Morning beaker of milk - when to drop?

[auntyspan]

Hi
My DD is 16 months and has a beaker of milk as soon as she wakes (about 7am). She then doesn't have much appetite for breakfast and wondered if I should substitute the milk with water/juice, as she's very hungry / thirsty when she wakes and if I don't give her ANYTHING she gets very very cranky.

Any suggestions?

Milk and then breakfast at 8 - 8.30am?

Less milk?

Breakfast along side milk?

Breakfast then milk at maybe 9-10am?

My DD is 16 months and we do either of the last two.

Ds started having his milk with his beakfast at this age. Seems to work well

DD2 is a milkoholic!! She still has to have a cup of warm milk in the morning and she is 3 in July. I try to let her have her breakfast first so she "fills up" on that, but 9 times out of 10, she still wants her milk afterwards. Must admit, since the weather has been warmer, she hasn't been so demanding. I think it's more a comfort thing more than anything else.

Ds still has his milk and he is 2.5 (he goes through almost 2 pints of the stuff a day - oh no and it is junk food too!)
Agree with Boomie about the warmer weather - ds tends to like more juice than milk.

I do try to give him his breakfast first but it can be difficult.

DS still has a mug of warm milk first thing - and he's nearly 5!

Mind you, having said that, he also eats 2 breakfasts - 1 with me (cereal / porridge), and then with the childminder (usually toast) so him eating isn't really a problem....

dd3 (13 months) has a bowl of cereal and a cup of milk for breakfast - I give her the cereal first then she has te milk

DS 14 months has milk alongside breakfast dd 3 still has milk along brakfast too.

Hmmm - thanks for the replies ladies. Will try getting her up and down for brekkie before giving her anything.

Might make me get her ready faster if she's sqwarking

Thanks again!

My 6 and 4 year old still have milk first thing but it generally does not stop them eating breakfast which is normally 1 hour and a half later anyway (up at 6am breakfast 7.30am ish)

We still have the morning 'cuddle' in our room (with the milk and tea for us) which I love and don't really want to give up ...

DD has milk at 7am and then breakfast at nursery on three days when she gets there and breakfast anywhere betwen 8 and 9 if she isn't.