Won't Drink Milk

Hmmmm...my son, on the other hand, never liked the taste of plain milk so we've always mixed in about 1/3 of strawberry or vanilla with it. We now use a few drops of the non-fat coffe flavoring (French vanilla). Also...have you tried warming it up a little bit? That might help.

Yes try to mix 1/4 tsp of honey and shake real well and because honey is natural its better for her system. I also mix herbalife kids shake mix into my sons milk because it has added vitamins its alot better than nesquick u can find it here http://www.healthyyoumall.com I have a 21 mth old, 3 mth old and 8 yr old and Im a work at home mommy. Good luck

In my opinion as long as she is eating yogurt there is no real need for milk. As long as she gets her calcium. You could try putting a little flavor to it. Puree (with some water) strawberries, bananas, or blueberries(as long as they have been well washed)or any combo of fruit she likes and mix that with the milk or yogurt and tell her she is going to get a new drink called a "smoothie". My kids (4 yrs. and almost 3 yrs.) absolutely love them. It is a great way to get some calcium in, but she'll need to know it has a different texture and she'll probably have to drink through a straw. Hope this helps K.

my son did the same thing, i found a cup a walmart the brand is nuby and it is kind shaped like a bottle and the piece they drink from is shaled kinda like a nipple. My son would drink milk from this cup after he got use to it he would drink milk from any sippy cup. hope this helps. they were only about $2.00. they kinda look like a dumbell with the middle narrow for little hands to be able to hold

We ran into this with my son and it's still a battle every day. Some of the things we tried (which incidentally didn't work)... adding chocolate syrup to the milk, adding strawberry powder to the milk, changing to different sippy cups, letting him drink it from a real cup, going to organic milk, upgrading to a more expensive organic milk. We found that my son seemed to like the Stoneyfield Farms organic milk, so we stuck with that even though it's slightly more expensive than regular milk. Everyone I talked to said that organic milk tastes different than regular milk, so that's one of the reasons we tried it (we aren't organic crazy, but the reduced exposure to chemicals was also important to us). In the end, we just gave up to some degree. We still push the milk at every meal and we cheer for him if he drinks a lot in any given day. Otherwise though, he and I share a couple slices of cheese before dinner and he eats a YoBaby with every lunch. Apparently yogurt counts ounce for ounce as milk. So there's 4 ounces right there! And I buy lots of Gogurts or those drinkable yogurts. My son loves them and if I feel he hasn't had enough milk during the day, I'll give him one after dinner as dessert. We also bought the orange juice with calcium in it. I guess my suggestion is to continue pushing the milk, but find other sources of calcium to supplement until your daughter really starts to drink it.

Hi M.,

My daughter weaned herself from the bottle at 17 months old, and weaned herself from milk at the same time! She is now 4 years old and still does not drink milk. I have attempted over the years to reintroduce it to her in different ways (flavors, shakes, etc.) and it has not worked at all. However, in speaking with her doctors and nutritionists over the years, I was told to not worry too much about it because she gets her calcium from other sources. She loves yogurt, certain types of cheese, broccoli, etc. There are lots of ways for your little one to get calcium without milk. Speak with your doctor and get his/her take on it.

Good luck!

I would suggest giving her milk out of a regular cup. I don't know how old your daughter is, but mine was about 18 months when she started. Of course I only gave her a tiny bit at a time and she could only have it at the table, but she did very well with it.

M.,

My daughter was also older when taken off the bottle. She was born with a heart defect, so the doctors had me keep her on formula longer, and then once on whole milk continue with the bottle. I also experienced the same thing. Once given the green light that she didn't need the bottle, she would NOT drink milk from the cup. I was frustrated and worried, because she would drink so much from the bottle, and then to go to no milk at all.

Two things the doctor suggested to me were the Flinstone vitamins with added calcium, which she is still on. Also, Minute Maid Kids OJ has more calcium in it than whole milk. So, in the beginning that's what I did, she took the vitamins and drank the OJ, and for whatever reason after a while, she did start to drink milk. Although, she'll only drink it with a little chocolate in it, but the doctor said that's fine.

It's hard not to worry, but eventually I am sure she will start to take it. Good Luck!

B.

My daughter was the same way. Easy transition, then no milk from a cup. We had to warm it up for her to drink it. Sometimes, I had flavoring.

My daughter (13m) is still not drinking milk. I talked to the doctor about it and she suggested going back to formula but cutting it with milk. So, 6oz formula (powder and water) and 2oz milk. Then progressively but slowly flip the ratio. Eventually my daughter should be completely on milk. I've tried it once and my daughter drank an entire 8oz sippy cup of 'milk'. I also will offer her milk at breakfast and then a little later on, if she still won't take it I give her juice/water since I'm sure she's thirsty. I won't let her see the juice until she's obviously given up on the milk.

hope that helps,
R.

My son did the same thing. I tried adding flavors, but that didn't help. For him, it was about the consistency of the liquid in the sippy. know it may sound strange, but I gave him skim milk (which has a consistency similar to water) and he drank it fine from a sippy cup. I gradually added whole milk (25/75, 50/50, 75/25) and he was drinking whole milk from a sippy cup in less than a week. Good luck.