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[quote=Anonymous]My child turned one a few days ago.  She has been combo fed breast milk and formula since she was about 8 or 9 months old (can’t remember exactly) but she stopped breastfeeding about two weeks ago on her own.  We have been practicing drinking out of a cup since she started solids at 6 months old. She took to it pretty well after a few weeks of practice, and would have some water pretty much every time she had solids. Now that she’s one we transitioned her to milk we’ve been having a hard time getting her to actually drink it out of the cup. She definitely likes the milk and drinks it, but she only drinks a few teeny tiny sips. She also only drinks a few sips of water. I was committed to stopping bottles when she turned one but she has been getting really fussy between meals and snacks and I’ve been giving her bottles with whole milk. She has been having about 16 oz of milk total over 3 bottles depending on the day. If I didn’t give her the bottles I would estimate she would have had about 4 oz of liquids total per day. I know I need to get her off the bottles. Any tips for making her drink more liquids out of cups? We’ve used open cups (but only with water, she still sometimes dumps the water out), straw cups, and munchkin 360 cups. She eats solids pretty well but doesn’t have the biggest appetite ever. It’s only a few days after her first birthday so we’re both still adjusting but I don’t want to make the bottles a habit! Does she just need to get really thirsty?? I’ve noticed she’s been getting a little constipated with the milk so I don’t want her to not get enough water![/quote]

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