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Won't drink milk from anything other than a bottle.

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thearty1 · 06/06/2015 01:31

I'm hoping for advice from other parents who have had this issue and resolved it.. The problem is that my DS refuses to drink milk from anything other than a bottle. I've been trying to wean him off bottles for months. He'll happily drink water and juice from a cup, or through a straw, or from a cup with a hard spout etc, but not milk. I've tried warm milk, chilled milk, restricting other fluids and only offering milk in a cup, although I always cave after a day of him refusing to drink and by then he'll often be quite distressed.

He will drink sweet, flavoured milkshakes through a straw but if I dilute them too much with plain milk he stops! (He'll drink 200ml of milk in less than 5 minutes from a bottle) He's 2.

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Julieb85 · 16/06/2015 14:01

My son is 14 months and we have a complete meltdown if his bedtime milk is in anything other than a bottle. I'm not too worried as he takes a sippy cup the rest of the day and we brush his teeth thoroughly twice a day. I genuinely believe he doesn't like milk, but is purely in it for comfort suckling. If it's troubling you then I'd stop milk altogether at night, but I wouldn't give yourself a hard time...

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