Ignatius drinks milk only twice a day. About 4oz (120ml) in the morning after breakfast, and 5oz (180ml) after he wakes from his afternoon nap. Both from the bottle.
Recently, we bought him a small Thomas the Train Engine cup. Today, we put his 4oz into it and offered it to him when he was still in his highchair after brekkie. He peered into the cup, smelt it, and went NOOOOO! And pushed the cup away. No amount of cajoling that it's nice would help.
So we added a straw. He peeped at the cup again, held the straw, and vehemently went NNOOOOOOO!!!!!
It was 7.30am at this point. Time for his daily dose of his favourite show. Blue's Clues.
So Daddy decided we can drink in front of the telly (usually forbidden!). It was TV blackmail all the way. Drink, TV on. No Drink, TV off. We managed to get him to finish the whole cup via straw. WooHoo! Blackmail yes, but at least it did the trick. Now to get him used to the concept of drinking from cup. =)
