1 Year Old Hates Sippy cup...Need Ideas!

my son hates the true sippy cups, but loves the cups with a straw. at first i made a big deal about pouring myself a cup of juice in the same type of cup as his and then pouring him a cup with the lid on. we would then sit down together and drink the juice with lots of "MMMM's". i kept the bottle for early morning and bedtime and then phased those out too. he also loves the tiny juice boxes too. good luck!

My 19 month old son was weaned from a bottle to a sippy at 15 months but at 12 months he started taking the sippy cup and still took the bottle at bed/naptime as well as 1st thing in the morning.
I used/use Nuby siipy cup w/a straw and that is the one that he really likes and still uses it to the day.

Why don't you try a lidded cup with a straw? Only do this with supervision, but it can be a good alternative. They do make cups like this that are spill-proof, too.

A. Adams
White Rock North School

My boys have never liked regular sippy cups. However, they absolutely love the sippy cups with straws. They actually learned how to drink out of a straw when they were about a year old. About the bottles, I wouldn't worry too much about it. My twins had their night bottle until they were almost 18 months old. My youngest stopped taking a bottle just after his first birthday. It will all work out!

I would also recommend the Nuby brand cup. That was the first my ds took a liking too -- that and those disposible kinds. I started him around 8 mos for water.

Also, have you tried just a regular cup? Maybe he just wants to drink from a big kid cup? I realize that this isn't optimal, but maybe if you just put a tiny bit in and got him used to it he's transition easier to the sippy?

At walmart they have bottles that come with 3 different nipples. They are great!! They start out with a bottle nipple the go to a sippy cup nipple then they have the sports bottle nipple. they teach the child to reconize the bhottle and to drink from it no matter what nipple is on it!! They reall work well i broke my little girl at 10 months from her bottle!!

I used the "Nuby" sippy cups b/c the spout part is so similar to a bottle nipple. It's soft and flexible. Although I breastfed my daughter, the transition was fairly easy that way. My friend did the same thing with her son, from formula in a bottle to formula in "Nuby" cup, then switching it to milk.
p.s. the "Nuby" cups are cheap, too! We had about six and would let her pick which one she wanted, so it was more like "her choice" to use it, you know? Instead of bottle vs. sippy cup, it was red vs. blue. Good luck!!!

1st it will be hard.. Have you tryed the nubby cups they are a good transion they work like a bottle. Try giving it to him durring the day. and make a big deal out of it you might try it yourself. and see he will try a straw give him a little coke and see if he dosen't try to get some more.

Mine also uses the nuby straw cup & nothing else. Have you tried putting applejuice or something sweet on the outside of the straw to tempt him. Took my boy a couple of tries but by day 2 he mastered it. Good luck & don't sweat it :)

use the bottle- nutrition and a peaceful life for your child comes first. She wont be on the bottle when she's in kindergarten- just until she's ready. Our first was ready at 13 months. our second was ready at 7 months and our third?? not ready until 18 months! And they are all happy healthy well adjusted- not bottle fed babies:) Don't lay her down with a bottle of course, but let the poor kid be a baby! Most cultures nurse until they are THREE. a couple of months does not matter- But stress is bad for everyone.
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