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Moms: Cow's milk and sippy cup questions
Cow's milk question: When during a meal do you give milk? When water? I want to be sure he still gets water.
Sippy cup question: WTF is up with all the different spouts? Abe has been using a Tommy Tippee since he was about 6 months. We always offer it with water at all meals. He has always done fantastic with the cup and water. Tonight I gave him WCM for the first time and didn't want to confuse him with the water cup so I put the milk in a Born Free sippy that has a soft/chewy spout. All he wanted to do was chew on the spout. Didn't want to eat. Just chew. I put the milk in the Tommy cup and he threw it on the floor. I took the cover off and gave him some milk so he could see that it wasn't just water. He would drink the water out of the cup if I gave it to him but not with the cover on it. WTH?? And why is it so hard to get liquid out of some of those sippy cups?
Re: Moms: Cow's milk and sippy cup questions
MIT - I'm kind of in a situation like yours. We are still nursing and I plan on nursing for another year so I know that he is getting a lot of the nutrients that he needs from that. But at daycare he will be taking WCM in bottles (we are doing half and half for a couple weeks or a month since I have a freezer stash). I wanted to intro it this weekend so I can see what he thinks and see if there is a reaction...I'm sure there won't be since he eats yogurt and cheese, etc.
I'll chill out a little and try again tomorrow. I just felt so defeated...he threw the damn cup at me.
Aw poor Mama! Try doing 25/75. We had to go real slow with the transition because of DD's protein issue, but I've heard from a lot of mom's who had luck this way. Plus, your stash doesn't take such a hit at the beginning. You'll still see if there is a reaction, but maybe he'll be a little less grumpy about the change for a little while. I also don't put too much concern with DD's consumption because she eats so much yogurt and cheese. Hope tomorrow goes better for you two. Oh! If he still doesn't like it, a friend of mine made her son a frozen milk slushie to get her son to like the taste. She spoon fed it to him like ice cream. He liked that so much better than just drinking it and then he just got used to it.
Relax Mamma...it'll be ok
We use the munchkin brand cups with the soft spouts and the Take and Toss cups. I'm also starting to pull out all the cups I thought she wouldn't take (now she is).
WCM is an acquired taste for them. T didn't take a bunch of it at first either but now she drinks plenty. We warmed it in the microwave too (like 20 secs for about 8 oz) just to take off the chill. We always gave her bottle warm so I think that it helped her realize it was what she should be drinking.
She usually has a couple of sippys floating around the house with water. I'm not sure exactly how much per day she is drinking, but she still has to use both inserts in the BGs so I'm POSITIVE she is getting enough to drink!
The cups are frustrating! Developmentally, the sippys are not so good, so it's all marketing. Straws and open cups are the best, so that's what we've done. We're predominantly open cups now that he holds safely on his own (we say "two hands' and he does...so cute!), with straw cups on the run. Adrian understands when we tell him what's in there, so I don't worry about cup confusion with contents.
Adrian eats 5 times a day. Three meals, two snacks. Milk goes with the meals, water with the snacks. He doesn't drink a lot...3-4 ounces tops, unless we make a smoothie for him with milk, yogurt and fruit. Then he'll drink whatever we give him.
Adrian was annoyed at first with the cows milk. I never put it in the bottle. I guess I was just a mean mama. I decided that we're getting rid of the bottle at 1 and everytime I gave him the cup instead. He didn't cry or throw a fit, he just threw it back at me. After a couple days, he realized that's what he got and just settled into the new routine. I was and am still nursing the little bit I make, but used to transition to pack up all the bottles.
i don't blame him- cows milk is gross
I hope that the transition goes smoothly. And I cannot believe he's almost 1!
I had heard sippy's were discouraged for developmental reasons, but I never figured out why (and Felix loves a sippy). I don't have any advice on the sippy end, I have a playtex brand and vital baby, but he seems to like them both.
I don't drink milk, so we tried giving Felix rice milk and he wouldn't drink it. Then we gave him cows milk and he wouldn't drink that either, so we are still giving him formula 2-3 times a day and then water during the day. He drinks a ton of water, so I have to remember to call the pedi to find out if we should be doing something else.