Hellobee Boards Topic: Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 14:52:35 +0000 chopsuey on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-234982 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:22:17 +0000 chopsuey 234982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It took her a while! looch on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-234927 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:26:58 +0000 looch 234927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Jacks: glad to read you use ice cream! I haven't tried it yet, but is there something you recommend? My son drinks milk in the morning and eats some cheese and yogurt, but not consistently. Mrs. Yoyo on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-234803 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:30:07 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 234803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Today was the first day I gave Baby Y cow's milk. He drank a bit, but mostly took it into his mouth, and then let it dribble back out with a great big "WTF" look on his face! He did slightly better when I put it in a new sippy. Hope he gets used to it ... I have no breast milk stashed, or I would mix it to ease him into it. sulli301 on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-234188 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:38:54 +0000 sulli301 234188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I am still transitioning DD by mixing her frozen breast milk with organic cows milk, but now she will drink "straight cow" although she doesn't chug it down like my milk kokobee on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-234096 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:08:05 +0000 kokobee 234096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is 14mos in 5 days and trying to wean him off formula. right now we give him half formula/half whole milk in a bottle. he won't drink it room temp or cold so we still have to heat it up. eventually we have to stop giving the bottle too... sigh Maysprout on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233951 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:09:17 +0000 Maysprout 233951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO isn't a cows milk fan right now. Once in awhile she'll take a few steps but most of the time she refuses it. She likes yogurt and cheese though, loves cheese. Mrs. Jacks on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233541 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:17:13 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 233541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Lala never did drink milk. We tried transitioning by mixing breast milk and milk, but if there was even one drop of cow's milk, she would refuse and we'd have to waste the breast milk. We do yogurt and ice cream and almond milk... so hopefully she's getting what she needs. Mrs. Bee on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233529 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:13:04 +0000 Mrs. Bee 233529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ i transitioned charlie over a month by adding increasing amounts of milk to his formula. i didn't feel any need to rush, so he was still drinking some formula at 13 months. Rubies on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233467 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:46:39 +0000 Rubies 233467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I'm having a tough time, too. I'm trying to transition her to almond milk (she HATES soy milk) to eventually try to get her onto hemp milk. She takes a few sips then on the 4th sip, she gags. SIGH. heffalump on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233457 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:42:12 +0000 heffalump 233457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Thanks for the advice ladies! Lo drank more than 3/4ths of her sippy of milk during breakfast so I'm a lot less worried now. Hopefully that will continue throughout the day.... and if not now at least I have some things I can try! Mrsbells on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233354 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:06:22 +0000 Mrsbells 233354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I never liked milk as a child, my parents tried everything and I still never liked it, so not all children will like the taste of milk. Andrea on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233347 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:03:54 +0000 Andrea 233347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @artbee: are you using the same sippy as her water sippy? You could also try a different one. I thought DD would drink milk out of her water sippy, too, but it seemed to be ingrained in her that it was for water only. T.H.O.U. on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233338 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:51:17 +0000 T.H.O.U. 233338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I've heard that sometimes the sippy cup they use for water may have to be different than the sippy cup they use for milk. We are going to try to go cold turkey on the bottles too in a few weeks when she turns one! We have been adding a bit of WCM to her bottles now to get her adjusted to it some. SAHM0811 on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233337 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:51:06 +0000 SAHM0811 233337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ When I transitioned my first baby from formula to milk, I started out by slowly mixing it in her formula in her bottle... Start with a formula/milk ratio like 75/25... then 50/50, 25/75, etc... Then once she's on 100% milk, you could work on weaning from the bottle to a sippy. Baby steps! Be warned though too that you may have to go cold turkey with the bottle eventually... all babies are different, but there's nothing wrong with trying to wean slowly first IMO. eta: so I think what I meant to write is, try transitioning her to milk first in the bottle and then work on going to a sippy/straw afterwards. heffalump on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233331 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:47:07 +0000 heffalump 233331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Andrea: My LO will drink her formula cold sometimes, but normally it's room temp, so I didn't think it would be a huge deal. I figure I'll wait another day and if she's still not drinking anything we'll try a slower approach. The doctor said most babies like the taste of milk better than formula so it's usually not a problem..... but it doesn't seem to be the case here. Andrea on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233327 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:40:16 +0000 Andrea 233327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I didn't stop the bottle cold turkey because I felt like it would be too much change for her with the milk plus temperature change (we heated up her formula). So we did the switch in the bottle with me mixing warm formula plus cold whole milk in increasing proportions until it was all cold milk after a week. We also did that because DD had a history of milk protein intolerance so we were looking for allergies. At the end of the week, she was fine drinking cold milk out of the bottle. We waited a little bit before taking away the bottle and put her milk in a straw cup. heffalump on "Did your LO like milk right away or have to get used to it?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-lo-like-milk-right-away-or-have-to-get-used-to-it#post-233322 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:30:06 +0000 heffalump 233322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We just switched over to milk..... and it didn't go over as well as I thought. The doctor said to try stopping the bottle cold turkey, and I thought it would be fine because she's already been using the sippy for water since she turned 6 months so she has a pretty good hang of it. But for milk she only will take a few sips at a time and then push it away. We tried heating it up, but that was a no go too. Do you think it's just because it's new or she doesn't like it? Any experience with this?