My daughter..almost 14 months old..has been refusing her bottles for about a week now. Until what age did your children take their bottles? She does take a sippy cup well (water or juice) but won't take milk in her sippy cup. I'm wondering how to get her to drink her milk now that she is refusing her bottles.
Thanks in advance for experiences & suggestions shared.

By Beth on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 09:42 am:

Both my kids were off the bottle about 13 months. My dd was the same way she would not drink milk from a cup. She is 3 now and still doesn't. She will once in awhile drink chocolate milk. I don't worry to much about though. She eats yougurt, cottage cheese, and cheese. She will drink milk in her cereal. I am actually the same way. I know my sister said her boys like milk with that strawberry nestle quick in it. I have not tried that yet.

By Emdee on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 10:55 am:

My dd never would take a bottle (it made leaving her very difficult!!). She wouldn't take a sippy cup, either, so we tried the cups with straws. She loved it and did great with it! Maybe one of those would work. I got it at Wal-Mart--it is still spill proof, although it does leak every now and then. I think it is fun for them to drink from.

By Cat on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 12:26 pm:

If she's refusing the bottle, I'd get rid of it while I could! jmho, of course. Neither of my kids took bottles (didn't need them--Mommy was their bottle! lol) but like Emdee said the cups with the straws work well. Also, keep giving her milk in the sippy cups. One of these days she might take it. Good luck.

By Vicki on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 12:35 pm:

My dd did the same thing and did NOT want milk in a sippy cup. I think when they start drinking from one, it is usually juice or water and that is what they expect to come out of that cup, so putting milk in it seems weird. I guess it would be like us drinking milk out of a pop can!! LOL I bought some cups with the flip top straw for milk and problem solved!!

By Mommyathome on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 01:22 pm:

I think that's great that she doesn't want it anymore!!!! My pediatrician recommends getting rid of it at 12 months. If she's voluntarily giving it up, that is good news for you! Most of the time it's a fight to get it away from them

By Babysitbarb on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 02:10 pm:

I took my girls off the bottle at 12 months. If she's refusing it, then be glad and get rid of it. I agree with Vicki on maybe trying milk in a different kind of cup that she is use to and then that might help her take more of a interest in drinking it.

By Sunny on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 02:31 pm:

I think you should count your blessing that she weaned herself off the bottle and just give her a cup from now on. Try giving her a little milk in a regular cup without the sippy lid. It might be messy at first, but she'll get the hang of it.

By My2cuties on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 03:50 pm:

Both my girls were weaned from the bottle at 10 months, I gave them sippy cups and now my soon to be 3 year old drinks from a regular cup while my 14 month old drinks half from a sippy cup and half from a straw. If she doesn't like milk in the sippy cup then try giving her a cup with a lid and straw and holding it for her until she gets the idea that you cannot tilt it up or it spills out. Good Luck!

By Karen~moderator on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 06:38 pm:

I agree, if she's refusing it, ditch it! Tippy cups or sippy cups - the kind with the straws, or even just small cups her little hands can fit around. If you want to give the small cups a go, I'd suggest trying that with just water, as you can expect spills. But for now, I'd go with the tippy or sippy cups.

By Dawnk777 on Monday, August 23, 2004 - 07:02 pm:

DD15 was off a bottle at a year. She was doing great with sippy cups and I saw no point in continuing. DD12 was about 15 months, because I liked giving her the last bottle before bed. One night, we were out of milk and I didn't give it to her. She did okay, so that was the end of that.