To all of the milk haters

[rubber pants]

DD HATED milk.  Like we just stopped giving it to her because I was sick of throwing it away and wasting it.   She would taste it, give a YUCK face, open her mouth and let it dribble down her chin onto her clothes, then throw the sippy and shake her head no until it was out of her sight.  It was bad.

On Friday, DH dropped her off at daycare and stayed a little longer than usual. They sat her down at the table for breakfast and poured her some milk in a sippy.  DH was like "oh good luck with that.  She doesnt really like milk".

They pretty much side-eyed him and were like "huh?  She loves milk".   DH watched her happily sip her milk.    He was floored. 

I tried it this weekend and she drank her milk!!!!  I still cant believe it. 

Moral of the Story:  There is still hope for the Milk Haters of America club! 

[raynes]

Daycare is magic for getting them to eat/drink stuff. Owen eats so many more things at DC than at home.

Yay for milk!

[joyhart02]

Jun 24, 2013 7:20:10 GMT -5 raynes said:

Daycare is magic for getting them to eat/drink stuff. Owen eats so many more things at DC than at home.

Yay for milk!

I definitely agree with this. 

Yay for your milk drinker!!

[laurack]

M also doesn't like it and I haven't tried in weeks because I hate wasting it. Even offered out of a big glass (she LOVES drinking out of a big person glass) she will take one sip and refuse any more.

Daycare keeps giving it to her so maybe some day she will suddenly like it!

[mala]

Jun 24, 2013 7:18:26 GMT -5 rubber pants said:

DD HATED milk.  Like we just stopped giving it to her because I was sick of throwing it away and wasting it.   She would taste it, give a YUCK face, open her mouth and let it dribble down her chin onto her clothes, then throw the sippy and shake her head no until it was out of her sight.  It was bad.

On Friday, DH dropped her off at daycare and stayed a little longer than usual. They sat her down at the table for breakfast and poured her some milk in a sippy.  DH was like "oh good luck with that.  She doesnt really like milk".

They pretty much side-eyed him and were like "huh?  She loves milk".   DH watched her happily sip her milk.    He was floored. 

I tried it this weekend and she drank her milk!!!!  I still cant believe it. 

Moral of the Story:  There is still hope for the Milk Haters of America club! 

This is B. Every. Time.

You give me hope. Maybe I'll keep trying, but with 2% so I'm not buying whole milk we won't use.

ETA: I think seeing other kids/people eating/drinking different things helps. B won't eat a food she doesn't recognize until she sees someone else eat it first.

[rubber pants]

Jun 24, 2013 9:50:07 GMT -5 mala said:

Jun 24, 2013 7:18:26 GMT -5 rubber pants said:

DD HATED milk.  Like we just stopped giving it to her because I was sick of throwing it away and wasting it.   She would taste it, give a YUCK face, open her mouth and let it dribble down her chin onto her clothes, then throw the sippy and shake her head no until it was out of her sight.  It was bad.

On Friday, DH dropped her off at daycare and stayed a little longer than usual. They sat her down at the table for breakfast and poured her some milk in a sippy.  DH was like "oh good luck with that.  She doesnt really like milk".

They pretty much side-eyed him and were like "huh?  She loves milk".   DH watched her happily sip her milk.    He was floored. 

I tried it this weekend and she drank her milk!!!!  I still cant believe it. 

Moral of the Story:  There is still hope for the Milk Haters of America club! 

This is B. Every. Time.

You give me hope. Maybe I'll keep trying, but with 2% so I'm not buying whole milk we won't use.

ETA: I think seeing other kids/people eating/drinking different things helps. B won't eat a food she doesn't recognize until she sees someone else eat it first.

YES!  I totally have to take a bite out of something first sometimes so that she knows its "edible".  Little weirdo's. 

[mala]

I suppose it is a good thing because they're less likely to eat something that isn't food or a random plant outside that is toxic.......

[Dorothy Zbornak]

I haven't offered it in a long time. Maybe I should give it a go again. I mean, he eats sand, so it's not like he has a discriminating palate.

[laurack]

Jun 24, 2013 15:06:33 GMT -5 Dorothy Zbornak said:

I haven't offered it in a long time. Maybe I should give it a go again. I mean, he eats sand, so it's not like he has a discriminating palate.

Matilda also will eat sand, but has no interest in milk. I caught her trying to eat an earplug the other day. She was chewing it. A used one. But, milk = no go.

[Deleted]

I need some of that magic over here. She refuses milk out of a bottle so we stopped trying. Since I'm still nursing her thats fine for the most part.. other than I'd love to wean her. She really isn't crazy about milk from a sippy either and definitely not my pumped milk in a sippy

[shevacc]

I agree about the daycare magic. Our latest struggle is that any new food will instantly get chucked off her tray onto the floor. After maybe 3 meals of tossing the new food, she might let it sit there. Then when she eventually tries it, seemingly 2/3 of the time she loves it and asks for more :/. Toddlers are SO WEIRD!

[jenbelle]

Jun 24, 2013 7:20:10 GMT -5 raynes said:

Daycare is magic for getting them to eat/drink stuff. Owen eats so many more things at DC than at home.

Yay for milk!

For sure!  I don't think Joshua would have EVER eaten solids if he hadn't had "peer pressure" at DC.

So happy she likes milk now!!!