Tips for Drinking Milk from Sippy Cup

I have experienced the same with a couple child care children. If I were you, I would take the bottle away completely--begin with only put an ounce or two of water in the bottle and only give her it when you absolutely need to. Do not put any milk in her bottle/you need to wean her from the bottle. If she only has one option-she will eventually grasp and begin drinking milk and juice through the sippy. Be careful though--sippys can become her bottle, only provide it at the table. This should help. Good luck!!

Hi J.,

I had the same problem with my twins from 12 months to 18 months. They would only drink water and juice from sippy cups and refused to drink milk unless in a bottle. What I finally did was take the bottles away at 18 months. It was hard at first. They wouldn't drink the milk from the sippy, but eventually with in a week they gave in. They seemed to realize that if they wanted the milk badly enough then they had to drink from the sippy. I almost gave in and gave them bottles, but I am glad that I didn't because within a week they were both fine with the milk in the sippy cups. Hope this helps:)

My daughter did the same thing. What I did was put milk in the sippy cup and added some chocolate syrup. Each day I decreased the amount of chocolate(you could use strawberry too), so in 3 days she was just drinking milk. Once I started that I took the bottle away immediately, and she never used it again. I thought it wouldn't work but it did. She only gets milk at meals, so she expects it then. Once in a while she asks for milk. I never thought she would ask for it, but she does. She'll drink it if she's thirsty at meals. Good luck with it.

Show her you're putting Cheerios or other favorite cereal at the bottom of the cup. When she finishes it, she gets a treat. Other idea would be to let her pick out her next cup at the store. Good luck.

If you go to Wal-mart they have these sippy cups that look like bottles. My daughter took to those right away and that is what I use to give her milk to this day and she is 2 years 3 months. She will take anything in either now but it was a good transition. I think they are made by Nuby but don't quote me on that. I hope this helps.

D. K. Mother of a 2 year old girl and 5 month old boy.

All of my children have been very picky about their sippy cups. All three started on water when they were four months old out of a sippy cup. During this same time I would try expressed breastmilk, formula or juice and not one would take it out of the same cup that they associate with water. I figured it out with my first, but have experimented with my other two and it has been the same for all three. So all three have had a water sippy cup and a milk sippy cup. I was never lucky enough for them to take a bottle so all three went right to sippy cups. For the water sippy cup I always used the soft spout and the milk sippy cup had a hard spout.

Hi J.,
This is totally counter to all the other responses, but what's the big deal with allowing her to drink milk in the bottle? As long as she is drinking other liquids from a cup, then I don't see the urgency of taking away her bottle. I was exactly like your daughter & I would only drink milk in the bottle. When my mother cut the bottle cold turkey I just stopped drinking milk. To this day I cannot drink a glass of milk, Yuk.

hi, my son was about 15 months old and my daughter is 15 months older. Anyways, we went on a couple of long car trips and for the first, we weened them from bottles, after the trip was finished (wheaton to vail, colorodo) then, we weened them both from pacifiers after our trip to hilton head just about 6 months later. We just though, why not keep them happy for the trip and why hurry but we knew we wanted to end the use of pacis, so, we just told them that after the first trip that the bottle fairy had come over night and after the second road trip that the paci fairy had come over night. There were a couple of crabby evenings, but since we didn't push things with them and let them have them for as long as they needed them, they got over it in a few days. I wouldn't have wanted them to have had to give up bottle or paci any sooner - they grow and change so fast and need things to sooth themselves. It bugs me though when I see a three or four yr old with a paci! There's a right time to push certain things but just let them be babies when they need to be! I feel that my daughter was a little old to give up bottle and paci, but she didn't use a paci until after her little bro was born when she was still a baby 15 months old. So, I let her be a baby as long as she needed. They are both such happy siblings now. They are also so grown up and independent and I'm so glad that I let them use a pacifier and a bottle as long as I did. Also, their teeth look nice - I think they'll probably need less dental help than I needed!

My son did the same thing. The only thing that worked were the cups with the rubber straw. He's now 2 1/2 and still only uses those. I think Nuby might make them. The straw flips up - they have a dome-like top. They're also insulated. Good luck! He hated all other "normal" sippy cups!

Give milk to her first thing in the morning in a sippy. Once I started doing this, I had my son off the bottle entirely within a week. He was just over a year at that point.

Hi,
This was a tough one for my son also. I took his bottles away at 1yr old and the dr told me to keep offering the sippy cup over & over all day. That is what I did, some days I worried because he wouldn`t drink anything. Finally, after about a week he gave in and drank from the sippy. Just be consistant and it might take a week, but she`ll get it! Good luck!
J.

Sounds like it's time to et her off the bottle all together mommy. Better for you because they're easier to potty train once off the bottle.

I also had a very difficult time getting my daughter off the bottle. My son was a piece of cake. This goes to show you just how different every child is. When my daughter was 12-13 months, I tried slowly introducing the sippy cup. She didn't want anything to do with it. So, I gave up on it. Then, I found out that a lot of my girlfriends had their children off the bottle at 1 year. My daughter was 18 months and the only child out of our group of friends that was still on the bottle. That is when I said enough is enough!! I packed up the bottle and that was that. It took 3 days to get her off the bottle. Not very fun at all and she didn't drink that much in those three days. But, she got the point that the bottles where gone for good. Hope this helps and good luck!!

Sounds mean but toss the bottles out. She will have no choice but to drink from her sippy. When my boys were little, I was trying to figure out how to get the bottle away and with my oldest, fate stepped in and gave him a cold when he was 13 months. Can't have milk when you have a cold - makes you all phlemmy so out they went! Best day ever!!!! My youngest made a fuss but once I showed him the cabinet had no bottles in it, he accepted it. If you are really nervous about it - make it a party! Yay! We're a big girl and bottles are for babies so let's toss them! =)

Good luck!!

We just went through this process with my almost 14 month old daughter. Once she was transitioned to all milk in her bottles (no formula) we took away a bottle/week and replaced it with a sippy. We took them away in this order: 11am, 4pm, 7am, bedtime. The whole thing took 1 month, looking back on it, it was easier then I thought it would be!
You might need to buy a few different sippy cups before you find one that works for your daughter.

My son wouldn't either and we tried over and over and over. We tried chocolate milk too and it was a no go. We tried every make and model of cup too, still a no go!
Our doctor said as long as he was getting calcium from other sources, cheese, pudding, oj with calcuim, it was ok.

Talk to your doctor and see what they say

At the table...try letting her drink milk out of a little cup (not a sippy) like yours. My daughter forgot all about her bottle when I did that. Of course, that's only at the table/highchair. She will probably spill it at first, and want to play in it, but it's all a learning experience...and eventually she'll catch on (quicker than you'd think)and be drinking with you...a big girl! Everywhere else, water in a sippy would be fine!

My daughter is 12 months old. Luckily for me, she will pretty much drink anything I give her regardless of what form it comes in (bottle, sippie cup, glass, water bottle).
I'm not sure if your daughter still takes a morning (or bedtime) bottle but when she first wakes up and she's starving, try only giving her the option of milk in her sippie cup. If she's really hungry you would assume she would take it. Hopefully she will get used to milk in her cup and then you could completely wean her off the bottles.
Good luck!

most moms just have to cut the bottles out cold turkey. its ok if your child goes a few days without milk- just feed yogart, cottage cheese, ice cream other sources of dairy. some kids adjust in a day others a week. after one years of age children only need bottles for comfort. the longer we wait the harder it gets. Good luck!

We started with the Nuby cups. The tips are soft and flexible (more like a bottle). Good luck!!