get my 12 mos old to drink regular whole milk????? This boy just refuses. All he wants is me!!!!! I'm not doing this forever. I said I was going to ween him once he turned "1"! Well, he's one and I'm offering him whole milk in a sippy cup with a straw ( because he never took a bottle or formula). He just doesn't want it at all!! I need some advice.
Should I warm it slightly??? I don't know!!!
Thank you so much for any and all advice!!!
Amy
My neighbor swears by warm milk the only problem is her 5 year old still demands it!!! 
I know I had some problems with my first one because she never had a bottle!! Sorry not much help but Good Luck!!
My 6 year old still does not drink milk. She will eat cheese and yogurt but refuses milk(even eats her cereal dry). I nursed her for 22 months.
Will he drink juice or water from a sippy cup?
It's been a while but I think I got my oldest(now 
to drink milk by adding some chocolate syrup to it and gradually adding less until she drank her milk straight! (she also nursed around 22 months and only weaned when I was 3 months pregnant)
Sandra
I was going to ask, is it the milk or the cup/bottle??? Will he drink other stuff from a cup or bottle?
He'll drink juice and water from any kind of sippy cup, straw or spout! He just doesn't want the milk in it. It's new so I can understand him not wanting any but I'm just about at my wits end! I'll try warming it up a bit!
Thank you everyone! I'll let ya'll know how he does with it warm.
Amy
My son was the same way .. he nursed until he was almost 2 (and 6 months later, still wants to!)
He wouldn't touch cow's milk until about 2 months ago ... but he ate yogurt like crazy so I didn't worry about it. I would / did just trust him ... I believe little ones often refuse food their bodies can't handle.
Human milk is sweeter than cows milk, so the chocolate milk trick often works, and warming it is also good. Just keep offereing it (once a week or so) until he is ready to accept it... as long as he's getting cheese and/or yogurt he should be fine!
All three of my children refused bottles also. They went straight to a sippy cup. It was real hard to wean them from me, but I had to just completely quit nursing. I did the chocolate syrup trick also, gradually lessening the amount until it was just plain milk. It really does work. Good luck, I know its hard to do.
Hi! My little man is 14 months and he is still nursing though just once a day now but he ain't givin' that up yet!! What I would suggest is pump and put your milk in the cup and then gradually start cutting it with the whole milk. I don't know about you but I'm a bit of a psycho about what he eats/drinks and I couldn't see myself putting syrup in his cup!! Also, mine didn't like the regular whole milk so I tried the organic and he likes that better. At 12 months, he really didn't care for the whole milk but he has gradually warmed up to it over these last couple of months. Also, he does seem to like it better more room temp-kind of like mom temp! He also loves the Yo Baby brand of yogurt. It has lots of protein so that can help substitute for the milk he's not drinking.
Congratulations on breastfeeding for a year! Nobody tells you how hard it can be or what a big commitment it really is but it is one of the best things I have ever done. I feel your pain-I said I would wean at a year also but I'm letting him lead for now especially with all the holiday craziness right now!!
Dori
Hi Cakemommy!! My daughter is going to be one next month and that is when I'm going to wean her. I'm really scare that she is not going to want to corporate either. She is so attached to me....it's not even funny! She won't even think about taking a bottle sometimes when it's necessary. Was your son like that?? I never breastfeed my older kids...but I wish I would have..so I have no experience with weaning from the breast.
Hugs, ~Denise
edited for my terrible spelling!!
I have two girls who NEVER touched a bottle and they both managed to wean. I thought I would nurse for 6 months(the norm at the time), then decided I would try for a year. After a year I figured why not keep going. At that age, it's not that time consuming, it's quiet time with mommy(once they start walking they are pretty hard to slow down) and studies now show there is benefit to long term nursing.
I cannot remember it being a huge struggle when they weaned but I was worried-my oldest was VERY VERY attached!!!
Now looking back, I wouldn't trade those moments for anything. I do remember feeling like I wanted my body back(I was pregnant or nursing or both for about 6 years LOL) but looking back the time seems so short that I actually nursed.
Sandra
ps I took the advice of the mothers at playgroup to add the chocolate to the milk-I figured all these women with 4 kids each had an idea of what they were doing.
Hey denise-have you started trying to get her to take the sippy cup? Once I got mine little one to take the breast (he was 8 weeks premature, in the hospital for 6weeks so all he really knew was the bottle with breastmilk in it) he never really took a bottle much again but did pretty well with a sippy cup once I found one he liked and he was old enough. It seems like with him once he really got busy and was walking more he didn't stop to breastfeed so that's how we've been gradually weaning. Gradual is best for your body. When she gets to a point where she has a day she doesn't breastfeed (we just had our first the other day) make sure you pump just enough to be comfortable. This helps your body gradually make less milk and avoid any complications. Take your time and enjoy this later stage of breastfeeding!
Good luck!
Dori
My little guy lived on yogurt & bananas until he was almost 18mos! He flat out refused baby food (I tried every brand out there, including home-made!) Now (at 28 mos) I still can't get him to eat veggies, but everything else has been added to his repetoire, so I just give him a good liquid vitamin in his juice, and keep trying!
Hi Dori!! She has taken a sippy since she was about 6 months old. I helped her with it when she would eat her baby cereal and food till she could do it for herself...and now she has a strawberry shortcake cup that has a crazy straw on it and she loves it! But at nap time and bedtime...she wants mommy!! It has gotten easier since she has gotten older and eating on her own. And Sandra is right...time passes by too fast with it. I have such special moments with her. My hubby just commented this morning...I don't know who it's going to be harder on when you wean her..you or her!! Oh how I wish I had nurse my older ones....but I was young at the time I had them.
Thank you for the tips!! I will keep that in mind. I can't believe she is about to turn a year old!! 
Seems like yesterday...I was bringing her home from the hospital!! What am I saying?? My oldest just turned 15 and feels like I just brought him home from the hospital!!
Hugs, ~Denise
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