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| How much milk did your dr recommend him getting. i know all dr are diff. also will your son drink juice from a sippy cup?. my daughter didnt like her milk at first so i had to start making ichoclate milk. maybe you can try that and see if he will take it from a cup.with my daughter i give her a cup first thing when she wakes up and then sometimes anotherright after that if she asks. and then one after supper. my daughters pedi said 16oz. is enough if she eats yogurt and gets calcium from other things but i sometimes give her 21 so if you did only give it to him at meals he prob would get enough.all pedi are diff so i dont know how much yours sugg.is your son a good size? my daughter is very little 19lb 10oz. but she isnt tall either so she is proportioned good. she is 18 months old so if he is a good size 10 or 12 oz would prob be enough. |
| posted by Natasha on 07/21/2007 09:25 PM
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| Hi Tara, I know that your ped said to get him off the bottle, but when starting something I wouldn't make too many changes at once. I started my daughter on whole milk at 12 months, but I started with her bottle. She would use a sippy cup, but I didn't want to make the transition hard for her. After he gets used to the milk in the bottle then I would switch to the sippy cup. It shouldn't take too long this way. I give my daughter milk with her breakfast, her afternoon snack and before bedtime. Hope this helps...good luck! |
| posted by Jamie on 07/21/2007 09:28 PM
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| The doctor said between 18-24 oz/ day which seems like a lot to get into him (especially at meal times). He is almost 24 pounds. It took me one week to get him to drink straight milk from the bottle without having to add in formula. You are definitely right about not changing too many things at once. It's overwhelming to me (not to mention how it affects Nathan). So now I'm torn between switching him to a sippy cup first or changing the times during the day when he gets his milk. I don't know what to do first. |
| posted by Tara on 07/21/2007 09:54 PM
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Hi Tara,
If he is getting calcium from other sources you shouldn't worry, as far as taking away the bottle if he feels better with it I don't see it as being a bad thing. He is still young and might need that security. If he uses the sippy cup for juice it wont be long before he will take it with milk. |
| posted by on 07/21/2007 10:13 PM
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tara Oh girl do not worry about taking away the bottle yet he is way too young.Sonetimes doctors can be so overwhelming with the advise and pressures on us. My son didnt go off his baba til he was around 16months and PLENTY of my friends infants are older and still need that security of the baba. Please dont stress i remember being in your ahoes and was soooooooooooo stressed out but i knew I needed to wait cause he really needed the security of the bottle PLUS he wouldnt drink milk from a sippy cup only juice as u said.
Even now my son is 2 1/2 and will not drink milk from any cup at all (plus he is off bottles obviously ) so whatI have done is gove him calcium in other forms.
First as soon as he awakes in the am he gets a big bowl of gerber oatmeal (8 ounces) w/milk.
Then 2hrs later he gets a yoplait youguat for kids.
Then throughout the day I will give him a slice of cheese.
there are plenty of ways to get calcium into your child, Just think of all those parents whom kids are allergic to milk and they are just FINE.
DONT STRESS !!!!!!!!!
lAURA |
| posted by laura on 07/21/2007 10:31 PM
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tara I meant to say 8 ounces of milk with oatmeal added to it.
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| posted by laura on 07/21/2007 10:34 PM
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| I definitely think it is more important to get him to drink his milk than to transition him to a sippy cup. Try giving him his milk at non meal times. Like I had mentioned earlier, breakfast is the only real meal that my daughter gets milk with. She has a tendancy to drink fast and it seems to fill her up so I don't give it to her at other meals b/c I don't want her to miss out on other necessary nutrients. So I would keep giving it to him in his bottle between meals. Don't worry to much about the bottle/sippy cup issue....he is still young and you have some time! |
| posted by Jamie on 07/21/2007 11:35 PM
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| Thanks for the advice everyone. At what age do you think I should really try to get rid of the bottle? I know they say not to wait too long, cause it will only be harder to do. |
| posted by Tara on 07/22/2007 07:19 AM
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Tara tara ....Dont worry believe it or not like i said my son was about 16-17 months when i stopped all bottle i did it gradually at 12 mons he was getting 3 bottles still one breakfast one nap and one bed this way he still had no milk at real meal times. I slowly stopped the morning and transitioned to the bowl of cereal. then at about 15mon or so I stopped the nap one it wasnt that bad I just started to read him stories which was something new to him at nap time too so he really wasnt noticing the no bottle. Then I was really afraid about the nightime bottle removal. BUT NO LIE !!! My son could care less . I brought him up stairs with a sippy of WATER. we sat read stories I but him in his crib he didnt look ask or cry for the bottle. And that was that. Believe me I am the queen of cold turkey they are way more resalant then u think. I also cold turkeyed the pacifier and once again to my surprise he could care less and i was the nervous one.
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| posted by laura on 07/22/2007 10:08 AM
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| I would start him with the sippy cup as soon as he will use it. They say to transition to the cup b/c after 12 months old it is supposedly bad for their teeth...it contributes to tooth decay. So I wouldn't let him use the bottle too much longer, but I wouldn't rush him either because it could just prolong the bottle use. Just keep working with him over the next couple of months. Give him his milk in the bottle, but juice or water (or whatever else he will drink) in his sippy at meal times. Then once he gets used to that start putting his milk in the sippy. |
| posted by Jamie on 07/22/2007 01:56 PM
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Hi Tara,
My pedi told us to try and get it down to 16 oz a day. It took a little while It seems like I was giving him close to 20 oz when I was trying to get him off the bottle, but he was totally off the bottle at 14 mos. I got it down to just a night time bottle and my son did the same thing at first with the sippy cup he didn't want the milk out of the sippy. Someone told me to put what he likes in the sippy like diluted juice to get him used to it and so that he wanted it, it only took a few days. Then I would give him the milk in the sippy. I give him 4 oz of milk in morning after breakfast, I give him water in his cup with breakfast or he would drink all his milk and then not want much breakfast and then he gets another 4 oz after lunch and then I give him 8 oz of milk before bed, which I am going to have to change because he is starting to leak through his diaper at night so I will proobably give him more after breakfast and lunch and then give him about 5oz before bed. |
| posted by amy on 07/22/2007 04:36 PM
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| Maybe try a cup with a straw. Drinking with a straw is still having your child suck but instead of a bottle it is a cup with a straw. I advise my parents at the daycare I work at to use this method when trying to stop using the bottle. The parents I work with all say it totally works and it is a great way for their child to stop using the bottle. Let me know how you do. |
| posted by Michelle on 07/22/2007 08:31 PM
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| That's a good idea about the straw. I will have to try it. |
| posted by Tara on 07/23/2007 06:54 PM
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| let me know how your son does with the cup with a straw. |
| posted by Michelle on 07/23/2007 08:17 PM
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Hi Michelle,
I tried the straw with Nathan and he just doesn't get the hang of it yet. I'll keep trying though. |
| posted by Tara on 07/25/2007 07:40 PM
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