I know you bitches will flame me, but the damage is already done. My almost 2 yo is still very attached to the bottle. He drinks water from a cup but wants his milk from a...
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bottle before bed (we brush after) and upon waking. He refuses to drink milk from a straw cup. How do I transition? Was thinking to get some of those Gerber sippy cups, b/c they're kind of transisional. Any advice?
posted January 22nd, 2012 at 8:25pm in
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- ^transitional 1-22-2012 8:26pm
- sippy cup is the way to go 1-22-2012 8:27pm
- i still give my 19mo a bottle at night and am feeling guilty for this. 1-22-2012 8:27pm
- ugh, you guys. this is so NOT worth guilt. 1-22-2012 8:33pm
- Cold turkey 1-22-2012 8:27pm +1 like
- So do I just not give him any milk or only offer it in a straw/regular cup? 1-22-2012 8:28pm
- Keep offering in a cup. He will cave eventually. 1-22-2012 8:34pm
- Cold turkey, but having BTDT a bit, I'd suggest buying kefir. He's dug in with the milk, but kefir will be...(more) 1-22-2012 8:28pm
totally new and confusing, and he'll take it from a sippy. Then slowly cut it with milk over the course of a month or so, and ease him back into milk. Mess with his little mind.
- i like you! np 1-22-2012 8:28pm
- Thank you! Confusion is one of my main disciplinary weapons. 1-22-2012 8:32pm
- hmm good idea! 1-22-2012 8:28pm
- I got it down to 1 bottle in the house for a while, then one day we 'left it' at aunties house. 1-22-2012 8:28pm
- I was you. my kid drank milk only from a bottle until 4. she never used a sippy cup, just a glass and that bottle. 1-22-2012 8:29pm -1 dislike
- ok, so how bad is it if I just let him keep having it? I mean, is it really going to kill him? It's not like he's Suri Cruise and going to get snapped by the paps for the world...(more) 1-22-2012 8:31pm
- see below. it just isn't a big deal. my ped told me as long as she drank everything else from a regular cup, let her have the bottle. 1-22-2012 8:33pm
- ok, that makes me feel better! Thx. 1-22-2012 8:35pm
- there is no reason to stress over this - I promise. in 10 years it won't make a bit of difference. 1-22-2012 8:38pm
- finally, I told her she needed to forget the bottle if she wanted to go to K. she did. she's 13 now. nice kid, excellerated classes, plays the saxaphone in the school band, plenty...(more) 1-22-2012 8:31pm
- i will not flame. my 3yo takes a bedtime bottle. 1-22-2012 8:30pm -1 dislike
- it is what it is. dc may not have milk for a few days, but he/she will adjust and start drinking from a cup. take control mamma! 1-22-2012 8:32pm
- my dd was the same. We just took it away cold turkey. Almost 2 years later, and she still rarely drinks milk. And will only have it from one of those Organic Valley straw boxes. 1-22-2012 8:37pm
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