Sippy Cups - Fort Myers, FL

My daughter has been using a cup since she was 7 months old. She is now 10 months and like you I ran into the same problem at first. I finally found cups she loves, and they are really cheap too!! I am pretty sure the brand name is First Years, they are the cheap tricolored ones that come in 6 or 8 packs. You can buy them anywhere and they are only like 3 bucks. They are disposible, but you dont have to throw them away right away! We wash them in the dishwasher and they last a while- they also do not spill- but I throw them out after a while because after many washes they begin to spill. Hope this helps! message me if you have more questions about them!

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My advice: forget the cup for now, give him back his bottle. I assume since all you mention is juice in the cup that your son is getting his milk from a bottle? If I am wrong and he is breastfed then don't bother with the juice, just nurse him and let him get his fruit in solid form. Try the cup again after his first birthday. Your son will take the cup when he is ready.
K. Ianacone, RN, MA, MSN, CCE, IBCLC

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Hi K.,

My daughter transitioned nicely with NUBY cups, because they have a soft silicone nipple. They are very inexpensive, $1.50 each, and available at Kmart, Walgreens, and most stores.

She is still using them at age 3. I like them because you can see how much liquid is in them. I will be replacing them soon because she put straws in the holes, and now they leak a little!! They are easy to clean, just pop out the nipple top and give it a good scrub to sanitize it. Much easier than the Playtex.

The only cups my daughter would take were the Gerber sip and snack cups. They are really great because they come with a snack cup that snaps on bottom. I wouldn't worry too much - it'll take a little while but eventually he'll get the hang of it. Sometimes it takes a little while for them to figure out how the cup works. I'd be really careful about putting the juice in the bottle because it promotes tooth decay.

*** I found a link on gerbers site
http://www.gerber.com/cupguide

I had the same problem, so here's my suggestion. I don't think it's about the kind of cup, but rather how you train your son. I took the cup (I used water at first, instead of juice, but that doesn't really matter), without the spill poof plug in it, and poured a little into my childs' mouth. Not enough to gag him, but enough for him to know the purpose of the cup, then put the plug back in, and hand him the cup. If he doesn't start sucking the juice out, repeat the process. It worked for me, so hopefully it will work for you too. Let me know how it goes.

Hi K...I started my son on the Nuby sippy cup and he did very well with it..It was a spill proof cup, however, it did not have the normal valve inside like all the others..But it worked very well for my son..Hope that helps.

I dont remember plugs on sippy cups. My kids are older now, but the plug sounds like a choking hazard. Toss those cups and a normal one.

also every child is different you just have to try different ones to suit their needs that's what i did with my son but as the others said my son really liked the nuby ones and also the ones with the straw just keep trying different ones and dont give up

I started my son on a platex sports cup... only reason they called it that was because it has a flexable straw on it and a little flippy thing that covers it... enough of my description here is the link http://www.playtexbaby.com/cupsandmealtime/products/stage...

it says stage four... but thats the one my kids started on. they hated sippy cups.

hope this helps..
A.

My daughter had the same problem with the sippy cups. I even tried to drink out of them and they were hard. She used straws with her cups I just had to be careful she knew how to use those because she watched us all the time and she understood the concept. So I ended up getting the cups that have the straws in them and used them instead worked fine.

Hi K.,
Like you and many of the other moms who already posted, my daughter did not take to the sippy cup at first (or 2nd, 3rd, 4th...times). She didn't like the Gerber trainer or the Nuby and didn't seem to get how to drink out of it at all until my mom sent the Avent sippy cup trainer! It was great! It had several different nipple tops that went allowed her graduate up from bottle nipple to soft nipple like sippy cup spout to regular hard sippy cup spout. She will now take any type of sippy cup and has started drinking the straw sports bottles too (she didn't start doing that until about 20 mos. old) I am planning to start giving my 5 1/2 month old water in the trainer soon so that hopefully I won't have this problem again! It is very frustrating!!! I completely understand!!!

Good luck!!! Don't worry!

My son would only use the Gerber sip and snack cups, each child is different, but keep trying!

I also strongly recommend the Nuby. I never had leakage issues. I found them at Walmart and at Target. Some times they also show up in CVS. This was the only sippy cup my son would drink from. I asked the pedi if it having a silicone tip was a problem and she said no the shape was perfect. Check it out!

Try the Nuby sippy cup. I bought ours at Walmart. My daughter is almost 7 months and loves it! It has a silicone piece to suck on, the same material as a bottle. It's easier to transition w/this sippy. Good luck!!

K.,
In my opinion I think that 8 months is too early for sippy cups. I did not start my son who is now 18 months until he was around 11 months and he did ok though, he useds the cup for juice he also uses the bottle for milk. I have tried so many kinds of cups and the NUBBY cups have the suction part made like the nipples ( soft ) and it helped my son to learn to suck from it better than those cups which have the harder part to suck from..(i hope you can understand what i am trying to explain,.,.:-) You can get this cups in Wallgreens and in Target. My son also likes to suck from a straw the hard ones. There are some disposable cups which comes with lids and straws in multi color. They are fun and disposable too. hope this helped!

I have tried every sippy cup in the world...or so it seems. The only ones that I have had luck with are: The First Years disposable sippy cups, however, my luck did not last long with these. I have resorted to Tupperware sippy cups but they are NOT no-drip but they do not run out all over the place either. And what else is great about these is that after the sippy phase is over, they are regular tumbler cups! Both my boys have done GREAT with these.

I have tried all those non-spill cups and most of them are horrible! The ones Chloe uses the best really look like cups. they generally come in a pack of five and are different colors like purple, orange, red, blue. They seem very generic but I found she uses them the best.

I've been wondering the same thing! We started my daughter (now 9mos) three months ago on the Nuby sippy cups - the short fat ones with the big clear spout things and the curved handles. She did good on those, but they leaked everywhere. I had two different ones, and when she'd throw them, they'd leak all over. Thankfully, we just used water in the cups. So I've tried switching her to the Gerber ones with the valves. And she has the same problem with them - she can't seem to get the idea that she has to suck on them. She keeps trying to bite the spout like she did with the Nuby cups. I'm so confused!!! I'll definitely keep an eye on this thread!

A couple of us have 7month - 9 month olds and like the nuby cup.

My daughter just started on sippy cups a couple months ago and I had the same problem. The Nuby cups are great. The only place I have been able to find them is the baby section at Wal-Mart. They have a silicone top like a bottle nipple that is easier to get juice out of with out flooding out.

I broke my daughter from the bottle with those Nuby cups as well. Some leak, some don't. Esp if they chew on the spout it leaks. It also has to do with how tightly you put the lid on. But they are great for the bottle to cup transition. Just look at it this way: if your son DOES chew on the spout, and they only last a few weeks, they are only $1.47 at walmart to replace it, unlike the Gerber and Playtex cups which are mega expensive.

Hi I have son he turned one today. any way Sippy cups are hard some time. My mom tought me with my first one to use a straw first to teach them to suck. For a week or two put the straw into a drink and hold the tip lift it out and put it in his mouth in little bits and let the drink go into his mouth. Then next couple of weeks keep your finger on the straw top so he has to suck it. then he will finaly figure out the sucking and you can go to the sippy. I like the advente sippys. It is really frustrating to both but just keep trying. Cody my one year old just got it the last couple of weeks. and today no more bottle.

Nuby Cups - they are amazing. The have a soft sippy area so they are easier to suck and they don't spill. Target has them from time to time, Walmart, Burlington Coat Factory and they're usually just a few dollars.

K.,

Try the 'Nuby' brand sippy's. My daughter loves them. The nipple is very soft like a bottle but it's a sippy cup.

T.