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[quote=Anonymous]This is my third kid, but a new problem for me. We’ve been attempting to wean him off bottles. Pediatrician wants him bottle-free by 15 months and he’s 14 months.

With the other kids, one meal at a time we just dropped the bottle and replaced it with a sippy cup of milk. Sometimes they were mad the first day, sometimes they refused to drink for a few days, but a week later they were always happily drinking from the sippy cup. Repeat with the next meal until all bottles were gone.

This kid WILL NOT drink from a sippy. Before we started dropping bottles he would occasionally have a little water from a sippy, so I know he knows how to do it. We thought maybe he needed a little thirst as a motivator, so we kept dropping bottles and now he’s ONLY getting one six ounce bottle a day (at bedtime). That’s been the case for two weeks. Will not take a single sip of milk or water from a sippy cup. I’ve tried an open cup, same deal. He will not do it. He devours the night bottle and that’s the only liquid he’s getting right now. He does eat a ton of fruit and a wide, varied diet.

Any suggestions? I’m really trying to avoid switching cup types - before I try that, anyone have any out-of-the-box ideas? This child is SO stubborn. [/quote]

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