In a message dated 2/27/2000 9:02:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes: > I rarely have trouble getting toddlers to drink milk. I simply introduce > whole milk at about 10-11 mos. of age but only in a cup. Then I have the > parents gradually give more and more cups and fewer bottles or episodes of > breast feeding over the next 2-3 mos. and wean the child directly to a cup. > This way they never associate the taste of milk with a bottle and it isn't > "baby food". I agree. The kids I've seen who have had the most trouble with weaning switched to milk, but got it in a bottle, not a cup. It's much easier if they never see milk in a bottle--just formula. Moshe Adler, MD