my daughter is nearly 13 months,she only gets a bottle of milk in the morning just before giving her breakfast and a bottle only before bed.she wont drink milk from sippy cups at all only water or juice so i cant decide on wat 2 do when i eventually take her off bottles,and which do i take away first? Also sumtimes she wouldnt drink much milk in the morning or at night is it still important to be giving them a certain amount of milk a day as when they were younger?if so how many oz? she does like her yoghurts 2.
plz help xxxx
Start offering the milk in a sippy only, and have it always available. Until she starts to take it well, keep up with the other forms of dairy. Once she knows you are serious about no more bottles, she will start drinking it from the cup.
I agree with the other moms. We took our son's bottle away at 10 months and gave him formula in a sippycup (Nuby with the soft no-spill top) and it worked perfectly. As long as there's no access to the bottles, you're daughter will eventually have to accept what is available. I'd say start now, because the older they get the harder the battle.
Good Luck!!!
i just posted somethng like this a couple a weeks ago i got good advice you should check them out. she should be getting 24oz of milk and 12oz of juice. my daughter is 15 almost 16months and it was easy to get her off the bottle it wasnt what i expected from at all good luck!
I'm not sure which bottles you currenlty use, but we used the Born Free bottles and you can purchase sippy cup and y-shaped tips for the born free bottles, so they are still getting the bottle but with the sippy cup tip. I'm sure that other bottle brands must have something similar.
Hi A., it wasn't until about 15 months that I sucessfully got my son drinking from a "sippy cup". We finally ended up with the flip top straw cups (My son thought the soft spout (oversized nipple really) Nuby cups were hysterical and wouldn't drink a thing from them, only wanted to play with the spout). I tried to take away the bottle at 12 months with major meltdowns so I waited awhile and tried again at 15 with success. I'm not sure how many ounces your daughter should be getting, but I believe that milk is still an important part of her diet. Some days they may drink more than others but when you take away the morning or night bottle, I would still replace it with a sippy cup of milk, whether or not she drinks from it right away. Eventually she will get the hang of it, even if it takes awhile, like it did for my stubborn son! Good luck!
My wife and I have 4yo twin girls. The day they turned 1 is the day they stopped using a bottle. It was also the day that they stopped using pacifiers. They didn't have a choice! They took to sippie cups very fast once they realized it was all they were getting. And the passifiers...they never new they were gone. Don't forget who the parent is...you are the boss! Just because you take charge and put your foot down doesn't mean that you are mean! They'll get over it! :-)
As far as how much milk to drink, the best person to ask is your pediatrician. I do know that it is very important for kids to drink milk, especially whole milk after they turn 1. But really, it depends on the child...that's why it's important to talk to your doctor.
with one of my kids had problems taking his bottle away to. finially i just took it away completly and didnt off anything but a sippie cup it didnt take him very long to relize thats all he was getting and he did just fine with it. another thing that you could try is a sippie cup called a nubby. the lids are a soft plastic the the bottle nipples. they have always worked good for me. as far as the milk goes it is always important to make sure that your baby is getting alot of it until they reach two years old. maybe you could try giving her straberry or chocolate flavored milk off and on and see if she does better with it then just regular white milk.
I would take away the morning bottle first. Be persistent with the sippy cup. What kind do you use? Have you tried the Nuby ones that have a soft spout?
If she can drink water & juice from a sippy, she can drink milk from it too! If bottles are gone & out of sight & milk is in a sippy cup, she'll drink it if she really wants it.
I average age for breastfeeding around the world is 5 years! My grandson is 28 months and has 2 bottles per day! Happy parenting!
