I need some advice. My daughter is almost
9 months old now. She is a big girl and
loves to eat her solids and is still
nursing 5-6 times a day. The problem is
she refuses to take a bottle or sippy cup.
She will drink juice or water from a cup
but only a little bit and will not take
formula or breast milk from a cup at all.
She knows how to hold the cup and what
it's for but she wants the breast and
nothing else when it comes to feeding.
I'd like to wean her by the end of the
summer, around the time she turns 1
because I have to go back to school, but
I'm worried about her refusal to use her
sippy cup. I can't leave her for more
than 4 hours because, while she will snack
on solids, she just waits until I come
back to get her milk. Her dad thinks we
should just keep trying to give her
formula every day in a cup but we keep
having to throw it out and it's expensive.
I've given up on pumping because I
couldn't stand to keep throwing all that
breast milk away. I just want to be able
to leave her for a while without
constantly worrying that she will be
hungry until I come back.
Any suggestions?
Also, does formula have to be warmed for
them to eat it? I read somewhere that it
doesn't necessarily have to be but I can't
remember where I heard that. I was
thinking that if it was different from her
breast milk and more cold like juice or
water, maybe then she will drink it.
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Ingi
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Posted: 04-30-08 14:36pm
In the sippy cups there is that plug that
prevents it from spilling. Take it out. If
she is like my daughter, she doesn't like
to suck on her sippy cup to get her
juice/milk out.
She has ONLY been drinking warm breast
milk. Make sure to warm her formula too.
Formula tastes awful. I don't blame her
for not wanting it.
Don't give her straight juice. She doesn't
need it, it is all sugar. You can water it
down 1/2 and 1/2 with water.
You should not be the one feeding her the
sippy cup. She sees you and knows that you
are Boob. Have your husband give her the
cup. If you work at it every day,
eventually she'll take it. The end of the
summer isn't for a few months yet.
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killbill
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Posted: 04-30-08 16:42pm
she took a little bit from a bottle today.
she's never had juice without lots of
water in it. she doesn't have it anymore,
just water.
i am going to try to get her dad to give
her the milk as often as possible but he
works long hours so it's inconsistent
sometimes. i guess we will just do our
best with that.
i was thinking i might also try those cups
with the rubbery spouts instead of the
hard plastic ones. she likes to chew on
them because she's teething so maybe
she'll be more interested in those.
this whole BPA thing is throwing me off a
little too. its' all so confusing.
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Ingi
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Posted: 05-01-08 11:48am
Good for her taking the cup.
You might try different cups, like that
rubber spout one you were talking about.
Those hard ones aren't very easy to use,
have you tried it? Plus you have to suck
to get the liquid out.
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