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Bottles to Beakers - Going Cold Turkey

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Corky · 08/01/2004 20:05

I have a 15month old dd who will quite happily drink juice from a beaker. When I try putting milk in this beaker she spits it out. I've tried the beaker casually for the last 5 months with her afternoon milk but with little progress so I decided to go 'cold turkey' and take all the bottles away completely. She had her last drop of milk on Monday and hasn't touched a drop since.

For the milk I'm using a different beaker that I had one successful moment with a few months ago - so I at least know that she can drink from it. I try offering her the beaker at the appropriate time and she now runs off the minute she sees it and the more I force the more it annoys her.

I don't think she is too bothered by this lack of milk as if anything her appetite has improved (didn't eat huge amounts before), so wondered how to progress. Not sure if I should try a different beaker to get her interested again as she knows what's in the other one (I have at least 8 different beakers!), or not offer her any milk now for a few days, or just keep going in the hope that she'll eventually drink it.

Are there any other Mums out there that have been through this experience and came out smiling on the other side??

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popsycal · 21/01/2004 22:47

oh, and here are some more that my ds really likes.....if anyone is still listening

here

and here

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