Global Toddlers – Thomas, 2, Wisconsin (USA)

by TwinToddlersDad on December 24, 2008

in Global Toddlers

Mom Kathy
Mom’s Nationality American
Lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (USA)
Brothers/Sisters One brother, more than 5 years old
Favorite Foods Fruit – melon, oranges, berries, pineapple, grapes — he eats it all!
Vegetables – carrots, edamame, red peppers, green beans, squash
Cereal – cheerios, chex, rice crispies
Dairy – milk, ice cream, yogurt
Meats – beef, chicken, fish
Snacks – fruit, peanuts, crackers
Fruit juice – orange juice
Vegetable juice – haven’t tried yet
Other – pasta, mac & cheese
Mom’s Favorite Recipe He pretty much eats what we eat within reason. He likes my basic scrambled eggs.
Nutritional Supplements None – Mom says “He eats pretty healthfully”
Mom’s top concerns None
Gets advice from
 Pediatrician
Question/advice for other moms/dads Tommy is almost 2 but he still really likes his bottle (for milk). Any advice on how to “move on”?

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  • http://www.littlestomaks.com/about/ TwinToddlersMom

    Kathy,
    We had similar problem with twins not giving up their bottle especially at night before they sleep. They were 22 months old and our pediatrician told us to go ” cold turkey ” about it. At that age, doctor believed that is not good for teeth, even causes speech problems because of sucking habit. They were also asking more milk at the middle of the night. We did not have much sleep. Anyways, We had to do in 1 night, I first bought Elmo sippy cups and I asked them to throw their regular bottles in the trash can. They were both so excited about trying Elmo sippy cups they put their bottles to the garbage right away. First morning was Ok with Elmo sippy cups but then the night was very difficult, they cried about 20 min about asking bottles back. But bottles were gone
    ( well, not really, mommy kept them in storage, it is harder than for mom than anyone else to accept that they are not babies anymore!) But we did not give in.

    After 3-4 night crying before sleep , they realized that bottles are not coming back. But they rejected milk afterwards, doctor told me it could happen but I could substitute with yogurt and cheese instead of milk. I think it was almost 1 or 2 months ,I tried a few alternatives, because whenever I give milk in sippy cups they said NO. Finally I found about liquid yogurts, I mixed them with milk (50:50), they like the shape of bottles and start drinking those with straws.Slowly, they were back to regular milk again. I did not give any chocolate milk but I also tried strawberry one. I tried to avoid the ones with a lot of sugar.Anyways, since summer, they are now 2.5, we do not use sippy cups anymore, they love colorful regular plastic cups that we bought from IKEA and they drink at least 1-2 cups of milk every day and some times we give orange juice with Ca and Vitamin D added (Tropicana Healthy Kids).

  • http://www.littlestomaks.com/about/ TwinToddlersMom

    Kathy,
    We had similar problem with twins not giving up their bottle especially at night before they sleep. They were 22 months old and our pediatrician told us to go ” cold turkey ” about it. At that age, doctor believed that is not good for teeth, even causes speech problems because of sucking habit. They were also asking more milk at the middle of the night. We did not have much sleep. Anyways, We had to do in 1 night, I first bought Elmo sippy cups and I asked them to throw their regular bottles in the trash can. They were both so excited about trying Elmo sippy cups they put their bottles to the garbage right away. First morning was Ok with Elmo sippy cups but then the night was very difficult, they cried about 20 min about asking bottles back. But bottles were gone
    ( well, not really, mommy kept them in storage, it is harder than for mom than anyone else to accept that they are not babies anymore!) But we did not give in.

    After 3-4 night crying before sleep , they realized that bottles are not coming back. But they rejected milk afterwards, doctor told me it could happen but I could substitute with yogurt and cheese instead of milk. I think it was almost 1 or 2 months ,I tried a few alternatives, because whenever I give milk in sippy cups they said NO. Finally I found about liquid yogurts, I mixed them with milk (50:50), they like the shape of bottles and start drinking those with straws.Slowly, they were back to regular milk again. I did not give any chocolate milk but I also tried strawberry one. I tried to avoid the ones with a lot of sugar.Anyways, since summer, they are now 2.5, we do not use sippy cups anymore, they love colorful regular plastic cups that we bought from IKEA and they drink at least 1-2 cups of milk every day and some times we give orange juice with Ca and Vitamin D added (Tropicana Healthy Kids).

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