Any babies completely off the bottle an on egular milk??

Sonya - posted on 09/11/2009

My daughter is 13th months now and has been on whole milk since she turned 1, Aug 6th and she has been only on her sippy cup for about 2 weeks. I put this in another thread, but I will put it here as well.

The way that worked for us to switch her to the sippy was by giving it to her at the times she would drink a bottle. She does not drink as much from the sippy, but that is normal. To start out, we held her just like we were giving her a bottle. She just started taking it from us, and now she drinks it on the floor. We introduced the idea of a sippy she was 4 months, but she didn't start really trying to use it until she was about 9 months. We only give milk or water in the sippy.

Yesmine - posted on 09/10/2009

Quoting hana:

hiya, my daughter turned one on the 23rd of august and she hasnt had milk since she was about 10 months because of the baby dinners i tried her with juice and now she wont touch the stuff lol the only way she will drink any form of milk is if its milkshake but im getting somewhere with the bottle she just tips her drink all over her but shes learning but its better with bottles that are like fruit shoot ones any tips on getting her off the bottle ?

omg i need help gettting myson off thebottle too... i thought about just taking it away and throwing it out but i dont want him to have a fit in the middle of the night and not take his cup i try giving him his cup all day but wen he gets tired he wont take the cup he wants his bottle...idk tho he turned one on the22nd sooo yea..

Hana - posted on 09/05/2009

hiya, my daughter turned one on the 23rd of august and she hasnt had milk since she was about 10 months because of the baby dinners i tried her with juice and now she wont touch the stuff lol the only way she will drink any form of milk is if its milkshake but im getting somewhere with the bottle she just tips her drink all over her but shes learning but its better with bottles that are like fruit shoot ones any tips on getting her off the bottle ?

Cali - posted on 09/05/2009

So how about the breastfeeding moms, any luck with cow milk? My son hates cow milk and makes an awful face when he tries it.

Stacy - posted on 09/04/2009

My son took his night time bottle, with a snack, about an hour before he went to bed. I just replaced it with his sippy and some whole milk. He didn't seem to mind, and I think the snacks help. If your baby isn't liking the whole milk too much, add a little pediasure to it. They have all kinds of flavors, and it is full of nutrients.

Cassandra - posted on 08/15/2009

I started my son on milk at 11 months....I slowly introdruced it into his formula gradually adding more to his feedings! Now hes on straight milk!

Megan - posted on 08/15/2009

I have just finished switching our little girl over to regular milk. Being a mum over 40, I am pretty old school too, and did the mix thing. I started out with a 75/25% mix. 75% formula/25% regular milk. She was on that mix for a few days, and then I put it up to 50/50 for about a week and a half. Once she was taking that ok, no signs of reaction, I put her up to 25/75%. 25 formula/75 regular. She was on that until she finished off the last of the tin of formula. Now she is on regular milk 100%. At the moment, I have been flavouring it with a touch of milo, to disguise the taste a little. I found she was not drinking it unless I did, but am nearly done with that. She is doing just fine. It took time, but there was less danger of refusal doing it slowly. Hope this helps a little. My little girl will be one on the 21st August.

Charlene - posted on 08/13/2009

i just gave my son a bottle of fresh milk thinking he wouldnt take it but he did, he drank the whole lot it was easy for us. on the other hand we cant get him to take a sippy cup he will scream the place down.

Mara - posted on 08/12/2009

I am switching my son over to milk right now. We are slowly switching him over. My mother-in-law taught me how to do the switch over (she is a bit old school...nothing wrong with that) He was drinking 6 oz., so we would do 2 oz. of milk then 4 oz. formula for 2 days, then 3 oz. of milk and 3 oz. of formula for 2 days, then 2 oz. milk and 4 oz. of formula for 2 days. This took a bit of time but then it is not too much of a change on his little tummy. Hope that helps!

Trisha - posted on 08/12/2009

milk was easy for us! we just alternated the formula and milk bottles, but she LOVEs milk! its so sweet so downs the whole 8 oz in about 2 mins!