HELP! My 1 year old baby is always breastfed, how to get her to drink cow milk?

Wow I had this exact same problem with my son. I breastfed to 14 months. The way I started to get him to drink cows milk is by putting chocolate syrup in it. Put enough in that ¥øû can't taste the milk.. Then add less and less till ¥øû don't put any syrup in it at all. My son only took 3 days to go from breast to cows milk. I was surprised.

Now as far as the baby food I wouldn't force it. Give her bananas that have been mashed or something sweet. I started my son on fruits first while I was still breastfeeding and then introduced veggies. He won't eat meat though which is ok since he gets his protein from milk. Talk with your pediatrician and see what diet would be adequate for your child since they are all different.

Don't get discouraged over her pickiness.. My PED told me that they will not let themselves starve. When she is hungry enough she will eat. It will all work out I know it's difficult now but things will get easier. Hope I helped!

You can continue to breastfeed if you'd like, and if your body makes milk. I bf baby#2 until 13 months (was pregnant and dried up) and baby #3 for 18 months. However, when I wean, I make a combination of almond milk, rice milk, and cream (for fat - babies and toddlers need fat and the almond milk & rice milk, though healthy - do not contain enough fat).

At any rate, when I wean, I wean w/ this mixture. The only people in my house who drink cow's milk is my husband and 12 yr -old. However, even at times my 12 yr old will prefer the almond milk or rice milk. A note of advice - your baby is USED to the "good stuff," - your breastmilk - and the cow's milk is probably just not cutting it as far as the taste (or even nutrition) is concerned. Try to work with her on finding something nutritious she will enjoy. You've trained her taste buds well thus far.

Please don't give your baby cow's milk... it's not necessary for them. After your milk is dried up, you can switch to juice and water. If she won't take any liquids in liquid form, try making really runny oatmeal with lots of water and blend it so it's more like a drink and see if that works. She does need fluids and water is the best way to get them. If you HAVE to give her cows milk, at that age they should be getting WHOLE milk. But try to find some that hasn't come from cows treated with Rbst.

Good luck!

My milk never dried up, but I decided that it was time to cut my son off at 18 months. I just offered him milk in a sippy cup and left it at that. Just make sure to give lots of praise and encouraging words. As long as your little one is eating and drinking something it will not hurt if she does not drink the milk right away. Good luck with everything!

if she's always breastfed, how do you know your milk is dried up? don't go by the fact that they're not full and hard any more - that's normal when the baby gets older because your breasts switch from "produce and store" to "produce on demand".

don't be in such a panic over cow's milk, either. she might have a very good reason not to like it - she might be sensitive to it and it causes her discomfort to eat it.

try her with sardines or canned salmon with the bones mashed in fine - that's a superior source of calcium. that's what saved my oldest's daughter's bones.

Try cheeses.

If she likes cheese, it doesn't matter if she does not drink milk.

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Don't worry. Try milk with ( Nesquik- cacao - sugar mix powder for children? do you have it ?),chocolate milk, banana milk, srawberry etc. Take her to the supermarket and let her choose a small package and drink with straw. If it doesn't work now, it will later. Now, cow milk sounds fake to her. If she has just finished with breastmilk now, it is quite normal. Later she will like to choose fancy packages with cartoon characters.

Meanwhile try different cheeses. Put small bits of different soft cheeses in front of her.

Start to give more solids. Pasta will work. You can put some tomato sauce on it and she will eat with her fingers.

Prepare her smooth finger foods and let her eat with her fingers. ( boiled carrots, patatoes, fish etc)

If she doesn't accept any milk products , just give her some calcium. ( ask your doc about how much to give) Nothing will happen to her if she doesn't drink milk for a few months.

All children under the age of 2 should be drinking a minimum of 16 ozer per day of undiluted whole milk. You need to re-evaluate his diet and stop diluting his milk. You are taking away necessary nutrients and fat for his little body to grow and develop properly. Make sure he gets plenty of fruits and veggies throughout the day. Fruit juice actually helps loosen stools, as do raisins, prune juice, etc. If after changing his diet, he is still having problems, you should call your pediatrician.

mix the cow milk with the breast milk.

star with 2 oz cow with 6 oz breast milk and gradually increase the amount of cow milk over a period of 2-3 weeks or longer til it is just cow milk.

She isn't a picky baby, she is perfectly normal. You have simply allowed her to take control of feedings, that doesn't make her "picky" and it's not her fault. Babies often don't like different textures of foods when they are introduced to solids, but you have to keep giving them solids as well as other drinkable products such as juice and dairy/soy/rice milk. What you should do is continue to offer her other foods rather than your breast, she will get the hint that YOU are in control not her and she will begin to eat "normally"...or you can let her go on the way she is and starve.

Ask her doctor for suggestions, and you may want to speak to a doctor as well. If your daughter is a year old and has always been breast fed it is not normal for your milk to "dry up". Breast milk is produced on demand. My best friend breast fed both her kids until they were two years old and even then it took several months for her to stop producing milk. A woman I worked with breast fed her son until he was more than 4 years old and she said it also took several months to stop producing breast milk.