Ideas on getting 14 mo old to drink milk

Stephanie - posted on 07/19/2010

i had the same problem...i started mixing 6oz breastmilk/formula to 2oz of milk did that for a few days then the next time i would use 5oz brastmilk/formula with 3oz of milk for a few days..i countinued to do that until he was switched over completly.....also for a while i heatted the milk just enough to take the chill off....i hope this helps you

Tenile - posted on 07/16/2010

add some chocolate or strawberry mix to it just enough to flavor it a little i have to do this with my daughter or she wont drink milk either

Jennifer - posted on 07/14/2010

My son was the same way when he stoped breast feeding. I tried different sippy cups...that did work for us. We found one he liked and it was different then the cup he used for the breast milk. He drinks it better with a little chocolate syrup in it...its sweet like our own milk!

Robin - posted on 07/13/2010

try strawberry or chocolate powder. my daughter hates the taste of milk unless its flavored. adding the powder you can put in as much or as little as you want and theres little sugar in it so its harmless!

Shanice - posted on 07/09/2010

i tried brest feeding but it didnt work out...so he has been on formula since he was 10 days old...every now n then i try him on normal cows milk n he throws it away, but i dont just put srtaight cows milk i water it down with some boilin water 2 give it some warmth, he probley drink about a 1/4of the cup n the rest goes in to the fridge till the next day, but i think its a good idea 2 offer it afta they have some to eat that will make there mouth dry n they may drink some more...but i believe that they will get on to it n just takes a lil time 4 there lil bodies to get use 2 it

Rachael - posted on 07/09/2010

My son does the same thing with whole milk (4% milk fat) but he actually drinks 2% milk no problem. I think that since breastmilk is thinner than formula, it may be a texture thing rather than a sweetness issue.

Ink - posted on 07/09/2010

I've been where you are right now! Crazy as it sounds... have you tasted your milk? I did. I wouldn't give my child anything unless I've tasted it and KNOW it tastes good. I found that my milk tasted almost like strawberry milk. So... first few cow's milk bottles I tried, he got a drop or two of strawberry syrup in them. It only took a few days to wean him back off of the strawberry syrup. I didn't really use it long enough to HAVE to wean him from it... but I did let him have three or four days of really pale strawberry milk. It only takes a drop or two.



BTW... don't buy the expensive syrup. I used maybe a tablespoon of the whole bottle. Now that $7 bottle is sitting in the cabinet getting dusty. Anybody know any recipes I can put the rest of this strawberry syrup in? LOL!

Aleeca - posted on 07/08/2010

I am going through a similar situation with my little one. She has always taken water from a cup but is breastfed and I am trying to introduce milk as well. She won't have anything to do with it. I've been told to try experimenting with different temperatures. You could try that-can you put the milk in a cup she cant see into? I'm going to try goats milk. It's supposed to be more similar in taste to human milk and then possibly try cow's milk later.
If you believe she is getting the nutrition she needs without the cow's milk then I wouldn't worry about it. They don't really have to have milk-it's just a convenient source of fat, calcium, and vitamin D.

Amanda - posted on 07/08/2010

When my kids hit 10 months, I started cutting their formula bottles w/ regular milk. I started by replacing 2 oz of formula w/ 2 oz milk, then increased it each week. Hoping it could work with breast milk. Good luck!

Faith - posted on 07/08/2010

try a spoonful of Karo in it at first and make sure it's not chilly, and see if that helps. My little guy is really fussy about not wanting to drink milk out of a cup, too. Another trick that works for me is using a straw. My little guy loves to drink out of a straw and that's sometimes the only way we can get milk down him! Sometimes I even hold my finger over the straw when it's filled with milk and hold it up and he opens his mouth like a baby bird and I release my finger from the top so the milk flows out. He thinks that's a lot of fun for some reason!