any tips on getting 1yr old off beloved bottle and onto beakers?

[merindol]

Trying to get 1yr old to take milk from a beaker/glass instead of a bottle (on HV advice) - and failing. Any tips? She happily has water from a tommy tippee flip-spout cup during meals but adamantly refuses to take milk in it. Milk similarly rejected when presented in a normal cup, doidy cup, avent beaker with spout, etc etc. She's now on milk strike and only having 200mls at bedtime in a bottle because the alternative of her not having any milk before bed is too grim to contemplate. We've been trying for a week now and am worrying she's not getting enough milk (although it seems to be bothering her more than me) and wondering whose will is going to break first. Any tips?

I've no idea but I'll be interested to know how. My DS is 20 months and still drinks milk from a bottle but water from a cup with or without spout. He won't do it the other way round either.

Why does your health visitor want you to do this, mine hasn't mentioned it?

I used avent bottles with a nib which was fitted in where the teat was. DS now 3.5 gave up milk altogether at 7 months when i introduced nibs but we just supplemented his diet with lotsa calcium foods, yogurts etc. DD 1.5 doesnt drink much milk just little at bedtime and some at nursery. But she was desperate to use an open cup like DS so didnt have prblem making break from bottles.

I think if she doesnt like it then she doesnt have it, just supplement calcium in diet. She might even give up and decide she want milk more than bottles.

Good luck

Lots of bottle makes have spout attachments you can get instead of teats and my DDs seemed to like them (Avent ones). Also I kept their bedtime milk in a bottle with both my girls until they were about 16 months even though they used cups / spouts for everything else - they just took a lot more that way and it didn't seem like a big deal.

I would not worry about it, both DS had milk in bottles in the morning and evening until they were about 3 and their teeth are perfect!

I think it would be very hard work and not at all necessary.