Transition to straw cup for milk

My 15 mo drinks water really work from straw cup but I am having a hard time transitioning milk from bottle. He would just not drink from straw cup. Any ideas!

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Right there with you. My little one won't drink anything but water from his cup. He's still getting breastmilk in a bottle, but won't even take the breastmilk in any container except the bottle. It's rough. We're down to 2 - 3 bottles a day, so I just don't stress it.

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I’m right here with you too. He loves straw cups for water but won’t take his milk in a straw cup.

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I’m in the same boat! I’m not sure if it’s a comfort thing or what. I’m trying some everyday.

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Just keep trying! I had the same exact issue with my baby girl, the doctor said it’s ok to cut out milk for a few days up to 2 weeks and reintroduce with a straw! And I did it and it only took 1 day of no milk! The next day she drank it from a straw and has been drinking it this way since! I totally recommend trying it!

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My oldest was like this. We started adding a tiny bit of milk into her water, so it gradually became she was drinking milk out of a straw cup as well

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What cups do you use?

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for water we use the Zak straw cups! And sometimes the dr browns 360 cups, however, she takes milk from a different cup altogether which helped her differentiate water and milk, and after buying multiple cups for milk.. she chose to drink it from a dollar tree straw cup😂

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Did you also stop breastfeeding at that time. Like I am afraid to cut bottles since I think he’ll just bf from me whole day then 🫠.

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I actually formula fed because I never produced enough milk.

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