I have to wean soon and am trying to prepare LO by getting her to drink milk. I'd like her to drink goat but she won't, so I tried cow's (thinking I could mix it with goat and get her used to the taste gradually by slowly making it more goat less cow) but she won't drink that either! She's never taken a bottle,but I offer water in a straw cup with her meals and she loves it. If looks could kill, she'd have floored me when I gave her milk instead today, lol. Anyway, I wasn't expecting her to not take to it at all. What should I do? She's just started eating oatmeal with whole milk and gobbles down yoghurt - does it count towards the total she should have if it's in her food rather than as a drink?
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We are also struggling with this. Our pedi said basically to keep trying--either by mixing BM with WCM in a straw cup, or mixing WCM with soy milk or almond milk (which are sweeter)--as she would LIKE to see LO drinking min 15oz a day. BUT at the end of the day, if he doesn't drink it, it's not a big deal as long as he's getting calcium from other sources. He eats about 7oz worth of dairy in yogurt and cheese a day (which yes counts toward the total), and is still nursing 4x a day, so I'm not worrying about it for now.
Making oatmeal with milk is a good idea--I think I will try that!
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It took a while to get E used to WCM. I tried it at different temps and in different cups, and with Ovaltine mixed in, but he had zero interest. I finally started mixing it with water...a 10/90 ratio of milk to water to start, and then slowly increasing the amount of milk by a splash or two every day until he was drinking just WCM. The process probably took 2 weeks or so, but he loves it now!
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We are still working on this at almost 15 months. We see her new pediatrician in a few weeks so I'm going to ask for suggestions then. Her last ped told me to mix in chocolate!! Umm...no lol.
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My LO has always disliked milk and, at almost 3, I'm ready to give up forcing him to drink it. We started out with small quantities and still never do more than 3oz in a sitting.
Like @hilsy85: said, our pedi said that as long as he's getting a few servings of dairy per day, whether it be milk or cheese, he's fine.
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We just kept on offering it despite tantrums. Eventually, he got used to it and likes it.
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We also had issues when we introduced cow's milk, but it seemed to be a problem with having it in a cup instead of a bottle. He refused it for about 2-3 weeks, so we gave him full fat yogurt and cheese. Eventually he ended his strike and accepted the milk in a cup.
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Our LO doesn’t drink milk at all; but she does eat full fat cheese and yogurt at least once a day (each), so neither us nor our pediatrician is worried about it. Neither my husband or I drank milk as a kid, and I’ve tried giving LO every kind of milk available in every bottle/cup/sippy combination available and she will go on hunger strike before drinking any milk (even vanilla almond milk – what the wha kid?!)
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Nearly 17 months old and still won't drink a drop of milk. We've tried every kind of milk out there, including chocolate milk (I know, we were desperate!); we've tried all different temperatures, special cups, diluted, etc - nothing. She will have absolutely nothing to do with it! She never took a bottle, ever really, so I stopped the occasional pumping when she was a few months old; I think had I been able to mix BM and whole milk, it would have been a much better transition, but we didn't have that option.
Also, frustrating enough, she doesn't like yogurt, cheese (unless it's cooked in with her pasta or a grilled cheese sandwich), smoothies, or any dairy really, so trying to get calcium in this child is an almighty struggle every freakin' day.
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@Bao: @Ree723: sorry for the threadjack, but are you still nursing? If not, what did you replace the BM with if she didn't take other milk? That's what I'm struggling with as I try to wean him off two middle of the day sessions...
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@lovehoneybee: This is a great idea that I didn't think about.
We're in the same boat right now. LO isn't really a fan of drinking milk from a sippy. He's very used to drinking his water from a sippy and loves it. As soon as he realizes that it's milk in there, he doesn't want anything to do with it no matter what temperature it is...yet he'll drink water from a bottle. I'm just not sure what else to try either!
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http://avivaromm.com/need-milk-probably-not
I read that awhile ago and saved it...it doesn't sound like milk is a big deal as long as your LO gets calcium from other places. Milk is just a common one. I don't think we will do a lot of milk, honestly. So many of our foods are calcium-rich, and i'm hoping she just eats them, plus cheese and yogurts, and it's not necessary.
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My pediatrician told us that as long as they're getting a minimum amount of calcium (Can't remember the amount, sorry), it's totally fine for them not to drink WCM. In fact, she said her sons never drank milk after she weaned, she just made sure that they got calcium from yogurt, cheese, orange juice with calcium, etc.
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@hilsy85: No, we weaned at 13.5 months and she'll be 17 months in a couple of days. I replaced nursing sessions with snacks for the most part. Whilst I was still nursing, LO was really only getting three meals per day and three nursing sessions. The morning session was replaced with a cup of diluted juice (100% fruit juice, no preservatives), and the afternoon session was replaced with a snack of fruit or toast with hummus. We were able to drop the bedtime session without any replacement and noticed she started eating bigger dinners as a result. She also started drinking a lot more water - she more than doubled her intake, but that could also be related to our moving to a hot climate around that time.
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@Ree723: gotcha! Our mid day sessions are pre nap right now so I don't know if a snack would help with the transition (since I think it's more of a sleep crutch than hunger!) but good to know, thanks!
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My LO will drink it if we mix with BM. You may want to try to transition her rather than just going to straight WCM. LO will do 50/50 right now but this weekend I tried 75wcm/25bm and that got a big thumbs down. She also drinks her milk MUCH better for her teachers at school than for me (she'll do it in a sippy cup at school, but only in a bottle from me or her dad). I think when she sees the other kids drinking their milk she decides that maybe it's not so bad after all.
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Olive never drank milk. I wasn't that concerned about it because she's still breastfed at 25 months. We don't really drink milk as a family anyway (Charlie drinks hemp milk). I don't worry about it too much even though she's thin... but healthy!
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@hilsy85: I stopped nursing at 13.5 months. I just replaced her sessions with snacks or water when she would ask to nurse.
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I vote don't worry too much, especially with other sources of calcium in food. my LO never was into cow's milk (BF until 18 mo, I tried harder to get her to like it at weaning but no dice), now she will drink it sometimes but way less than a cup a day on average. she likes other dairy though and my pedi said that was fine. she's also at the age now (22 mo) where she will drink milk out of my glass because she likes all of mama's food
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Thanks, guys! I have a feeling she'd drink it if it came from a boob
She doesn't like cheese but guzzles yoghurt and I give her leafy greens so she does get calcium. She's tall but a thin frame, so I'm scared she might not gain so much if she doesn't drink milk and then I'd get an ear bashing at the doctors, ugh. @MamaMoose: @lovehoneybee: I love the mixing with water or breast milk ideas, thanks, I'll try it tomorrow!
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@travelgirl1: my LO won't drink milk either but I've found that he loves smoothies. I make him smoothies with half and half and he drinks two cup fulls a day. I give them after meals and he's totally silent while guzzling them. It's working great for us.
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my LO doesn't love milk. she'll drink maybe 3-4 oz when i'm away and barely any on the weekends when i am home. she LOVES all kinds of yogurt and cheese though. my pedi said it was ok and that she was getting most of her nutrition from solids anyway and that we can't force her to drink milk.
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My daughter never did. I still breastfeed her at 21 months, but even if I'd stopped, I wouldn't have worried about it. She eats a lot of yogurt and meat and other such protein and high fat foods.
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Would you consider something like this?
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@californiadreams: I'm really trying not to give her processed stuff yet and that looks quite sweet too - she's not a fan of sweet stuff (surprisingly, since I gobble sweets) so I don't want to offer her sweeter things in case I change that. Good idea though, I've never seen that product before.
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@Beyond2: What do you put in the smoothies? She's not into sweet stuff really but it's a good idea, I might give it a go!
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@travelgirl1: we do smoothies as well...I make them with yogurt, milk, banana, berries, and sometimes spinach.
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@travelgirl1: ya I had a feeling you wouldn't go for it. It just came to my mind though as the Natrel company came and did a presentation on it when I took a mommy and baby fitness class months ago.
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@travelgirl1: I use whatever fruit we have in the freezer. This week was peaches and banana. You could always add veggies too to bring down the sweetness and bring up her veggie in take.
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Lala never drank milk. Luckily she likes yogurt and cheese!
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