Weaning off the bottle?

[OmarsMum]

I try to offer Omar his formula in his sippy cup to train him as he's almost 10 mnths old & I want to wean him off his bottles once he's 1 yr. But he refuses to take it. He takes water frm sippy cups & normal cups with no problems, but once I try with formula he says "Yuk" & starts shaking his head I tried with different cups, but with no success, Tried with lid off but again he wont take it. He gags & refuses to take it. Once I put it in his bottle, he takes it with no problem. He only takes formula from a bottle & refuses even water from a bottle. Any advise, or is it still early?

 

[DaisyBee]

Megan is the opposite so I'm not much help! She'll often refuse a bottle - but if I dump the formula to a sippy cup she will drink it. She's the only baby I've ever known not to love their bottle. I think she could have weaned off at 6mo if I would have wanted to try. I'm going to start in the next month offering more sippy cups & less bottles. Bedtime bottle will be the last to go.

 

[mamajoanne]

I think you have the right idea doing it early, my older son is 2.5 and still insists on a bottle before bed! Sorry I don't have any tips though, have tried everything! I wish I had tried when he was that young actually.

 

[special_kala]

personally i wouldnt worry to be much. he is only 10 months old and 1 year is only the recomendation anyway.

The most important thing is that he is drinking his formula not where he is drinking it from

 

[OmarsMum]

Thanks ladies. He doesnt feed to sleep even at bedtime, so I'm not worried about that. Maybe once we switch to cow milk he would take it from a cup. I think he links formula to bottle. My mom just suggested to offer him cow milk as a drink from a cup before fully weaning him off the bottle at around 11.5 mnths to replace 1 formula feed, so when he's 1 yr he'd be fully weaned off the bottle. xx

 

[aimee-lou]

I was just about to recommend exactly what your Mum said.

Earl has a splash of cows milk with his afternoon snack and it goes down well in his sippy. I will be continuing bedtime/night-time formula bottles until he's ready to drop them (although may start to give follow-on milk in a sippy/cup at bedtime in a few months).

I really wouldn't worry. Maybe try him with a beaker?

 

[special_kala]

I was just about to recommend exactly what your Mum said.

Earl has a splash of cows milk with his afternoon snack and it goes down well in his sippy. I will be continuing bedtime/night-time formula bottles until he's ready to drop them (although may start to give follow-on milk in a sippy/cup at bedtime in a few months).

I really wouldn't worry. Maybe try him with a beaker?

do you mean toddler milk? just a warning but i have tried that stuff and my god is it sweet.

 

[New2Bumps]

I am planning to wean Ethan off at about 11 months, but will stick to the bedtime bottle a bit longer. He has water in his sippy.
Do you think it would be worth you trying one of these?
Maybe then he would eventually have milk in a similar sippy cup?

https://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/mam-trainer-bottle-blue_1_160519.html

 

[dom85]

I was just about to recommend exactly what your Mum said.

Earl has a splash of cows milk with his afternoon snack and it goes down well in his sippy. I will be continuing bedtime/night-time formula bottles until he's ready to drop them (although may start to give follow-on milk in a sippy/cup at bedtime in a few months).

I really wouldn't worry. Maybe try him with a beaker?

do you mean toddler milk? just a warning but i have tried that stuff and my god is it sweet.

Really? Glad you said that coz there's no way I would have tried it to see what it tasted like. OT but can you still keep on first stage milk beyond a year old? I didn't change Brady over to follow on milk because I didn't see the need at 6 months so he's still on first stage, is there a need to change a year old?

Back on topic, I think you just have to keep offering it but not make a big deal out of it. I know the recommendation is a year but if you brush their teeth before bed and they only have milk from a bottle and not other drinks from a bottle all day then it's not a disaster if they're still on it at a year old.

 

[OmarsMum]

I am planning to wean Ethan off at about 11 months, but will stick to the bedtime bottle a bit longer. He has water in his sippy.
Do you think it would be worth you trying one of these?
Maybe then he would eventually have milk in a similar sippy cup?

https://www.chemistdirect.co.uk/mam-trainer-bottle-blue_1_160519.html

Thnks hun. I have a similar one, but he uses it for water. He refused to take formula frm it.

 

[special_kala]

after a year whole milk is fine

 

[OmarsMum]

I was just about to recommend exactly what your Mum said.

Earl has a splash of cows milk with his afternoon snack and it goes down well in his sippy. I will be continuing bedtime/night-time formula bottles until he's ready to drop them (although may start to give follow-on milk in a sippy/cup at bedtime in a few months).

I really wouldn't worry. Maybe try him with a beaker?

do you mean toddler milk? just a warning but i have tried that stuff and my god is it sweet.

Really? Glad you said that coz there's no way I would have tried it to see what it tasted like. OT but can you still keep on first stage milk beyond a year old? I didn't change Brady over to follow on milk because I didn't see the need at 6 months so he's still on first stage, is there a need to change a year old?

Back on topic, I think you just have to keep offering it but not make a big deal out of it. I know the recommendation is a year but if you brush their teeth before bed and they only have milk from a bottle and not other drinks from a bottle all day then it's not a disaster if they're still on it at a year old.

Thnks hun. He doesnt have teeth yet & I dont offer him any drinks other than formula & water

 

[claire23]

Hey hun. I'd say start weaning off the bottle earlier than later. My daughter wouldn’t take the bottle (excl BF), we skipped the sippy cup and introduced a normal cup from 5 months. Initially we gave water or juice, and yes when we offered her milk in a cup, she refused to take it. Like you, we changed the cups – colour, size - she still refused. But we persevered, took about 3 weeks for her to accept

 

[OmarsMum]

Hey hun. I'd say start weaning off the bottle earlier than later. My daughter wouldn’t take the bottle (excl BF), we skipped the sippy cup and introduced a normal cup from 5 months. Initially we gave water or juice, and yes when we offered her milk in a cup, she refused to take it. Like you, we changed the cups – colour, size - she still refused. But we persevered, took about 3 weeks for her to accept

Thnks. Love the idea of colorful cups. Will buy some & give it a try. He's obsessed about designs & colors

 

[claire23]

Hey hun. I'd say start weaning off the bottle earlier than later. My daughter wouldn’t take the bottle (excl BF), we skipped the sippy cup and introduced a normal cup from 5 months. Initially we gave water or juice, and yes when we offered her milk in a cup, she refused to take it. Like you, we changed the cups – colour, size - she still refused. But we persevered, took about 3 weeks for her to accept

Thnks. Love the idea of colorful cups. Will buy some & give it a try. He's obsessed about designs & colors

Let him hold the cup as well. Have you also tried giving milk with a spoon? We used to give milk with a spoon, and then showing her where the milk is coming from (i.e. cup and then giving her to drink from a cup

 

[OmarsMum]

Hey hun. I'd say start weaning off the bottle earlier than later. My daughter wouldn’t take the bottle (excl BF), we skipped the sippy cup and introduced a normal cup from 5 months. Initially we gave water or juice, and yes when we offered her milk in a cup, she refused to take it. Like you, we changed the cups – colour, size - she still refused. But we persevered, took about 3 weeks for her to accept

Thnks. Love the idea of colorful cups. Will buy some & give it a try. He's obsessed about designs & colors

Let him hold the cup as well. Have you also tried giving milk with a spoon? We used to give milk with a spoon, and then showing her where the milk is coming from (i.e. cup and then giving her to drink from a cup

Love it Will give it a try tom