Try to get your baby used to drinking from a cup from around six or seven months perhaps just giving a bottle at bedtime. Once your baby is on three solid meals a day it's best to stop giving milk at mealtimes as it may reduce your baby's appetite for food. You can give cooled boiled water or well-diluted juice from a beaker with meals (one part juice to at least two parts water).

FOLLOW-ON MILK
If your baby is a very picky eater you could switch to a follow-on milk which contains extra vitamins and iron and therefore acts as a nutritional safety net.

VITAMIN DROPS
Most babies under the age of six months do not need supplements however after six months it is recommended that breast-fed babies should be given vitamin drops containing vitamins A, C and D. Formula fed babies do not need these provided they drink at least 500ml formula milk a day since all formula milks are fortified with vitamins. You can get vitamin drops especially formulated for your baby from your child health clinic or local chemist.