how do I wean one year old from bottle to cup, and from formula to milk?
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do half whole milk and half formula, and use a sippy cup with handles on both sides.
it worked for me
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Start by gradually weaning from formula to milk. Mix 2 oz milk with 6 oz formula for a day, then 4 oz milk and 4 oz formula the next... etc. The day to go to straight milk, offer the cup with milk or the bottle with formula. He will probably take the cup because cow's milk taste's SOOOO much better than formula. Worked with my daughter.
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Start by giving him the formula in a sippy cup and then start giving him milk once in a while instead. Gradually give him more milk and less formula. I don't know if you can mix them (i know that you can mix formula and breast milk but not if you can mix formula and cow's milk) but you can alternate. Once he's drinking much less formula he will have more incentive to eat more solids. Right now he's just filling up on that bottle.
you can go straight from formula to milk, or mix half and half. my son was the worst for his "ba-ba" i finally weaned him down to it at night and then just told him that he was too old for a bottle. hes fine now, i give him a cup of juice and he takes it to bed w/ him so if he wakes up in the middle of the night its right there. kids go thru stages where they wont eat much, and then they'll want to eat all the time. teething will also change an appitite...but a sippy cup will ease the process, my sons cups are almost white around the spout where he chews on it...dont worry about it, milk is just fine for him. i would give him juice as well b/c w/ it being summer, if he drinks milk all day and gets too hot the milk will clabber in his stomach and he may throw it up...mines done that and its not a pretty site...hope this helps,
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put half and half milks, for awhile and then tell them there big and don't need bottles. my psycho sister in-law has a 3 year old on bottles and i had ababy 2 months ago and i told her the truth, your the mom do your job. your kid is under nourished and hello it looks real bad to have a 2 year old sucking on a bottle.
(alot of children who aren't taken off the bottle at a year are under weight and rely on the milk for fullness when they need to be eating food and rotts teeth even milk) don't listen to these chicks don't get your kid use to sleeping with ant beverage except water.
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He should have started with a cup and finger foods when he got his pincher grasp usually by 8 months.
Toddlers are busy little people and he will eat better if you let him eat on the go. Quick simple little foods that he can eat on the go will get you better results.
Like the other person said you can mix half and half. Let me also warn you there is such a thing as milk anemia. You fill them up on milk so they don't eat food there fore they aren't getting the nutrients they need.
I recomend giving him a little to drink when he eats and between meals. Don't give him large amounts to drink at once or he feels up on it and doesn't eat.
Keep trying though they can be stubborn little bugers when they want to be but you have to remain the one in control.
Let me add that please please please do not send this child to bed with a cup of milk or juice it will rot their teeth and increase incidence of ear infections.
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At first use only about two times a day use the whole milk instead of the formula....use the sippy cups with the soft plasic spouts. The first few days substitute the sippy cup for the bottle a couple of times too. They have butter biscuits that help with teething, they are from Gerber. Also let him chew on a wet wash rag, hard beef jerky and cold whole carrots.
Definately get some of the baby orajel...it will help a lot!
When I weaned my daughters from the bottle, I bought a cup that has a rubber top. It is close in feeling to a nipple. My oldest daughter helped me throw away all of the bottles, and never had a problem. My youngest was a bit tougher, she was addicted to the bottle...Plus whole milk made her throw up. So I just watered it down, 1/2 milk 1/2 water. I would gradually increase the milk and decrease the water till she was drinking straight whole milk.. She also went through the "I wont eat unless I can feed myself" phase. I let her.. A whole lot messier, but at least she was eating.
if your child has no teeth yet i would stick to the formula as well as smooth foods as he gets more teeth and starts eating more then worry about getting rid of the bottle
as for weaning off the formula onto milk i am currently doing this with my 1 yr old : after he has had his lunch i give him half formula half milk in his bottle gradually over the next few weeks i will add more milk than formula until he is drinking straight milk
each child is individual and when he is eating more solid foods and you know that taking the formula away is not going to decrease his nutrients it will all work out.
you could get one of those non spill cups and offer it to him with water or juice now my son drinks water from a cup and milk from his bottle. dont feel pressured by what other people feel is best for YOUR baby after all YOU know what is best for him
goodluck and i hope you and your family are safe
I've done the mixing of formula and milk as the other answers have suggested. I've also taken straight milk and added just a tsp of vanilla. It gives it a nice rich flavor like ice cream but not all the sugar or choc or strawberry syrups. As far as making sure he's eating. At one, he should only be getting 16-20 oz. of milk a day. Make sure he's not substituting milk for food and his appetite will get a little better. Also remember that they don't grow quite as much over this next year so their appetite automatically decreases. He'll pretty much eat if he's hungry.
Try cream of wheat or baby cereal, add liquid vitamins. Also puree/blend the food you eat in a blender, boil jars and lids, add food and seal lid, return to boiling water until the lid sinks. Your son wont be as hungry for formula, he will get natural vitamins from healthy foods.
Try a sippy cup, try pediasure if child wont eat, add water to the diet, this will aide in digestion. It is normal for a child to eat small amounts often, infact we could learn from that.
I have seen comercials of vitamins in a strip that desolve immed. may try that with diet, I would give milk between meals and water with, this way they will eat the food and not fill up on milk/formula
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Carnation makes a "formula" that you can use to transition. I can't for the life of me remember what it is called b/c I never used it. I just "lost" the bottles :-) and gave half water and half milk in a sippy cup until he was used to the milk flavor, but give it to him after he eats!!
Well I took 3 off the bottle at the same time....was Easter...garbage man comes in the morning..bottles went in the trash EVERY ONE OF THEM gave them a cup with a lid and said the Easter bunny needed the bottles for her babies...yes i had a couple nights of hell but worked for me.......as far as nutrients go go to farmers market buy some vegetables steam them put them through the blender......put them in ice cube trays freeze them and thaw as many as you need for his meal..worked for me!
He may be eating less because the formula is satiating him. Try to refrain from giving him a bottle for a few hours, and then feed him solids - only giving him the bottle as a "dessert". As for weaning him: For medical reasons, I had to stop the bottle more or less overnight and give him from a cup at one year of age. I starter by holding the cup for him and giving him a little at a time, and then helping him hold his own cup, and then letting him hodl his own cup. If you have no medical issues to prevent you from using a sippy cup, try that as a good bridge between the two. You might find it easier to make the change quickly rather than weaning him slowly.... good luck
Just do it!
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