2yr old swapping from bottle to cup for milk

[Nicnax]

So, we finally took the bull by the horns at the weekend, & started giving Molly (2yrs 2mths) her morning & evening milk in something other than a bottle. First night, she drank it happily out of the sippy cup, but since, she has sipped a couple of ounces, & then pushed the rest away. She absolutely loves her milk- gets up asking for it, & gets really excited about having it, but just doesn't want it out of another cup. She's not kicking off, getting upset, or anything, & we're letting her choose which cup she wants it out of. I just feel really sad for her, that we've ruined something she loves, by making her stick to our timetable of when she should be doing things. I know she doesn't need it now, but I'm happy for her to have it as long as she wants it, as it's good for her, & it means I have to worry less about making sure she's eating enough calcium in her food, if she's having a bad eating day. While I was at work last night, my husband gave it to her out of the bottle, & she drained a big bottle & asked for more, so she obviously still wants it.

Any tips? I am feeling guilty at the moment, but I don't want to take a backwards step.

 

[littlemonkey]

Can't really offer much advice but my LO in exactly the same!

My LO has just turned two and We had to phase the bottle out. Firstly become he'd chewed through all the teats and I refused to buy more! Secondly we're having our second baby in the next 8 weeks, so I wanted him off them before then so he won't try and pinch the babys bottles.

My LO will happily drink water and juice out of anything including a normal cup, but isn't bothered with milk much anymore. I honestly believe though he was drinking as much as he was as a comfort thing, not because he actually wanted it, if that makes sense. I still offer milk in the morning and evening, but he doesn't drink as much as he used to. He has milk with his cereal in the morning, plenty of cheese and yogurts, so he is getting calcium in other ways.

My mum suggested giving him some flavouring like nesquick or crusha which I wasn't keen on doing to be honest with all the extra sugar. I did let's him share some banana milk with me once and even then he only had a few sips, so I've not bothered with any thing else like that

 

[Rooster30]

My son was weaned kind of. He wouldn't have milk but he would have a very weak cup of tea from a very specific cup. Though the tea was so weak we managed to get rid of the tea pretty quickly, but called it 'tea' so he'd have it. The child was duped. Eventually we ended up calling it warm milk and he's been fine for a long time.

 

[Ella1979]

My 3 year old daughter still has a bottle in the evening - it's comforting for her. I'm in no hurry to get rid of it, she drinks all her water and morning milk out of a cup, so I don't see the harm. We also continued it because it was important for her to have formula for ages as she was very small and needed the nutrients from it. We're going to be swapping our son onto cups sooner, but that's because he's huge and the nutritional requirement to have the milk in the evening is just not there for him (he eats and drinks loads of lactose-free dairy!).

If it was me, I'd continue with the evening bottle and give a cup in the morning. That way you can up her dairy during the day if she refuses the cup and you know she'll be getting milk in the evenings.

 

[JD.Deedee]

Try some different soft spout cups first to help the transition seems to work with my little one as he's getting off the bottles now and getting used to his freeflows and soft spouted ones.

 

[mrs_b_x]

What about if u try explaining to her that she's a big girl now and needs a big girl cup, take her shopping to buy herself a new milk cup and let her choose it? I know at a certain age they thrive off independence and decision making so that could help!?

 

[Nicnax]

Thanks for the tips ladies. I am going to take her'm out to buy a new cup today. She drinks water out of any cup, so I'm not worried about it, as such. Just seemed like the next job on the list, so to speak! Xxx

 

[Kiagirl]

My LO won't drink milk at all now but really enjoys her cereal in a morning and uses the spoon to eat the milk lol, she usually asks for more too, she has water with it but won't entertain milk in her cup

 

[OMGbabyno3]

We had major grief with our two with this.

We were on hol, kids at home with the nanny and she took the chance. They were fine with her, but kicked off massively when I tried to give them a cup.

DD1 was eventually ok, but number 2 now hates milk!

Good luck.

My main tip is to be consistent xx