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My kids both spit out wcm for a while. Strangely they were fine with it in a bottle, but when I tried to switch to a cup they wouldn't tolerate it. The only thing that worked was telling them that it wasn't time to nurse, but they could have milk in a cup. I had always nursed on demand so that was hard, but they finally decided milk in a cup wasn't the most terrible thing ever. My kids were older than your LO though - we transitioned to cups between 14 and 16 months (it took so long because I kept getting discouraged because there was spit out milk on every surface of my home).

LO never really took to WCM and the ped said it was fine as long as she got plenty of other dairy. She loves cheese and yogurt, so it's never been a problem.

Things we tried though - warm up the milk and add a little cinnamon. She will drink 2-3 oz of that, but not cold.

I tried warming, mixing with BM, bottle/cup and LO would have nothing to do with it until a few days after she completely weaned fm BM. Now she can't get enough...

We mixed it with breast milk and every week reduced the amount of BM until it was all while milk.

@winniebee: I mixed BM with WCM starting just before he turned one because my supply was dipping and he always had a bottle of BM before bed. Eventually we just switched totally to WCM in the bottle like the day before he turned 1. I nursed for another month.

He took it best warmed up in a bottle. Now though he is fine drinking it cold with a straw cup.

@winniebee: when we transitioned off BM at 13 months, we started with 75% BM, then stepped down to 50/50 then 25% BM. Always cold in a sippy but that was how she was taking her pumped milk at school. No problems with the transition.

Do you think he might be spitting it out because he isn't ready for WCM yet?

I don't think it's a big deal if he doesn't drink any milk. But then my DS eats yogurt and cheese pretty much every day, so I know he's getting calcium. We started by replacing one bottle at a time with a sippy of milk.

We totally skipped milk. I offered water and a snack. We did a calcium supplement once we stopped nursing and I made sure he got enough fat from other foods.

@winniebee: yes, follow his lead. Lo wouldn't take wcm when we introduced it at 10 months (she also wouldn't take formula) and our doc just told us to get her as much dairy as possible. Lots of cheese and yogurt, and we made lots of milk smoothies as well. But we just didn't let us worry about it. She was tiny, so it was stressful, but we couldn't force her to take it before she was ready. And I couldn't quit my job to nurse her all day (she stopped taking the pumped milk as well). She started drinking a lot of milk a few months later, and drinks a few ounces a day at almost 2 years.

I agree with others. My LO doesn't drink milk at all, dairy or otherwise. When my youngest wean I don't even plan on trying with her. It's totally possible to have a healthy diet/growth without it! My ped has no issue with it at all.

ETA: we were down to 2 sessions at 12 months. Looking back sometimes I feel bad but she are tons of food ans she's totally fine now!

When My son weaned he refused all milk for quite awhile. Just drank water. Out Doctor wasn't concerned because he was eating other dairy. Probably not something to be too worried about.

@winniebee: I mixed wcm for my daughter starting around 11 months. I started with 75%bm for a few days then went to 50% for a few days 25% for a few days and then all wcm. It took about 2 weeks but worked like a charm! We did it in bottles til she liked the taste them switched to straws

Great to hear!!! Once G is over being sick we are going to really push WCM!!