How do I ween my baby from the bottle?

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My 9 1/2 month old girl used to hate the bottle--until I started heating her mother's milk up to near scalding temperatures. She loves it now, and I hate it. While at the time I was happy that she was able to finally take milk from me--her dad, without build-in mammary glands--now I want her to be able to go two, maybe three hours, without hot milk. It's time to start transitioning her to more solid foods, so I have a conundrum: do I give her hot milk and regular baby food, or can I move her to drink cold milk from a sippy cup or straw while we work on getting her to eat our food?

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carpe filiam
Sunnyvale, CA

Jan 13, 2010

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    I would start putting cold milk in a sippy cup (or even a regular cup if you are prepared for a lot of spills for awhile) while she's sitting at the table eating other food. I'd continue giving her heated milk in a bottle at other times but heat it a little less each time. Or, depending on her temperment, just give her a cold bottle sometime (car, stroller walk) and see if she'll take it.

    None of my kids got the hang of using a straw until about 14 months so I don't know if I would start her with that.

    Thanks! I've been trying the sippy cup trick. She'll only take cold milk from a straw :-) If I put it in a regular sippy cup, she spits it out. Now, she doesn't always swallow with a straw, but at least she's trying.

    She is very particular with her bottle milk. Aut calidum aut nihil. I'll trying cold milk into her other ways.

    - vincent, Jan 14, 2010

    Anonymous

    Jan 13, 2010



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