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[aquinasprime]

All right all of my mommy friends I need some advice. I'm trying to wean A from the bottle. She'll drink water and juice from a sippy cup as well as a cup with a straw, but when I put milk in the sippy she won't drink it. Today at lunch I put her milk in the sippy, she took one sip and put it down. She ate all her lunch and then just sat there. No crying or anything, but she wasn't drinking. So I put the milk in her bottle and she downed it.

Whenever I put milk in a sippy cup (or if we're in a restaurant and the put it in a cup with a lid and straw) she take one sip and looks very confused. And then just refuses to drink it.

Any suggestions/advice would be appreciated.

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[caity]

Technically I'm not a mommy. But I did get twins on sippy cups, and that should count for something. When their parents asked me to make the transition, I put out two cups, half full, for them: one with water (which they were happy to drink) and one with milk (which they ignored.)I gradually put less and less in the water cup and more in the milk cup. By the time the water cup was empty they had it pretty much figured out.

It took a while, was frustrating, and I'm sure there's a better solution. But kids are tricky little buggers. Cute, but tricky...

Luck!!

[kareila]

I don't think there are any magic tricks you can use here. Just be patient and keep offering the cup and eventually she'll overcome her resistance.