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1 year and still breast feeding refuses all other milk

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Leo03 · 13/06/2008 21:10

I have had two other children, both of them were breast fed until around 6 months old and then happily went onto formula.

My third child is completely different! He absolutely refused a bottle and formula from any kind of cup/bottle. We have tried every possible combination to get him to take milk from a bottle. He wouldn't even take breast milk from a bottle. The same is true with cows milk. So now I am still breast feeding him morning and night and a bit more frequently at weekends.

I would like to stop soon, but he will then have no milk intake so I cant!

I realise some mothers out there will wonder why I want to stop but I just do.

Has anyone out there a similar story? Do you think he will just lose interest? If he does, will it matter if he is not drinking milk?

I put quite a lot of milk in his food, but it isnt enough for a daily portion.

Any ideas of how to approach this?

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kiskideesameanoldmother · 13/06/2008 21:45

cow's milk is overrated as a source of calcium, in the sense that a small child must have the milk of another mammal in order to get sufficient calcium

if he is a good eater, then things like baked beans and fortified orange juice have lots of calcium. then of course you can also give cheese and yoghurt instead of cow's milk as a drink.

ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/fcs/bb/highCalciumFds.html

kiskideesameanoldmother · 13/06/2008 21:50

a better one

Charmander · 13/06/2008 21:52

ds1 was ver like this. Never took anything from a bottle.when i was working he just drank milk. He ate loads of cheese and mainlined on yoghurt during the day.

I stopped breast feeding at 14 months, by the time he was 2 he was drinking milk. Then he went to nursery at 3 1/2 and by the time they had their milk it was warm so he went off it again.

Now he drinks banana milk shake (made with real bananas), and very rarely drinks milk on its own - unless he eats something spicy. Oh he has hot chocolate or hot milk and honey for bedtime treats sometimes.

He is 10 now and strong, healthy tall and handsome. (apart from a bone condition - but that is genetic, honestly nothing to do with milk in his diet).

Charmander · 13/06/2008 21:54

Well obviously if he just drank milk like i just typed he would have been nothing like your child. That should read, just drank water.

corblimeymadam · 13/06/2008 21:59

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Leo03 · 14/06/2008 13:33

Thanks everyone. That has made me feel better, I am hoping he will lose interest over the next month or so perhaps with a little encouragement from me and I can start to get him interested in milk. I like the banana wizzed up with milk idea - i might try it now!

Its a good job he will eat yoghurt by the bucket load and also cheesy mash and beans!

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Notquitegrownup · 14/06/2008 13:41

Another breastfeeder, whose kids wouldn't settle for cows milk here. Green veg are also a good source of calcium - broccoli etc. and lots of nuts, if I remember rightly.

Notquitegrownup · 14/06/2008 13:42

Oops, sorry - forgot that he wouldn't be eating nuts yet

Your other two weren't girls were they, by any chance?

serenity · 14/06/2008 14:21

DS1 and 2 pretty much gave up drinking milk after about a year old - I just made sure they had plenty of dairy in other forms (they were pretty much FF by that age so it was obvious they weren't interested)

DD on the other hand was exactly like your DC3. She refused to take a bottle, or drink milk from a cup so we just did the same as with the boys - gave up, and concentrated her 'non-me' dairy/calcium intake in her food. She was luckier than the boys in that I hadn't had to stop BF, and she eventually self-weaned at around 2 (was only having an early morning drink by then, and it was more of a wake up cuddle than anything else)

serenity · 14/06/2008 14:22

Actually that wasn't clear was it - DSs gave up drinking all milk - formula and cow at just over a year.

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Leo03 · 14/06/2008 15:27

He does eat broccoli too, so that's good. Not a great meat eater though so far. I am not sure I can breast feed until he is two as serenity describes with her daughter (she sounds very similar to my son), but it does seem to be a waking up ritual so there is no harm in that I suppose. I would just like to get the other feeds - which do seem to be comfort than hunger - replaced with an alternative other than water which he isnt keen on unless there is a splash of squash in it and that is supposed to be REALLY bad.

Notquitegrownup - one boy and one girl

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