switch to milk? - how do i do it?

MommytoTommy wrote: Help! my tommy is about to turn one, and now is when you switch over to milk. id like to give him milk solely in a sippy cup, but he only drinks juice in one. and how do you go about switching over to milk? just gung ho put all milk in a cup or bottle? half and half with water? half and half with milk? i dont know what to do! can someone please give me some advice?
THANK YOU:)
~~Mel

moped replied: I say give it to him and he will figure out that he can have juice or milk in a sippy........or a bottle???

lisar replied: I would slowly do it like this

3 ounzes formula 1 ounce of milk
2 ounces formula 2 ounces milk
1 ounce formula 3 ounces milk

that they way I done it with both of my kids.

MommytoTommy replied: ^^that sounds logical. i heard somewhere that you have to do it slowly. the formula and milk together wont bind him? should i do that cold turkey? like, if he doesnt drink that, should i just give him a bottle of formula?
can you tell that im a first time mom?

BabyOwen427 replied: Get him used to drinking milk before you add the change of a sippy cup also. Then just put a bit in the sippy so he can realize that milk comes from things other than bottles. As he gets more used to getting milk in a sippy start filling the sippy up more and not giving bottles. Like if you give three bottles a day take one bottle away and replace it with a sippy and if he does good with that replace another bottle and so on until he is off bottles. That is what I plan on doing with DS, I don't think it's as harsh as cold turkey. KWIM?
Good luck.

BTW when is your ds's birthday? My ds turns one April 27.

PrairieMom replied: I'm having the same problem with my 10 1/2 month old. She WILL NOT drink formula from a sippy. She takes one drink, finds out it's not juice, and zings the sippy across the room. She will drink 6 oz of 1/2 juice and 1/2 water out of it no problem tho.
I have been offering a formula sippy, and I keep giving it to her for about 1/2 an hour, then break down and pour the formula into a bottle. I figure, if I introduce it to her long enough eventually she will drink out of it.

Oh, and welcome!

MommytoTommy replied: ^^thats EXACTLY what tommy does!!!
thank you guys for your advice. its hard sometimes!!!
and btw...tommy turns one on 4.25. (and what does ds mean?)

~~Mel

PrairieMom replied: DS is dear son. Here is a list of abbreviations. It is also listed in the upper right hand corner of your screen in the line that has help, search, and all that. HTH.

1ht - One-handed typing
AF- Aunt Flo (your period)
AFAIK- As Far as I Know
ASAP- As Soon as Possible
AP- Attachment Parenting
ATM- At The Moment
BB- Big Breasts or Big Butt
B/C- Because
BD - Baby Dancing (trying to conceive)
BF- Breast Feeding
BIL- Brother In Law
BM - Breast Milk
B/F- Boyfriend
BTDT- Been There Done That
BTW- By the Way
CIO- Cry It Out
CUL- See You Later
CYE- Check Your Email
DD- Darling/Dear Daughter
DH- Darling/darn/Dear Husband
DPO- Days Past Ovulation
DS- Darling/Dear Son
DSD- Darling/Dear Step Daughter
DSS- Darling/Dear Step Son
DW- Darling/darn/Dear Wife
EBM- Expressed Breast Milk
EDD- Estimated Date of Delivery
FF- Formula Feeding
FIL- Father In Law
GD- Gestational Diabetes
G/F- Girlfriend
GMA- Grandma
GMTA- Great Minds Think Alike
GPA- Grandpa
GT- Glucose Test
HAGN- Have A Good Night
HAGD- Have A Good Day
HB- Heartbeat
HTH- Hope that Helps
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO- In My Opinion
J/K- Just Kidding
JMO - Just My Opinion
KWIM- Know What I Mean
KUP- Keep Us Posted
li- Link Included
LOL- Laugh Out Loud
LMAO- Laughing My A$$ Off
LMBO- Laughing My Butt Off
M- More
m/c ment- miscarriage mentioned
m/c- miscarriage
M/F- My Friend
M/S- Morning Sickness
MCB- Medicated Child Birth
MIL- Mother In Law
NMAU- Not Much And You?
NCB- Natural Child Birth
NFH - Nurse From H*#@/Heck
NST- Non-Stess Test
NT- No Text
OMG- Oh My God/Gosh
OMTH- Oh My Tummy Hurts
PG- Pregnant/Pregnancy
PIMP- Peeing in my Pants
PIS- Pregnancy Induced Stupidity
PL- Pregnancy Loss
ROFL- Rolling on the Floor Laughing
RTA- Respond to Archives
SAHD - Stay At Home Dad
SAHM - Stay At Home Mom
SD- Sweet Dreams
SIL- Sister in Law
SO- Significant Other
SOMC -Spitting Out My Coffee
TC- Take Care
TIA -Thank You in Advance
TTC- Trying to Conceive
TTYL- Talk to You Later
U/S- Ultrasound
VBAC- Vaginal Birth After C-Section
WAHM - Work At Home Mom
WAHD - Work At Home Dad
WTG - Way To Go!
W/O- With Out
W&P- Working & Pumping
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
YO - Year Old

MommytoTommy replied: haha thanks for explaining all that to me!:)

Boo&BugsMom replied: I always just went to everything cold turkey and never turned back with Tanner. I put milk in a sippy ONLY, never in a bottle so he wouldn't get use to it in a bottle. I did half and half for about the first few days, then went to straight milk. He was pretty ok with it, if he fussed I just wouldn't give in and he eventually knew that was all he was getting. After a week or so he was all good with it. I just kept on thinking about the cost of formula and kept my eyes on the prize!

moped replied: I am prettty much a cold turkey kind of person too

MommytoTommy replied: ok so far so good. were down to 2 oz formula: 4-5 oz milk. hes doing ok, not fussing about it like i thought he would! now to see if hell let me take away the bottle......

thank you guys for yer help and advice!!!!

Our Lil' Family replied:
So am I. I introduced the sippy with formula early on (about 9 1/2-10 months) and he took it and never looked back. Then at a year I changed the formula to milk, and he did great! Maybe I'm just lucky.