Hi everybody,

My daughter is13 months old,I'mtrying to wean her from the bottle to a cup(she takes water from a cup very well), but refuses to take milk in it.she is also not very interestedin taking milk in the bottle.She is also afussy eater.She also wakes aup twice at night for fedings.is there any suggestion for this.please help me Lakshmi replied. Hi Arun,
My Daughter is 6 months old i am br. feeding. She likes drinking from cup.Normal cup which we use.Children always likes to imitate parents.We used to keep our daughter with us while we drink tea. She noticed the colour of cup and slowly started drinking from that.She will hold cup and try to take it to her mouth.Try keeping ur daughter with u while u drink tea /coffee. Give milk in attractive colourful cup.Let her hold it(Be with her ).She will enjoy this.
All the Best tanuja replied. hi arun
i'm experiencing the same worry. i just switched to the glass four days back and ihaven't been able to get my son to drink milk from it and he isa also losing weight but the ped.. says thjat's fine and he'll get used to it in a week's time i'm just hoping for the better. good luck to you too.keep me posted on any luck from your side. bye

sumathi replied. hi Arun B.,
well.. my baby also in same stage..she's 11 months old and on sippy cup and a regular cup for waters..i'll try to switch her from bottle to cup and if i'm success then i tell you how..but dont give up..watch their mood..dont force..when they are really hungry or thursty try that time..reg.waking up at night..may be she needs mommy's attention when she's disturbed in sleep..dont take her from bed..just 'thatti kudunga'..she'll go back to sleep..slowly they'll learn to sleep alnight..dont worry Divya replied. I'm in the same boat as you. My daughter refuses to take milk from anything but bottle. As soon as she realizes that it is something other than water she shuts her mouth like anything.

Do get back if you've any success. nicemom replied. hi gayathri,
do you feed your daughter plain milk or do you add some flavor. my daughter didn't like to drink plain milk betw 12mths and 19mths of age. then suddenly she was back to plain milk !!
my daughter likes vanilla milk and also strwberry milk, try it, if it works for you!! at one stage my daughter had become so fussy that i used to put a few coffee granules in her milk, b'coz she liked whay i drank. her pediatrician said there was no harm in adding a little of it.
why insist on milk, try yougurt. may be she'll like that. or cheeses.
keep writing. nicemom replied. hi,
you must be having a hell of a time if you still have to get up twice in the night to feed your baby!!
i have a 2 1/2 yr old and she stopped taking night feeds when she was 7-8 mths old. i started a sippy cup for her when she was 15 mths old. actually the sippy cup of a little different than the regular one. this was more like a straw -cup. she enjoyed drinking from this b'coz it takes less efforets to suck from this rather than regular sippy cup.
does she drink juice from a sippy cup? many kids drink all liquids except milk from such a cup.
keep writing and let me know if you make progress!!