Bottles & Sippies: Gerber
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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. ...
How to Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by R.L. from Chicago
on July 20, 2008
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Can anyone help with suggestions on how to transition from a bottle to sippy cup? My 13 month old is very attached to her bottle and doesn't seem to like the sippy cu...
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- Hi R., I'm A., and I'm a mom of 3: ages 9, 6, and 15 months. To transition, I would first just offer the sippy between meals with snacks. Try filling it with dilute...
- I am with a couple of the other responses. Try the straw cups. Neither of my kids ever used a sippie. Part of it was they did not see why they had to tilt a cup when ...
- This is what worked for us: I started mixing milk with water in the bottle and pure milk in the cup. I started with replacing 1 oz and then increasing that every d...
Bottle to a Sippy Cup
Asked by D.H. from Grand Junction
on April 19, 2007
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My son doesn't use a binky, and he doesn't carry around a blanket or a favorite toy. So his security comes from his bottle. My husband and I want to wean him off his b...
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- Hey D., I used the nuby cups with the soft spout to wean my daughter from the bottle. Since it has the soft spout they can still suck the same way they would from a bo...
- I wouldn't worry too much...three times a day isn't so bad at 1 year, and if he's not waking up and drinking his bottle during the night, I don't think his teeth are r...
- My advice would be the Avent sippy cups to transition to. They have a soft nipple like top.
Weaning from the Bottle to a Sippy Cup
Asked by B.R. from Asheville
on March 14, 2008
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I have twins that are now 15 months- but were born at 24 weeks so they are not quite a year adjusted. They are doing really well. Our daughter wants to eat anything sh...
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- I had the same problem. We found sippy cups with soft tops. Not a "nipple" but a spout. He loves it- I think it feels good on his gums as he is teething. He is no...
- Every child is different. My suggestion is go get 3 or so different sippy cups and see if your children have a preference. I started with the Avents, and my son didn't...
- I guess my thought is...why do you HAVE to wean from the sippy cup right now? The kids are only 15 months and were premature. My son is almost 3 and we still use a s...
Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by T.V. from Boston
on May 20, 2009
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Having trouble with transitioning my almost 1 year old to the sippy cup! She will drink out of it at meal times with water in it, but not milk at bottle times any sugg...
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- Hi, T.. We found that if we put milk and water in the same kind of sippy cup, our son only drinks the water out of it and refuses milk. But when we use a different ...
- Yes, get rid of the bottles completely. If she can drink from a cup then she doesn't need the bottle. Good luck! She might fight you the first few times, but if she...
- I had the same problem - my pediatrician suggested giving my son watered down milk - starting really watered down and then gradually moving up to all-milk. That worked...
Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by C.J. from Dallas
on June 2, 2008
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Our 15 month old daughter does not like drinking from a sippy cup. We have bought probably one of every kind & she prefers to drink out of the bottle. These past few...
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- Forget the sippy and go to a cup. Yes, it's messier and she'll need your help for a good long while but then you don't have to wean her again from a sippy and some ki...
- I know you said you bought one of every kind of sippy cup, but have you tried the gerber, it is a "bottle" that has a sippy cup type top. It is a soft rubber top, the...
- C., it definitely will involve consistency. i had the same problem with my toddler and the pediatrician assured me that when he was thirsty he would drink out of the s...
Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by M.H. from Miami
on October 12, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to transition my son from a bottle to a sippy cup. He'll be 1 year old in a couple of weeks and I wanted to start working with ...
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- three words... just do it. i have 19 month old twins and a 3 year old... we did the same thing with all of them per their pediatrician... at one year we took away bott...
- There are sippy cups with a "nipple" like mouthpiece that makes the transition easier. Really just about any soft mouthpiece will work. Good luck!
- Have you just tried one type of sippy cup? When I was trying to get my son used to the sippy cup, I went through a few until I found one that was to his liking. One ...
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...
Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup.
Asked by B.M. from Detroit
on September 13, 2007
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I have a wonderful son that just turned 1 Sept.1. I have tried several times to switch him over to the sippy cup. What is the easiest way to do this? I put his formula...
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- B., Since your son is 1 will you be switching to cows milk? If you are (and that's between you and your doctor) I wouldnt put the cows milk in a bottle, just a sippy ...
- Buy a Nuby, It comes in a soft spout my child loved it! you can find them at Walmart or Target and they are not that expensive plus they don't leak. Hope that works f...
- Hi, I bought my son the cups that had the rubber top instead of the hard plastic and he took to them immediately. I never put the formula in them, I just instantly s...
Transitioning from Bottle to Sippy
Asked by K.C. from Chicago
on September 16, 2009
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I'm trying to transition my 10month old from a bottle to a sippy cup. I bought the training cup from Born Free. As he uses their bottles. I gave him it today and no...
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- My daughter's first sippy was a Nuby. It was the one with the soft drinking spout, and ever since the first time using it, she has never had a bottle again. She is n...
- My son is almost 11 months and we also use Born Free. I had tried him on their sippy cup a couple of times and he had the same frustration, drinking less than an ounc...
- Why are you transitioning so soon? I can see where you might not want to put him to nap with a bottle to protect teeth but children need that sucking motion.it is a co...
