk she is taking since she eats a lot of food - she is in the 75th for weight.

Re: anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?

ok i couldnt wait until dinner...i tried out using the small dixie cups and she drank 2 cups (half full) all by herself! all i did was tell her drink "slow" and i helped bring the cup to her mouth! i am so happy about this...i plan to now do this during lunch and dinner. my dr also said it was no big deal about the milk but i feel like she needs it being that she is underweight.

Re: anyone else has an 18m old that only drinks milk in a bottle and not in a cup?