7 month old hates formula!!!

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my 7 mo DD has decided that she hates formula milk and will not take it from bottle, beaker or doidy cup. Gave her some cows milk in desperation this afternoon from the doidy cup which she enjoyed but obviously ended up wearing most of it. I know its too early to stop giving formula yet but has anyone got any ideas?

Not an expert in any way shape or form but when my sister had my nephew 6 years ago she had a very similar problem. He hated drinking milk full-stop from about 6 months. Is your LO weaned? After loads of 'helpful' advice from various HCPs who said that this was simply not the case and that it was not possible for infants to not like milk (some that advocated forced feeding ) she finally spoke to a feeding specialist who told her to stop bothering giving it as a drink and since he was weaned to give it to him that way. So she just made sure he had lots of cheese, cheesy sauces, milky puddings, milk with cereal and added formula to his purees and stuff. When he was 1 he started drinking cows milk but ONLY if it had added flavour like nesquick or something. He just didn't like the taste, formula or otherwise.
FWIW: He is an extremely healthy boy. Average height and weight for his age and I cannot remember him ever being ill (other than the odd snuffle)
Oh, the specialist did give my sister some sort of supplement thing (drops or something?) that he had up till 9 months.

There are loads of great ideas for 'what to give your child if they don't drink milk' in various baby books, I would just do a search and see what you find but i do remember some ideas in the 'Birth to 9 months' Yeudi Gordon book that I read when expecting my first DD.

Good luck, sure this is frustrating and it may just be a developmental phase and she will go back to it. If not then you have saved the hassle of trying to wean her off the bottle when she is older

my DS completed rejected formula at 6 months. i gave his cows milk in desperation and he gulped it down. we have never looked back. HV and doc not bothered as he eats very well. He is healthy and big for his age at nearly 2yo now.

she will be fine on cows milk if that is what she wants.

we are in a similar position with DS2. He is breastfed but has been having the odd bottle of formula. Now aged 8months he refuses formula under all circumstances (not good for me going back to work). When i'm working, he will need one bottle but he takes cow's milk. Have spoken to HV and the consensus was that as long as he was taking fluids, its better than nothing. he is weaned onto a healthy balanced diet with a good appetite.

although the advice is to avoid cows milk as a main drink until 1yr old, in my limited experience, children havent read this rule book and certainly dont follow it. I would do what suits you and your DD

I have a 7 mo old boy. He HATES and when I say HATES formula, I mean it. When he gets really thirsty he'll have a few oz here and there but only in desperation of thirst. We tried several formulas, we've tried sippies and reg cups and straws and every kind of bottle out there. He loooves food, even while teething he had a healthy appetite for solids. I was talking to my mom and she said all 4 of us were on 2% milk by 6 months. We all ate healthy amounts of solids and were all very heavy children. She advised me to start mixing in cow's milk and by 9 months just give him milk. He prefers his sippy with water and juice anyways. I think I'm going to listen to her. All 4 of us were happy, healthy children with little sickness except ear infections and we were all on the heavy side. She had 4 kids, more than most pediatricians so I guess I'll listen to her. I don't think it will hurt.