Why won't she drink milk from a cup?!? - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

worried_mommy · 02-19-2005, 09:02 AM

Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone had any tips or tricks to help get my 1 y/o DD to drink milk from a cup? She drinks everything else from a cup, juice, water, or whatever. When we did the switch from formula to milk we decided it would be a good time to switch her to a cup too. The only problem is that she just WON'T drink it from a cup, at all, peroid, lol. She only gets a bottle of milk now when she is getting sleepy and she sits on my lap and drinks it then goes for nap/bedtime, that's only 2 6 oz bottles a day.Not that I keep close track of how many ounces she drinks, just that it's much less then the formula she was drinking. She will go to sleep without it, although it's a bit of a struggle, but she needs the milk....so I'm kinda stuck. Any ideas?

besafe20 · 02-20-2005, 04:58 PM

Hi my son turned a year old yesterday and we are just doing sippy cups and he seems to let the milk fall out of his mouth once it goes in. I think hes still used to drinking formula. But I think that 12 ounces is good. I have read that once a baby hits a year they don't grown nearly as fast as they did at babies. A baby can tripple his weight in a year but after a year the growth rate slows a ton. So your baby will need more nutrition from food and less from liquid. I think that she will get used to getting her milk from a cup soon and get over the bottle. Just give it some time.

worried_mommy · 02-20-2005, 06:53 PM

Thanks Besafe! I knew that her intake would slow down on liquids it just seems like a lot. She doesn't need the bottle at all really, wouldn't care less if I gave it to her or not. She just won't drink milk any other way. She does the same thing as you son and just lets it run out of her mouth lol, though this is how she drinks all of her other liquids. I try at every meal, just a little milk in a cup, but no way no how, not even if she's sitting there eating cracker after cracker. She will just throw it on the floor. So I take it away and take her out of her high chair when she is finnished eating and give her juice or water. I try not to just give in and give her juice or water when she won't drink her milk, but I can't leave her without a drink either......sigh.....kids can be frustrating :P

Kiera1595 · 02-21-2005, 05:55 AM

Two things to try. I believe its Gerber that makes a sippy cup with a very soft rubbery spout. That's how I got DS to swtich over, he couldn't handle the hard plastic spouts. Also, maybe try a straw...she might think it's so fun that she'll drink it that way. Good luck, she'll get it eventually!!

AprilPow · 02-21-2005, 06:38 AM

I think it's going to take time. My son wanted nothing to do with his sippy cup, but once he figured it out and got comfortable with it- which took about a month or so..he is fine! Make sure they can get enough milk through the sippy cup, some you have to suck really hard. The the others which comes out too quick.