Bottles & Sippies: Elmo
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Bottle to Sippy
Asked by B.W. from Baton Rouge
on March 5, 2008
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I need suggestions on transitioning from the bottle to the sippy cup. My daughter is 11 1/2 months old and I know its best to start trying to take the bottle away. I...
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- When my son was nearing his 1st birthday I took the bottle away during the day. Night bedtime he got the bottle. After first birthday I told him he was abig boy now,...
- All of this urgency to take the bottle away from babies is utterly ridiculous! All it does is make the doctor happy, stress out the baby & the baby's parents. As far a...
- Is she able to suck from a straw? I found that both my boys did better with straw cups b/c they don't have to tip it up to drink or suck so hard to get anything out. ...
Transitioning from Bottle to Sippy Cup???
Asked by K.B. from Washington DC
on June 26, 2007
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I need help! My 13 month old son absolutely refuses to drink his milk from a sippy cup. He will drink water from any type of sippy cub, but if I try milk in the cup-...
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- My daughter was the same way, she would only drink milk from the bottle. Even after getting rid of all the bottles she refused to drink milk. I started giving her yogu...
- My trick? I waited. I talked to my daughter's doctor OVER AND OVER. None of the doctors I consulted had any problem with children staying on the bottle after a year...
- I'm glad you got him to take the sippy cup! I just spent months trying different formulas and even whole milk trying to get him weaned b/c my milk supply was almost g...
Help with the switch...from Bottle to Sippy.
Asked by W.B. from Allentown
on December 19, 2009
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Okay, my first born was easy compared to my second little one. Although they were both premature and premature babies are known to have allergies and asthma and what n...
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- I don't know how preemie your kids were, but kids are recommended to start using cups after their 1st b-day, and if you adjust for their prematurity 8mos is awfully e...
- I too am having this problem!! I have triplets almost 2!!! I have tried chocolate milk and also someone told me to put jelly or something sweet on the nipple of the...
- Maybe you could try only offering a sippy throughout the day and allow her a bottle last thing at night? I know when I ditched the bottles, the bedtime one was the la...
Advice of Transitioning off Bottle to Sippy Cup- Help!!!!
Asked by D.A. from Portland
on November 29, 2007
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Help!!! My 16 month old does not want to give up his bottles for a sippy cup. We didn't have any trouble with my daughter, she just gave them up cold turkey one day- m...
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- Hi D., That is a tough one. Sometimes it is an attachment thing. My daughter was transitioned by bottle at bedtime, then no bottle and only sippy cups. I encouraged...
- I had a really hard time getting my daughter off the bottle, especially since we have a newborn cousin in the house. I finally came up with the Bottle Fairy...lol I ...
- When we transitioned our toddler girl at 12 months of age, she did not want anything to do with the sippy cup. we had to hide all her bottles from site, we picked out...
Switching from Bottles to Sippy Cups
Asked by J.C. from Boston
on April 8, 2009
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My son is 14 months old and will be moving up to the toddler room at day care. In order to do this, he can not take bottles any longer, only sippy cups. He does just...
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- It is funny because my son went through this also at daycare. He went cold turkey and we didn't have an issue. You can offer the water but just not often. Most of the ...
- Hi, My youngest son also would not drink milk out of the sippy when he was younger. I prepared him for the "bottle fairy (which i said was elmo, which was his fav. cha...
- I would go cold turkey. It's okay that he doesn't drink juice. As a matter of fact my doctor prefers my son to not have juice even if it's 100% because he'll just fi...
Advice About Introducing Sippy Cups
Asked by N.C. from Stockton
on April 30, 2007
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My son will be 9 months on May 1st, I have been trying to get him to drink out of a sippy cup. I have bought different kinds mainly ones that are silicon or soft. Norm...
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- I started my son on a sippy cup at about 10 months, and I had a relatively easy time switching. I started giving him the soft ones as well, but at the same time I bou...
- My daughter is 10 months and I had the same problem with the sippy cup until I took the plug thing out and then she realized that there was liquid to drink in there (o...
- Try the brand called Nuby. But don't get the 97cent ones. Go for the slight more expensive ones. I had the same problem with my son for a while, but I tried these a...
Seeking Advice Re: Sippy Cups
Asked by R.M. from Medford
on February 9, 2009
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Okay, my little girl refuses to go from a bottle to a sippy cup(sigh). She is almost 16 months old. Is this too soon for the switch? She still needs her daily allowanc...
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- R., Have you tried a cup with a straw? Kids LOVE them! I do not think it is too early, my Dr. says bottle gone at 1 yr. K.
- Try one of those straw cups. They are just as spill proof and my girl took to them faster than the sippy.
- I don't think that is to early to start. My daughter is 7 months now and I have been giving her water and juice in a sippy cup since she was 6 months. She only gets he...
Daughter Wont Sleep Without Sippy
Asked by M.M. from Williamsport
on December 10, 2006
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My daughter, almost 2, didnt want the binki anymore when she was still on the bottle, but was still getting up every few hours for the bottle. When we got her drinking...
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- i know how you feel i have 5 children one of the older ones went through that. what i used to do is she would go to sleep with it butafter she would fall asleep i woul...
- I have a 3 year old and 21 month old. Both of them get thirsty through the night and so they keep a sippy with water in their beds. Usually 1 filled cup is sufficient ...
- My son has just recently started taking a sippy up to bed with him. However, he actually takes a drink or finishes it off and then hands it to me before he rolls over...
Bottle and Potty Training
Asked by C.W. from Topeka
on December 7, 2009
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Hey moms!
Just curious if anyone has any suggestions for getting my 19 month old off of her bottle? She only uses it at night when its time to wind down before bed...
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- I'm not an authority but after raising 8 kids I think dates when kids do things is less important than I used to think. Whether a bottle is quit at 19 mo. or 12 mo. o...
- C., Every baby handles bottle weening differently, so there are different ways of handling the situation. One method is to only give a cup of milk instead of a bott...
- Good Morning Cinday, Let your little girl have her bottle until she decides it's time to let go. Night time bottles arent a biggie. It's wind down time and if it helps...
Getting Toddler off the Bottle
Asked by A.H. from Philadelphia
on March 25, 2010
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My toddler is 17 months and refuses to drink her milk out of a sippy cup. And to make matters worse, she MUST have her bottle of milk before she gets out of bed in th...
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- My 18 1/2 month old still has a bottle before bed every night because it is comforting to her. We brush her teeth after the bottle before she goes to sleep. The rest...
- I second the straw cup which is better for her cheek and tongue development anyway which helps speech. Or the regular cup. She should not be getting milk right befor...
- Don't give it to her. She will cry for a couple of days but don't give in. Good luck.
