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Milk Issues
« on: November 01, 2006, 20:12:58 pm »
My DS is 16 months old, and has now decided that milk is no longer part of his diet.

He is going through a phase where he is completely refusing to drink milk, in what every form it comes in.  He will not drink it out of a bottle, sippy cup, straw or even a normal cup with my help.

I am lucky if I can get him to drink 8oz a day.

He has about 4 in his cereal, and has a yogurt throughout the day, but refuses cheese, so I am worried about his dairy intake.

I have tried sweetening his milk and still have not had any sucess.  Some days are better than others.

Any ideas on what else I can try.

Thanks for your help.

Paula x
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2006, 23:13:21 pm »
Ewan did that as well and we just put his milk in an insulated sippy that was always available to him.  It didnt take long for him to get to drinking 16 ounces a day which is all he needs ;D


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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2006, 13:35:27 pm »
we have the same thing every now and then but it's not a big deal because it's 16oz a day including any yoghurt.  I would make her cauliflower cheese when things were really bad and she would eat that and then have a yoghurt - that was about 8oz in just one meal
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2006, 17:43:25 pm »
MY DD went off of her bottles and never drank milk again. she is 17.5 months and we stopped bottles at about  13-14 months. she would dring the milk in her bottle, but never from anything else. I have tried everything. and she hates it. so I just make sure I give her lots of calcium from other sources and the Dr. said that is fine. she is a great eater and eats tons of fruit veggies meat pretty much anything I give her so I guess there is a trade off. I give her dairy at every meal and she is fine. if they do not drink milk they usually eat more to make up for the calories. good luck .don't stress.  ;)

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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2006, 18:52:40 pm »
Thanks for all your replies.  At least I know I am not alone.

Lana - I think I am just going to take the plunge, get rid of the bottles completely and keep his sippy available to him all day. 

Thanks again for your advice, will keep you posted on how we get on.

Paula xx
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2006, 22:03:51 pm »
Good luck and keep us posted ;D


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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2006, 13:01:49 pm »
Well an update.....

DS now knows that we are offering him milk in a sippy, and when he sees it he starts shaking his head to say no.  We have kept on offering it to him, and he keeps on saying no.  We then tried to offer him juice and he also shook his head cause he thought it was milk.  Eventually he has taken some juice, but will not drink his milk out of a sippy.

As a last resort I put a tiny bit of chocolate flavouring to it and he has had a few sips, but nothing substantial.

He is having yogurts, so I know he is getting some calcium, but he still needs to drink his milk  :(

We are going shopping today, so thought I might try letting him pick out his own sippy cup, and explain to him that it is going to be for his milk and see how that goes.  Will let you know.

Any other ideas will be greatly received.

Thanks
Paula x
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2006, 13:15:45 pm »
Hi Paula,

your baby is still quite young.  Why not just keep the bottles for now and work with them gradually and try out other calcium rich foods outside of cheese.  Smoothies are wonderful!!  You might try cottage cheese, melted cheese in scrambled eggs, grilled cheese might work too.

I hesitate to pull bottles away from babies suddenly. They can have a real desire to suck upwards to two years old.

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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2006, 20:03:51 pm »
Hi Laura,

Thanks for your advice. I was not really sure about taking his bottles away from him, but he is not drinking much from them either at the moment.

He just seems to be going through a phase - and I am lucky if he takes 3-4 oz out of them.  He is on the biggest size teats and he just does not seem interested. 

I am persevering at the moment and am keeping his morning and evening bottle as normal - even if he only takes a bit, and am going to keep on offering him milk in a sippy throughout the day.  He never usually has milk throughout the day so will just keep on offering it to him to see how he goes.  Cause at the moment he will not even take a sip of milk from the Sippy Cup.

Luckily he likes his cereal, so I can get a good few oz in that, and have also upped his yogurt intake so hopefully that will help too.

I did try some cream cheese with him today, and I wish you could have seen his face, he pulled it up so much that his nose went all crooked.  I will persever with the cheese too.

I am hoping that this is just a phase that he is going through and that he will go back to the 2 x 9 oz bottles that he was drinking a month ago.

Thanks again to everyone for all your advice  :-*
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2006, 20:25:18 pm »
Might he be teething?
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2006, 20:28:11 pm »
And he may be weaning himself from the bottles.  Have you tried different types of sippy cups.  You could try an open cup (with lots of supervision of course).  One thing I would stay away from is juices as they're so sweet and you're usually better off eating the whole fruit anyways.

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Maybe give him the milk when he's quite hungry like before his lunch, then feed the solids a bit later.  So much of this is experimentation and the lovely phases they go through.  :)
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2006, 20:36:16 pm »
I have to agree with LAura
Altho things are very diff over here in italy , my ped seems to think as long as babies are not fallign asleep on a bottle at night there is no harm in havign one for a while.
It may be that he enjoys his milk from a bottle
and does want it from anywhere else? I would let him have a bottle , unless ur desperate to get rid of it that is
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2006, 20:44:57 pm »
Hi Laura,

We do try to keep him away from juices, but we have to give him prune or orange juice to help keep him regular as he suffers terribly from constipation, and the fruit juice along with the meds really keeps him regular.  Most of the day he drinks water.

We have a variety of sippy cup and have bought him a new one today, so this one will be for his milk only so will see how he goes.

He is teething at the moment, but not as badly as he has been, but it could definitely be contributing to it.

His decrease in milk all started when he was not well, and am wondering if he is still not feeling 100% and that could also be why he is not wanting it.

Will try giving him some milk at lunch time and see how he goes.

Thanks Laura,  will keep you posted on how we get on.

Paula x

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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2006, 21:35:23 pm »
Well I just thought I would give you all an update.....

Tom Tom is back to taking his full quota of milk again - he has been doing really well.  We have kept the bottles and are introducing milk in the sippy slowly during the day - so far he has not had much from them, but we are going to keep on trying.

Thanks for all your support.

Paula xxx
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2006, 02:27:45 am »
When my son hit 12mos, we took the bottle away from him except for a bottle before bed.  He's 15mos old now (he doesn't do the bottle at all anymore).  He was ok with not having the bottle during the day, he didn't seem to miss it.  He wouldn't take milk from a cup, only his bottle and only his formula.  I even put the cow's milk in his bottle, it didn't work.  During every meal, I would just offer him milk from the sippy cup and nothing else.  At first, he wouldn't drink any milk.  There was a lot of wasted milk going down our drain.  Now, he's used to having milk so now he drinks it from a sippy cup.  He actually begs for it during meals.  He has his milk days and non-milk days when he's only taking a few sips but I still only offer milk during meals.  He knows that's all he gets.  Once meal time is done, he gets his juice / water if he is still thirsty.  A friend of mine had the same problem with her daughter, not wanting to drink milk from a cup. She said for a few days she only offered milk and that was all she was getting.  Well her daughter finally caught on and started drinking milk.  All I can suggest is to not give up.  Continue to offer it to your child.  My son also eats cheese and yogurt throughout the day.  Good Luck....
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2006, 04:16:40 am »
Was wondering if it was a control thing and if it happens again in the future, would it help to offer a sippy cup of milk and say a straw cup of milk and give him the choice - not do you want milk or not, but which cup do you want the milk from?
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Re: Milk Issues
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2006, 20:18:04 pm »
I think it could be a mixture of control and him not being well / maybe teething etc.

He seems to be loving his milk again, so I am happy.  I am still keep on offering him milk in his sippy, so far only a few sips, but we will keep our fingers crossed and see how he goes.

Thanks again

Paula x
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