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Daughter won't take milk from cup

Kelly - posted on 07/07/2010 ( 1 mom has responded )

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My daughter will be a year on the 24th, and she has been breastfed these whole 12 months. I have around 100-150 ounces of frozen breastmilk and I CANNOT get her to drink it. This wasn't a problem a few months ago, when my husband and I took a short trip away from her, but now I don't know what to do. I tried a sippy cup, a bottle, a straw... nothing seems to work!

Anyone have ideas on how I might get her to drink this milk? I'm concerned I'll have the same issue when I introduce whole milk to her. AND I hate to waste all my "hard-earned" breastmilk in the freezer to boot!

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Heather - posted on 07/08/2010

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Can u use some of it in her cereal or oatmeal? What if someone other than you is offering it to her? Breastmilk changes over time - what about mixing older portions with more newly pumped portions? Or mixing it with cow's milk? I know if hurts to think of wasting all that milk - good luck!

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