https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:39:27 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1130505 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:48:40 +0000 MrsF 1130505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: Thanks! Looks like cold turkey might be the way to go. Luckily M has already started refusing her bedtime bottle so it's not a sleep issue for us either. I would be even more stressed if she couldn't sleep without the milk bottle. I'll be grateful for that :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1130339 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:09:03 +0000 matador84 1130339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months and did a cold turkey switch. He transitioned well. Now we just do a sippy with milk before dinner, during dinner, and offer after dinner so there is not even a bedtime sippy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1130332 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:07:17 +0000 MrsF 1130332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Shamelessly bumping for more input from tonight's post-a-thoners! I'm obsessed with this issue. Tried again today and no luck with milk from anything but a bottle. I've been too much of a wuss to go cold turkey but I think that might be the only way :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127563 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 03:57:43 +0000 lamariniere 1127563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO took like 3 bottles his whole life. </p> <p>We switched to cow milk at 12 months and put it in a straw cup. Around 14 months we switched to an open cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127494 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:19:08 +0000 pinkcupcake 1127494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's refused bottles since she was about 4 or 5 months old. She's been EBF since then. Around 6 or 7 months, we introduced the Zoli Bot and she did well drinking water from it, but would only drink milk if I nursed her. It wasn't until after she turned 1 that she would regularly drink milk from a straw cup. </p> <p>She started using a regular cup around 18 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127493 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:16:11 +0000 HLK208 1127493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped using a bottle since she refused it at 6 months but she's used a straw cup since. She's 16 months and we're trying to use a regular cup more often at meal time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127472 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:59:43 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1127472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We ditched the bottle cold turkey at 11m. We went to sippy &amp; straw. He's almost 12m, and when he is, it'll be only cup &amp; straw, no more sippy. We're all about cold turkey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127453 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:28:25 +0000 skibobrown 1127453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched to a sippy cup right at one year. (We had been practicing before that, and so had daycare, so we knew she could drink from it.) We're still not anywhere close to using a real cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127439 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:03:45 +0000 yin 1127439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We transitioned to soy milk at 12 months. At the time he was still getting breast milk in baby bottles, and I kept the two types of milk separate. Soy milk went into a straw cup, and breast milk stayed in baby bottles. Once I was finished with my frozen stash, I had to wean him off the bottle, which was surprisingly pretty easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127435 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:02:17 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1127435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We switched cold turkey at 12.5 mos </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127431 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 22:00:15 +0000 MrsStar 1127431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months when she started using a normal cup (cups that we use) she hates sippys and doesn't have alot of patience with straw cups. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127384 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:35:20 +0000 shinymama 1127384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: it's either part of the job description or it falls under the notorious "other duties"??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127278 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:34:15 +0000 autumnlove 1127278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127272 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:28:38 +0000 MrsF 1127272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jmarionsmith: It's good to hear that others are going through similar things! M eats pretty well so I should probably stop stressing about the milk. </p> <p>@shinymama: What is it about being a mom that makes so many days full of worry and guilt? I hope this issue resolves itself for you soon :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127250 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 20:18:33 +0000 shinymama 1127250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jmarionsmith: He dropped bottles cold turkey at daycare last week, but has refused any milk there since. I agreed to ONLY give him a bedtime bottle at home, but I'm worried and have {secretly} been giving him a morning bottle before dropping him off. So now I'm worried and guilt-ridden! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127212 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:57:19 +0000 jmarionsmith 1127212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shinymama: my 13 month does the same thing! we've decided to not worry too much about it. we give him 6oz of cow's milk at bedtime in a bottle and offer water the rest of the day. in a few weeks we will try milk in a sippy again. he eats enough yogurt and cheese to get his dairy in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127179 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:37:30 +0000 shinymama 1127179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months; we're in the midst of this now and it is not going well. At all. He loves water out of a sippy or straw, but refuses milk from anything except a bottle. He will test the cup first - looks at it, takes a small sip, and if it's milk he will let it dribble down his chin and then throw the cup. If it's water he will continue to drink. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127172 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:33:09 +0000 MrsF 1127172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yellowbird: Thanks! I think I might have to go cold-turkey but I'm a little nervous. Also, I had always thought we would stick with straw cups, but now I feel like maybe she would do better with a sippy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127128 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:13:00 +0000 yellowbird 1127128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsF: 12 months, but it was a struggle. We got rid of the bottle cold turkey! She drinks water from straw cups, but she'll only drink milk out of a sippy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-was-your-lo-when-they-started-drinking-milk-from-a-cup#post-1127119 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:09:36 +0000 MrsF 1127119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M is 12 months and we've switched to cows milk but she's still drinking from a bottle. She does well drinking water from a straw cup, but just a few sips here and and there throughout the day. When I give her milk in the cup instead of the bottle she makes a face and won't take more than a few sips. I'd like to be done with washing bottles but I'm wondering if the transition would be easier if I waited a little while (or maybe it would be harder). </p> <p>How did your LO do with the bottle to cup transition? How old were they? Did you use a straw or a standard sippy? </p>