Transitioning 9 Month Old to a Sippie Cup.

When I first tried to transition my son, he did the same thing. He hated the darn sippie cups! What I ended up doing was trying to transition him, then I took a break for several weeks (I don't know if that was a good idea), then I tried again. It worked better the second time, maybe b/c he was ready for it.

I like Playtes sippie cups. There's only three peices: the cup, the lid, and only one plastic insert. I tried Avent b/c they're expensive and fancy (which would make them the best), but I was annoyed with them having 4 pieces and they leaked sooner than Playtex. Eventually, all sippie cups start leaking so then you have to change the plastic. I only need to buy a new plastic so it's simple.

Hope this helps!

Try a regular cup.

Our little ones want to be just like us!

Put a bit of water in the bottom of a plastic cup. Get yourself a cup of water and show her how to drink. Help her position her hands if she needs it, and help her tip it up gently so she doesn't choke. Watch! The water should touch her lips not go too far over them. If you let her it'll go up her nose! Whoops!

After she gets the hang of the regular cup, break out a sippy. Get one for yourself as well. Show her by example what to do.

It may be that she might never like the regular sippy. I suggest getting the "Tupperware" style sippy which DOES drip. They sell a chaper version of it at the grocery store. It's the most basic sippy cup out there and she won't be required to suck on the top to get anything out...and she'll figure out that if she DOES suck on it she'll get more.

good luck!

A.,

We had great luck with the Avery bottles and sippie cups! They have a soft spout for the first transition and then as you get further along you can change them out for a harder tip. They worked wonders for us! Check them out at http://www.avent.com/uk/en/toddlerfeeding_magic_cup.php

A.

A.,

I bought every cup known to man when I transitioned my son to a sippy! LOL!

The Nuby cups that they sell at Wal-Mart & Babies R Us worked the first or second time he tried them. They have kinds with our without handles. At that age my son preferred the handles. I think he preferred the Nuby cups because the whole spout is made of silicone so it truly "felt" like he was using a bottle.

After he was used to the Nuby cups, transitioning to a more traditional sippy cup was a breeze! And the Nuby cups are super cheap as well!

Good luck!

J.

P.S. - I noticed a couple of other people referred to a cup with a silicone spout that they got from Wal Mart and Babies R Us. That would be the "Nuby" brand cup. Hope that helps! :-)

I found the best ones that worked with my son were the ones with handles plus and they have soft nipples like a bottle see link below

http://www.evenflo.com/Homepage/ProductList/tabid/203/nav...

G.

Put the sippy cup out during the day. Don't put milk in it, just water or watered down juice. Give the sippy cup at meals but don't force it, just have it there.
It's pretty early yet at 9 mos although a few babies do master the sippy real early. My son didn't until he was almost 15 mos. My daughter did at 13 mos. I woudln't worry about it, the bottle isn't bad for her until at LEAST 12 mos.
She has to be able to tip the cup and tilt her head back to drink , it is different than the bottle and takes time to learn.
Hope that helps.

We used some sippy cups from Walmart that are somewhat shaped like a bottle (but curved inwards toward the middle for easier holding), and the "sippy" part of the cup is made of a silicone type material that is JUST LIKE the bottle, but instead of being shaped like a bottle nipple is shaped like a sippy cup. That worked wonders. After a few months, we transitioned her over to a regular sippy cup, which was no problem. I don't know the brand name of the cups, but they generally come in a 2 pack, are a solid color & somewhat see-through (come in packs of purple/yellow, etc.) The "sippy" part at the top is clear like a bottle nipple. Good luck!

I always put my babies in the highchair and used the cups with 2 handles....just let them play and drip until they get the hang of it. Sometimes I would use one myself to show them how...lol

I only try to give my daughter a sippy cup when she is in her high chair and I am also giving her baby food. This seems to send the message that we eat and drink different when we are in the chair with Mommy helping. I use the Magic Trainer cups with handles by Avent, you can find them at Toys R Us. It also has a softer spout and does not leak! I also try to get her to hold it on her own for the most part. You could try giving it to her in different situations, play time for example, just to see if she has any interest when you set it in front of her, she may pick it right up on her own!

Hi A.!

I had a very stubborn little girl also. I was trying to trasition her to a sippie cup and she wouldn't have anything to do with it. I had even thought that maybe it was just that type of sippie cup, so I went out and bought different sippie cups (those didn't work) so went out and bought different sippie cups (those didn't work) and bought some more sippie cups and those didn't work either. So finally, I just got to the point that every day I would fill up a sippie cup with water and put it on the coffee table for her. She would gradually come over and play with the sippie cup and then it seemed like when she was finally interested in it, then she started drinking from the sippie cup and now she has no interest in the bottle. She wants only the sippie cup and she is 14 months old. But she has been taking just the sippie since she was 11 months.

It all depends on the baby and what their interest is. If they aren't ready, they won't let you make them do something they don't want to do.

look the way i did it was put a sipply cup and bottle let them choose which one they want cause if you push her she not going to want it.

At Walmart or Babies R Us they have sippy cups that have a bottle type top on them. These will allow her drink out of a cup, but in a sense, it will still seem like she is drinking out of a bottle. Once she masters that, you can transition to a different type of cup.
Best of luck,
J.

What I did was get the kind of sippie cups that have the rubber top so that way it still felt like a bottle but it helped.

I'd say give her time. The Dr.s told me to have my son off the bottle by the time he was 1 year, (he just turned 1 year on the 17th) but he is just not having it. He takes a sippy cup now at meals and uses it through out the day, but still has two to three bottles a day for now. It sounds like about what you are saying with yuour daughter. He just wants it and isn't ready to give it up. Maybe your daughter is the same way. With my son usually if I stop trying to introduce the new thing for a week or so and then try again he seems to come around and it usually works. The bottle issue is what we're dealing with now. Good Luck!

My daughter is 9 m/o, but is not ready for a sippy cup either. She will take it if we position a nipple over the opening (which works), but I'm not pressuring her......she is just a baby. :)