My daughter recently turned one years old and she has been drinking water from a sippy for 6 months now, but I can not get her to drink milk or formula from a sippy. She will drink it just fine from a bottle whether it's warmed or not but she will not drink more than an ounce from a sippy. I want to get her off the bottle but I feel she needs to be getting more milk. Does any one have any suggestions???
Have you tried the sippy without the stopper in it? Or try giving her a regular cup to drink from. This is not as convienent as a sippy but at least she will be getting what she needs. Or try a lid with a cup and use a straw.
When we gave up bottles we just packed 'em all away and if either kid wanted a drink they learned quickly their only choice was a sippy cup. Sometimes if I tried to give it to them and the pushed it way, I set it down on the floor and went about doing something else. Usually within a few minutes they were over drinking it. Sometimes i think they just want to be able to decide for themselves whether or not they want to do it. You could also try watering down the milk so it's more like H2O.
I had the same problem, my son just turned one also. I just took all his bottles away and gave him the sippy cup. If he wanted it bad enough he would drink it from the cup like he does everything else. Its not like he doesnt know how to use one. At first I felt kind of mean like I was depriving him of what he needs, but knowing that the bottle would eventually hurt his teeth I toughened up.
Mine did the same thing! Milk was a comfort food and not a drink! So she wanted to have it in a bottle. I broke it by giving her small amounts in a cup without a lid. This was so new and fun, that she would drink it. Eventually, I snapped a lid on and she did not even notice!
My daughter just turned a year and I had the same problem. My doctor suggested adding carnation breakfast to her milk in the sippy and show her then she thinks its like a milk shake or something special just for her sippy. I hope this helps it did for us
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Hi! How are you doing? Maybe it has to do with the kind of sippy you are using. My daughter used to throw a certain style of sippy cup down all the time. It was too big for her is what the problem was to find out. Since, I bought her this nubby one that has a jell like sippy area. This one is easier for her to carry and she seems to love it. Plus there is no stupid straw to worry about. I got it at Wal-Mart for I believe $1.97? that was how much it was. I hope this helps you! Take care!
C.
I'm not sure, but this is what i would try. totally get rid of all the bottles and buy her a brand new sippy cup and see what she does. good luck.
Just give her a small regular cup - not a sippy. Put small quantities of milk in it. This way she'll learn to drink out of a regular cup. (It might be messy for a little while, but kids can't learn to NOT be messy if they always have a lid on everything they drink!) In my opinion, sippies are bad for the teeth and pretty much just act as a glorified bottle. Get rid of the bottles so you aren't tempted to revert back to using them. If they aren't there - there is no choice but to use the cup!
Have you tried warming the milk in the sippy cup? Or get a different kind of sippy cup for the milk? My little girl is 2 and still nurses -- but she had drank milk and juice/water from a sippy since she was about 6 months too. She drinks more milk from the sippy if it is warm and in a certain cup. Who knew?!
B.,
I am having this same problem with my 2 yr old. She has been off the bottle for almost 8 months and she will not drink milk from a sippy. A few suggestions try flavored milk or if you can get her to eat cereal with milk in it you can get her a bowl with a straw. The flavored milk did not work with my daughter but she will drink it with her favorite cereal.
My daughter had the same problem. My guess is your child needs the suction feeling she gets from a nipple. Walmart makes these transitional sippy cups that have a soft spout at the top. They really helped out daughter.
My daughter would never drink formula from a sippy cup, but we never gave her milk in anything but a sippy cup. Our daughter stopped with the bottle at 10 months (on her own, she wouldn't take it anymore). I thought this was nice except for the fact that she wouldn't take formula or milk from the cup. I started to give her the milk in a cup with her meals and it took about two weeks for her to finally start drinking a substantial amount. After the first week I stopped giving her anything but milk in her cup. She finally realized that when she was thirsty this is what she was getting and now she is fine. It might seem extreme, but my little girl is very strong willed, stubborn, whatever you want to call it. She wants things done on her terms and every once and a while needs me to remind her who is the Mommy, haha! Kids...aren't they grand!
