How do you switch from warm formula from bottle to cold cow's milk from beaker?

[tinyfeet]

There are numerous threads on this, but I can't find any with answers to my specific questions. I am preparing DD who is about to turn 1 yr old for 3 transitions:

1. milk from bottle rather than beaker (she takes juice from beakers, but we've never tried formula from beaker)

2. milk instead of formula

3. cold milk instead of warm formula.

Any suggestions on how to get all of these transitions done around the 1 year mark without too much resistence? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I intend to give DD half formula and half milk for a few weeks before completely switching to milk. Also, what is the advice on skim milk, 1%, 2% or whole milk?

PResume you've tried mixing cows milk and formula, starting with just a little cow's milk and gradually increasing the proportion?

my 3 year old ds still only likes warm milk - maybe the easiest thing is to keep the temperature the same first until your dd gets used to the taste?

Hi - sorry to revive this thread, but it has been over one month now, and the only thing I have succeeded in doing is switching from formula to cow's milk. DD is willing to drink juice from a beaker, but refuses to drink milk from a beaker. Also, we are continuing to warm her milk for her. A friend told me that I had missed my "window of opportunity" and that I was going to have a difficult time getting DD off the bottle. Advice please!!!

Only 1 of my 4 children drank milk after they stopped breastfeeding and were over a year old. They are all healthy and the milk drinker is the only chubby one
Milk is extemely overrated IMO. There is a lot of info out there that says it is not necessary despite HVs saying they need 1 pint a day. I would say do not worry if your child does not drink milk as long as they have a healthy diet otherwise.

Sorry if this has already been addressed, but I haven't read all the thread.

Is the issue drinking milk from a bottle or drinking milk from a teat?

It's just that DS drinks milk from a bottle, which has spouts, so was just a little confused as to whether it was the vessel used or the type of spout.

Tx

Tinyfeet - it took me quite a while to get my dd to drink milk from a beaker. At 6 months I started trying to get her to drink from a beaker, initially trying milk, which she absolutely refused to drink, and then juice. Over time we progressed from boots trainer beakers to the avent magic beakers (3 month teats and then finally 6 month teats). At 9 months I tried again to get her to drink milk from a beaker as she was happily drinking water from a magic cup - found I had to go back to using a valve-less beaker to begin with and it did take time. She would drink a little bit from the beaker and then thrust it away and refuse to have it back, so I poured what was left back into her bottle and she would happily finish her milk from the bottle. I just kept doing this and eventually she drank it all from the beaker and I didn't have to pour it back into a bottle. We then progressed up to the 6 month avent teats with valves. It was a longish process, so I think you just have to stick with it. DD is a year now, by the way and I've just swapped to cows milk, which seems to be going down well, but we're also trying to gradually heat it less so that she can eventually drink it straight from the fridge - taking a while though. It may be that as you've started the process when your dd is that bit older it might just take longer.

Haven't read the thread yet so if I repeat things just ignore me.

Tinyfeet, 1) try milk from a beaker she might accept it with no fuss.
2) I had no problems transferring from formula to cow's milk with any of my 3, again try and see.
3) do it gradually, I started by giving them warm cows milk, as warm as the formula, and slowly lowered the amount of warming time. They all n ow drink cold milk straight from the fridge. (Ages, 8, 4 and 2(and 5 months but not trying him yet)).

What milk? Advice is whole milk until 2 years old, then semi-skimmed if you prefer, no skimmed milk until 5. Children need the fat to develop properly. They need high calorific value but have small stomachs. As long as they have a healthy, balanced diet you should not need to reduce the fat content. I don't mean feed them chips every day but children shouldn't be on a low fat diet as an adult might be on.

Hope that's not too confusing.

My DS did not give up his night time and morning milk from the bottle until he was well over a year old.

I started off in the morning giving him a beaker, not bothering if he refused it as he was about to have breakfast and could therefore fill up if he was hungry.
In the end the whole thing was not an issue, mostly I suspect because he was drinking the milk more for comfort than as his main sustance.

Now no more bottles - the only issue that we had was with the type of beaker, he didn't like the Avent no drip cups and we had to try a few designs before we got one he liked. Try him on friends babies beakers and see which he likes the best.

tinyfeet, I found ds wouldn't drink significant quantities of milk from a beaker until I had completely stopped his bottles. his milk intake went down at first, but then over the next couple of months gradually increased and now he happily drinks a whole cupful at bedtime.

A bit lost here. why fret and say you're "dreading" something you haven't tried yet? why the seemingly rushed objective to get it done around the age of one? why go backwards to a bottle when beaker drinking is successful.
Agree with mears about milk being overrated. Milk is found in many other products like yogurts, sauces, in kids' breakfasts etc. so don't stress about the myth of 'drinking' a pint a day.
Also, bear in mind that milk is the perfect food - for calves.
Just cross each bridge as you come to it and just chill if there are any hiccups. things will come right in the end.

Thanks for the advice. Elliott and Kaz33- when did you take away the bottle? DD still refuses to take milk from the beaker before she goes to sleep, and I give in and give her the bottle.

Hi, my dd is 11 months old and I am trying to make the transition from bottle to beaker - with lots of difficulty - some of my questions have beens answered here - but one. DD has never taken to using a beaker, not even for juice - I started her about 6 months and she refused so I gave up and tried every month experienting with different beakers, still no success - I recently bought the Avent Magic beaker - This seems the best so far. I would like her to use this for milk drinking - I've screwed the lid to her feeding bottles and still shes not happy. So I replace it with a teat. Am I wrong to give in? Please, any advice! Sorry for intruding on your thread tinyfeet.

Someone mentioned earlier about cleaning teeth after the bedtime bottle. My DD is nearly 1yr old and I'm about to start the cows milk from beaker nightmare, but along with that, she always falls asleep on my lap either during or after her bedtime bottle. Am I supposed to then wake her up, attempt to clean her teeth, and then try to get her back to sleep again? Am I damaging her teeth by cleaning them before her bedtime bottle rather than after?

Mandy67 - Stick with the Avent magic cup and don't give in! Last week, we put away all the avent bottles, and I am proud to say that DD is drinking only from beakers now. She is drinking a little less milk than she used to, but is still drinking a full 8 ounces before her afternoon nap and before she goes to sleep in the evening. I am still warming her milk though - so just one last step - hoping she will get to liking the cold milk.

Tinyfeet, can I ask if the transition was easy - did she have days of not drinking any milk or did you at least get a bit down gradually. I'm not sure what approach to take to my 11 month DD, she'll drink water from a one-holed beaker, but not milk from an avent spout (she has avent bottles).

I never, ever heated a bottle. Why??? When I gave bottles I just put the water in a bottle then added the formula when it was needed (eg when with childminder). I think it must help not to get into that pattern. There's no reason to heat formula milk. Anyway, I just swapped and it was fine. You must give whole milk to babies.