How to Get 14 Month Old to Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup for Formula/milk?

you may try using a cup with a straw, or a plain cup that you put just a small amt of milk in so if there is a spill it is small. just get rid of the bottles .It is very to give in if you have them if they are gone he will learn. good luck S.

We used the Nuby brand for our daughter when we switched to just sippy cups. They come with the soft lids like a bottle and it was the easiest for her to adjust.

I can appreciate everything you are going through. I have a four year old that was the same way and for that reason I am training the 8 month old differently. When he is 1 I will not give him a bottle anymore. This is easy since, when he turns 1, you dont need to give him formula anymore. My boys drink Shaklee Soy Protein and Vitamins everyday, so nutrition and health will not be an issue. I think they make a formula that is specially for children over 1 year old. Maybe it will taste different and you could try it.

When one of my daughters was a year old, she loved loved loved her morning bottle. My Mother-in-law took the milk/formula and heated it a little and placed it in the sippy cup and that was the last time she wanted a bottle. Your little man sounds pretty smart, but I thought I'd share my story in case it helped. I'm sure you want to try anything that'll work.

Hi J.,

I agree with your daycare and Lana.
I never thought I would get my daughter to transition to sippy cups for her milk by 15 months, but she did it.
A friend had recommended the going away party for the bottles and communicating to them that they are growing up and don't need them anymore.
I thought my daughter might just be too young to really get that, but she did.

We picked a weekend when were home and no big adventures planned. We did a slow migration, first offering either or. This didn't go so well because my daughter would learn just to throw a fit until she was offered the bottle. That evening, I explained to her that she was growing up and did not need the bottles anymore. I made it sound exciting to have the sippy cups instead. She got the message, and we no longer had any battles to drink milk out of a sippy cup. I'm sure this will be the same situation for your son.

All the best to you.
I'm sure right now it feels like your son will just not want to make the transition, but he will!

We use the Nuby sippy cups for water for our son, and I thought he'd take formula in it as well, but no such luck! He'd take a sip or two and then throw the cup. I just tried the Munchkin sippy cup and he took right to it. The spout is a bit softer and more like a bottle, so I think that was the key for him.

I agree with your daycare, no more bottles and keep offering milk in a cup, My son took a few weeks to finally drink his milk in a cup, he will drink it eventually, just keep offering and get rid of all bottles within his sight
good luck

Your day care provider is correct but I suggest a twist. Have a going away party for the bottles, and get rid of them. Have a welcome party for the sippy cups and let him know that since he is a big boy now, he gets special sippy cups! Try mixing 1/2 milk and 1/2 formula for a while while you are transitioning, that is what I did, and it made the transition really easy. You just keep adding less formula and more milk day by day and eventually you are just milk! It really does not matter what cups you use, they get used to it. I used the regular Gerber ones from the grocery store and they liked it just as much as the ones wtih the cushy spout, I don't think they really care - at least my boys did not. I cared more than they did!

My daughter had the same exact issue at 11 mos when I tried weaning her from her bottle of milk/formula. I used Playtex sippy cups for water (which have a soft-textured but firm spout). So I bought sippy cups with silicone spouts for her milk (Munchkin brand at Target, less than $3 I think). The silicone spouts were more like her bottles, and she drank milk great from them. That was 3 months ago, and I'm just now starting to give her milk in the Playtex sippy cups. She's transitioning better now--the Munchkin sippy cups were like a half-step from a bottle to a regular sippy cup for her. Good luck!

We stopped formula at 12 months, which I think helped with my daughters transition. Have you tried the Nubby brand sippy cups? They are really soft on top like a bottle and my daughter didn't notice much of a difference. I think switched to other cups. You could also try the BornFree or Advint bottles/sippy cups. They use the same bottle and but change the nipples until they are drinking from a sippy cup.
Depending on why he's still on formula I would just take the bottle away and give him a sippy cup of milk and if he won't touch it use yogurt, cheese, etc to get his dairy/vitamin D in until he's willing to drink the milk, but I'm not sure why he's on formula still.

i agree with daycare provider. we took away morning bottle first then nap then evening. we also watered down the milk. it only took a few weeks until our doughter was off the bottle. good luck!

We started out giving our daughter rice milk in a sippy cup (she's allergic to milk, and is still breastfeeding) at around 9 months. I think just offering it for fun and maybe showing him how to do it. My daughter is 14 months and she loves to mimic me!

I disagree with your doctor about your son's teeth, though. Sippy cups are really bad for teeth since it puts the milk right behind their front teeth. A STRAW sippy cup is best for their teeth.

We give our daughter both a straw and a regular cup, but if she had trouble with the sippy, I would have just used a straw cup.

I wouldn't put milk in the sippy cup. Rather, I'd reserve the sippy cup for water only and transition the child directly to a regular cup - only at the table - for milk. At 14 months of age, it's a good idea to begin teaching a child to sit at a table for all eating times (which would include drinking milk) and with your help he should be able to learn to drink from a regular cup without too much trouble. You need to sit with him while he eats anyway, if for no other reason than to be handy in case he might start to choke on anything, but also for the purpose of teaching him how to eat small bites, and begin to use utensils, etc. So you'd be there to help him with handling the cup too. Our nearly 14 month old grandson has been practicing the cup since before he was a year old, and is now proficient enough with it that he can usually hold it by himself to drink and only needs a little bit of assistance occasionally. It took him about 2 months to achieve this level of proficiency, and he loves to drink like the big people.
I also recommend the straw type of sippys for water, because they seem to be less likely to spill and better for the mouth and teeth than the other types of sippys. I like the idea that a child can have their own straw cup to keep near wherever they are playing so they can get water on their own whenever they feel a need, but don't think a child should be carrying milk around in the same way. That seems to defeat the purpose of what your Dr. wanted to accomplish by getting rid of the bottles.

My son was the same way. I would offer him his milk in a sippy cup and he would take a sip and put it down. What worked for me was switching only one of his bottles to a sippy cup and I didn't give in to the bottle. Eventually he started drinking his milk from it and then i dropped his other bottles and hid them from his view. I totally dreaded switching him b/c i thought it would be a lot tougher, but he switched solely to sippy cups within 2 weeks when I stayed consistent. Just keep it up and your son will follow! Good luck!