I need help with my one year old daughter!!!?

Question

I came home a little over a year ago to persue being a stay at home mom. I have 3 children ages 8, 6 and 1. My first 2 were very easy to break from their bottle and pacifiers. Took it away and they never fussed. My one year old however I'm struggling with. She is VERY stubborn!! I know the whole routine of replacing the bottle with a cup, putting water rather than milk in her bottle, just take it away and let her cry,blah, blah, blah. The water in her bottle doesn't work because she REALLY likes water. She WILL NOT drink whole milk. I've tried it plain, chocolate, strawberry, mixed with formula, you name it. So, other than the obvious suggestions does anyone have any tips?

Answer 1

I breastfed, never used a bottle. But weaning them is similar. my  first child pretty much weaned himself with a sippy cup at one year, my daughter was about a year and a half and my youngest son was over two years old. Each child is different. They grow up very quick and I never forced it on any of them, let it happen gradually. Is there a reason you need her to be weaned immediately? If not just give some more time. I guarantee you she won't go to high school with one lol.

Answer 2

I agree with GeoffreyD. Now's the time to switch from milk.

Answer 3

the asker's id is God's work in progress. so let me point out that, according to the bible, the first humans ate only fruit in the garden of paradise. therefore, fruit is what god designed us to eat. and babies are weaned from mother's own milk to drink water and fruit juice only, not milk intended for calves.

Answer 4

what i did with both of my kids were put what they really like to drink in a hard tip sippy cup, layed them down like they were drinking a bottle and it worked great!  Yeah they fussed a couple of times, but you have to stick with it.  Kids need routine.

Answer 5

Give her natural fruit juice, since she is old enough to stop drinking mother's milk. Whatever you do, DON'T give her bovine milk. It isn't for humans.

Answer 6

Maybe she's lactose intolerent?

Answer 7

She is a bit more precocious than your preceding children, since she apparently has outgrown her need for milk at an earlier age.

Try to set aside all the false propaganda that you were brainwashed with, inherited from your mother's generation, from the dairy industry.

Humans are fruitarians by design. Their digestive tracts cannot digest dead animal parts. And we don't have pointy teeth like flesh eaters. Nor we are not vegetarians either.

Instead, we have teeth and digestive tracts virtuall identical to that of gorillas, which eat primarily eat bananas and other fruit, merely supplementing with other things.

Fruit is the ONLY thing that humans can completely digest ... meaning that it is the only thing which does not contain TOXIC POISONS that need to be excreted to keep from dying.

If you think cows milk is good for your children or adults, please see this:

http://www.alternet.org/story/12002/

Instead, now that your daughter is old enough to be weaned from mother's milk, you should substitute pure natural FRUIT juice [not high fructose drinks], and feed her plenty of fruit.

Answer 8

try pediasure..that way she can still get the nutrition she needs.

Answer 9

To take the pacifier away - just take it away.  At age 1, this is the perfect time, in a few days - maybe a week, she'll forget it ever existed.  Wait any longer, they start associating things and remember so you really are taking something away from her.

As for the bottle, I replaced my sons' bottles with sippie cups during the day and I wouldn't have them sleep with a bottle, so nights weren't a problem.  If she drinks at bedtime, have her drink from the cup before bed.

As for WHAT is actually drinking.  If she doesn't like milk, that's not a big deal.  Many people don't.  Maybe she's lactose intolerant and is letting you know that she just doesn't like it.  Try Rice Milk.  My kids never drank cow's milk.  They only ever drank rice milk (after nursing and formula).  Rice Dream tastes good.  They make it enriched with all the vitamins you would get in cow's milk.  I bought original flavor, you can try Vanilla (sweeter) and Chocolate.  I now make my own rice milk for the kids and I make it bannana flavor, strawberry, chocolate, nut, or rice pudding flavor... experiment.  There are plenty of recipes online.

Answer 10

Have you tried "mailing the bottles to the bottle fairies"?  Type up a letter in a beautiful font.  Put clipart of fairies on it.  In the letter (it's from the bottle fairy), point out all the "big girl" things she does.  Tell her that there are so many babies being born at the hospital that the bottle fairy needs her help.  Fill the letter with pretty glitter and make it frilly.  Talk to her about what this means and get her excited about it.  Then get a big box to "mail" the bottles.  Have a thank you note come in the mail from the bottle fairy.  You may even enclose a photo from clipart with a baby drinking from a bottle similar to her old ones.

Answer 11

I see a lot of ignorant people posted well-meaning, but wrong answers. Brainwashed by the dairy industry. The truth is often hard for people to accept, when someone lets them know that they are wrong.

Try to RETHINK that you made past mistakes based on ignorance spoonfed to you by your environment. And maybe your youngest will be spared the POISONS of commercially-produced cow's milk.

Your baby instinctively is more intelligent about what isn't good for her. Learn from her. For she knows what's best for her. And don't be concerned if she becomes "addicted" to drinking apple juice, pear juice, pineapple juice and other juices.

Answer 12

Not sure but I don't think changing up the flavor is helping, that shows she has some control over the situation, and that might be exactly what she wants if she is stubborn.

Answer 13

Try soy milk, my daughter really liked the vanilla flavored one. There is also, rice milk, goats milk and I'm sure there is more out there! Give her something else for awhile and try whole milk again in a couple of weeks. The human body isnt actually meant to digest milk so she will be ok without it for awhile. Try again in a couple of weeks, one day my daughter will refuse to eat something, a week later, she loves it. It's just kids being kids! They do an awfully good job of driving us nuts dont they?

Another idea is try 2% milk, it's still milk but it's more watered down, maybe you can build up to whole milk slowly but surely. Good Luck!

Answer 14

have you tried ensure for kids I heard it's really good for them and has all the vitamins and nourishment . You can get it at any local grocery store.

Answer 15

Hey, i have 6 sisters so i know a little =] Since your daughter is only 1 year old theres no need to rush, two of my sisters was breast feeding until they were 3 years old. And my youngest sister is 1 and she still breast feeds. They shouldnt really need to stop with a bottle until they are like 4 years old. My other sister shes 5 and she still like her bottle once in a while. =]

So no worrys. But if your one of those moms that like to rush things (theres nothing wrong with that) i would take her bottle when she sleeps and just not have it. Then she will learn that its not there anymore and you just replace it with a sippy cup or cup or what ever you want her to use. =]

Hope i helped!