Sippy Cup for Weaning from Breastfeeding?

Unfortunately I didnt discover the Nuby until my 4th and last child. They are inexpensive and indestructable. I especially like the soft top as opposed to traditional hard sipper cups. Check out the product line, www.nuby.com

The Nuby. It was the smoothest transtion we've made so far.

I breastfed all three of my kids for 13 months and then went straight to a sippy cup for whole milk. None of them really liked any kind of sippy cup at first, but after a couple of weeks, they did fine. I would recommend anything with handles so it is easier to hold. Since my kids breastfed for so long, they never really learned how to hold their own bottle/cup. Handles made it easier. For the first few days or even week of using a sippy cup, your baby may just sip on milk all day long until she gets the hang of the sippy, and learns to like the taste of whole milk. Eventually she'll drink it down like a bottle. I don't remember what brand of cup I used for my first two kids, but the last one is using a platex sippy with handles. Good luck!

We like the Nuby sippy cups with the silicone spout. You can also get replacement spouts, since invariably your little one will chew through it at some point.

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I had the best luck with a sippy cup with a straw. That seemed to click the most easily with my daughter (exclusively breastfed).

Good luck!

We had success with the Nubby brand sippies.

My daughter never took to the bottle, so I started on a Gerber cup at about 5 months. I took out the valve and would tilt it for her at first, but now, at 7 months she can do it all by herself. I chose this one because it has a more firm spout. Good luck.

I recommend a Nuby cup with the silicone spout. It worked really well for my dd when weaning to a cup. They come with or without handles. You can get them at any major store, but I've found them the cheapest at Walmart.

An eleven month old can move right to a regular cup. Be sure the cup is not too big for your daughter to hold. The Michael Olaf catalog has nice enamelware cups that are great for little ones to hold but they will not break. While she is learning to use the cup (which will not take too long) put just a little water in it so that when she spills it is a quick and easy clean up with a sponge for her and you. She will learn to balance and drink from a cup within a couple weeks with ease. Save the sippy cups for times that you must spend extended times driving or out and about.

I like nuby sippy cups- the "nipple" part is soft plastic not hard so it is a little more familiar.\
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I like the disposable first years ones. They make small 4 oz size ones that are great cause they hold so little that the child can lift them to their mouth easily and still get liquid. Plus they are easy to sip from. I train all my daycare babies on this type of cup.

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Keep her with the Advent. That's what you're getting her use to. She probably only fusses because she knows what you'll give her under your shirt. When that stops, her thirst will keep her drinking from sippy.

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I used a cup with a spout, but it was not a spill-proof sippy cup. It was just a snap on lid with a straight slit spout. All she has to do it tip it up, and she'll get a drink. No hard sucking needed. You can use a spill proof kind when she's out and about, but it was such an easy transition to regular drinking, using the "spill" kind.

we've started using the playtex bpa-free

We started our children (now 3 and almost 2) with the playtex cups with handles. I agree with the other moms that say they chew through the soft spouts though. If your child doesn't like one type try another. We tried starting with the nuby with my now 2 year old when he was about 1 and he would have nothing to do with it. My children both use the gerber one now (although we are in the process of training our 3 year old to use a "regular" cup now.)

You got a lot of great answers regarding the cup. I just wanted to throw out the idea that you can introduce the cup with whole milk without completely weaning. You might want to think about delaying weaning until after the winter flu/cold season so your daughter has the benefit of the immunities in your milk during this time. The AAP recommendation is to breastfeed for AT LEAST a year, and then thereafter as long as both mom and baby want. The World Health Organization recommends at least two years. So just because she is approaching her first birthday, it doesn't mean that you must wean now.

My oldest weaned from breastfeeding to a Nuby, the cheap ones you get at Wal-Mart that have silicone tops/spouts. They worked great, but when she learned to chew they were able to be destroyed in about a day! We then switched to Platex. We love the insulated ones and they last forever and the rubber stopper stays where it is supposed to and very rarely ever leaks (generally after 6 to a year, the rubber needs replaced from over washing and wear). They are pricy at about $7-8 for 2 cups, but they do last and are worth the money. We have 3 children using them now.
Good luck with the weaning!

Playtex cups are awesome! My son has never chewed the spout, plus these don't leak.

Hi A.,

I have used every cup out there and the only cups I like to use are the Gerber cups. I like them because of many reasons my daughters like them, they don't leak, they are easy to clean, you can replace the inner white no spill part if it gets moldy or goes bad, and they have different sizes for 7 months to toddler. I do have to say for my first daughter took a long time to use a sippy cup. It was hard for her to get the concept of tipping it up. I used the Nuby straw cups until she was about 18 months old. They are hard to take apart and clean but they worked until she figured out the regular cups. I hope all of this infomation helps, I wish I would have know before spending a small fortune in sippy cups.

S.

My son really took to the take and toss by the first years (Target) He is 16 months and still likes the smaller sized ones, comfy to hold.

My son liked the Nuby cups and adjusted well to them. The only thing I didn't like about them is they seemed to leak after a bit of use. They were only 88 cents at Walmart 4 years ago though, so not a big deal.

Good Luck!