Leaking milk from his nose...

[Lakota]

OK, not really. But he might as well be, in order to avoid drinking it from a cup.

DS is 11 months, and will happily drink 3 7oz bottles a day, if allowed. I'm trying to wean him onto a spouted cup, so that he doesn't suffer all the terrible curses that books suggest extended bottle feeding will bring down on a child's head - toothlessness, inability to talk, liking for sleeveless hoodies etc. Anyway, I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to achieve. He'll drink a little bit of millk from his sippy cup, but to get maybe 4 or 5oz in him will take all morning, whereas he'd just drain a bottle sitting on my lap. Is this normal? Are they supposed to ultimately drink it all in one go? I just ask because obviously you can't have milk out for ages or it'll go off, and formula is too expensive to waste, so I keep having to put it back in the fridge when he loses interest. He still has a bedtime bottle at the moment, and I offer him his breakfast and after nap milk from the cup.

Also, I know that up until a year they are supposed to have at least 20oz of milk a day, then at a year this goes down to 12oz. Is it really this sudden change? At 11 months, does it really matter if he isn't getting 20 oz? I reckon he does get at least 12oz at the moment, as he'll definitely drink 7 before bed, and I give him plenty of yoghurt, cauliflower cheese etc. It's not as though he seems hungry and is crying for his bottle back - if I offered him the bottle he'd drink it, but if not he just doesn't seem bothered about the milk at all.

I'm probably once again falling prey to the paranoid mummy thing and I know there's probably more important things to worry about but any advice very gratefully received!

it took ages to get dd1 onto a cup - she still had milk from a bottle and teat at the age of 3 ( yes, no doubt she is heading straight for a young offenders institution!). I guess you have to just persevere.
Re: the quantity of milk thing - if he gets calcium rich foods, I really don't think you should worry. Cheese, yoghurt etc, and if you are really concerned you can get vitamin drops from age one ( I used abidec). I think 20 oz is a suggested guide but I expect there are many babies who have less.After all, why would the requirement suddenly plummet by 8 oz?

That's exactly what I wondered donnie. I know he'll probably get there in the end, but...
Anyone else?

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Don't stress about it my dd had a bottle first thing in the morning till 20 months and a night bottle tiil 2 years. Shes quite normal When she did stop them she went from 7 oz to zilch as she just wanted the bottle not the milk. She got milk with breakfast in a big girl plastic glass and on cereals and throughout the day in food. I did get a bit worried like you but now with ds I'm not really bothered even if he drops his drunk milk volume as like you , you can shove it in all sorts. Not sure this will help but don't worry too much

Interesting about it maybe being the bottle rather than the milk they want. Do the children who will drink from a cup hold it themselves or do you have to hold onto them to make sure they drink it?

bumpety-bump goes the cup of milk DS has just chucked on the floor...

my dd definitely wanted the bottle and not the milk - after we introduced the cup she completely lost interest and has never drunk milk as a drink since!

Arse. That could be my DS then. DH keeps telling me to "relax, he'll get the hang of it". Thing is, it's not him who spends hours every day trying to get him to drink from the damn thing!

Any evening Mumsnetters have any words of wisdom to impart?