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MaMaTeenie
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MY DS refuses to drink milk from a cup
Any tips? He has been using a cup since 6 mos old, but I always gave him water in his sippy or really watered down juice. I have tried a special cup, didn't work....i tried chocolate and strawberry milk, just to intice him....didn't work! He was never really attached to the bottle and would have given it up at 12 mos, but there was no way for me to give him any milk then. He is now 21 mos and I would like to get him off the bottle soon.
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Posted 4/21/08 12:34 PM  |
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bicosi
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Re: MY DS refuses to drink milk from a cup
You have to do it cold turkey unfortunately. I admit, it's going to take time, but you're going to have to do it that way in order for him to understand that it's no more bottle. 
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| Posted 4/21/08 5:27 PM |
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MaMaTeenie
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Re: MY DS refuses to drink milk from a cup
Really? So I just let him go without milk and deal with the freak out when I refuse to give him a bottle, huh? Did you have to do this? At least I learned my lesson and with the next one I will start putting formula in the cup as soon as they start drinking from one. Thanks.......wish me luck!
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| Posted 4/21/08 5:33 PM |
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Re: MY DS refuses to drink milk from a cup
hannah is 22 mos and still gets a nighttime bottle, but refuses milk from a sippy. my doc said as long as she gets dairy from cheese, yogurt and other sources then it was fine if she did not drink milk from a sippy.
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| Posted 4/21/08 5:37 PM |
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Tracey
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Re: MY DS refuses to drink milk from a cup
For some reason my 2 refuse to drink milk from a sippy cup or a cup with a straw. They are 2 1/2!!! 
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| Posted 4/21/08 6:26 PM |
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justthe4ofus
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Re: MY DS refuses to drink milk from a cup
For us we went cold turkey for milk in a bottle except for in the morning. So if she wanted milk other than the morning she had to have it in a cup. I would just hand it to her, she would pitch a fit. I told her sorry only in a cup and after 2-3 days she got it and then we took away her morning bottle and gave it to her in a sippy and she was fine.
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| Posted 4/21/08 6:39 PM |
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MaMaTeenie
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Re: MY DS refuses to drink milk from a cup
Posted by Jamie
For us we went cold turkey for milk in a bottle except for in the morning. So if she wanted milk other than the morning she had to have it in a cup. I would just hand it to her, she would pitch a fit. I told her sorry only in a cup and after 2-3 days she got it and then we took away her morning bottle and gave it to her in a sippy and she was fine.
Alright, sounds good. Thank you! I guess it kind of like when I stopped the middle of the night feeding. Just do it and deal with the consequences for a few days and then its over. It helps to know others have done it and it worked.....Except, I think I will keep the night bottle instead of the morning one. My DS is an early riser as it is, I wouldn't want him to wake even earlier b/c he didn't get enough milk before bed.
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| Posted 4/21/08 6:45 PM |
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