Bottles & Sippies: Meijer
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Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.F. from Detroit
on May 7, 2007
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I took my daughter for her 1 year Dr. visit. He told me it is time to stop feeding her from formula to milk and to take her off the bottle and let her use a sippy cup...
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- well, when my little girl turned one I put away all the bottles and started giving her sippy cups. She hasn't had a bottle since she turned one. I don't think you're g...
- well I think that you should just give her the sippy cup and sound excited make it seem fun, kids like new things she'll eventually get used to it after a couple of da...
- Hi K., Don't rush it if she is not ready. Despite what the doctor says every child grows at their own pace. If she is drinking out of a sippy cup during the day t...
Sippy Cup Help!
Asked by L.V. from New York
on April 8, 2010
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Hi- my 11 month old daughter absolutely refuses to drink from a sippy cup. I have heard you are supposed to go "cold turkey" and not give them their bottle and eventu...
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- I love it ....finally a kid refusing to drink from a darn sippy cup. Take the sippy part off , stick a straw in and teach her to drink that way.
- I had to go cold turkey with both my boys - took a few days, but it worked (and no, they didn't get dehydrated). The other option is to skip the sippy and go straight ...
- Neither of my kids liked sippy cups before we simply took the bottles out of the equation on their first birthdays. Both transitioned without a single problem. We'...
Bottle Weaning
Asked by E.M. from Toledo
on January 30, 2008
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I have just taken my 12 month old's morning bottle away (three days now) and she seems to be really upset. She still gets a bottle at night time. She has been drinking...
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- We took our sons away when he turned one with the formula and changed to vitimin D milk. He was breast/bottle fed and wasnt' really attached to the bottle by any means...
- I am not sure how many bottles she gets per day..but maybe try taking out the mid day bottle(s) first then the morning and I did the night one last. My first daughter ...
- E., My "babies" are older now, but they were all weaned before 12 months. I read somewhere to start with the sippy cup and formula (or breast milk) around 6 months...
How Do I Get Rid of the Binky?
Asked by T.S. from Detroit
on February 22, 2008
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My son just turned 2 in December and I am being pressured by my father inlaw to get rid of the pacifire. The only thing is my son is always asking for it, but only fr...
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- T., My sister did this with her two kids and it worked like a charm. For her it was on their Birthday. I think it was on their 3rd Birthday. But I guess you could just...
- we sat down and set a date with my little one and it worked well
- T. do you have a dog? My dog ,long ago, ate the end off of my sons pacifier. No more pacifier. When my stubborn daughter came along she would wail at night because she...
What to Put in a Bottle When Baby Has a Fever?
Asked by S.K. from South Bend
on March 21, 2008
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Hello everyone. My 15 month old son has been running a fever since Wednesday night. It's been a low-to-medium grade fever... goes up and down as the tylenol takes ef...
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- I would try a little milk anyway - I've never backed down with a fever...but my son used to drink soy and/or rice milk...??? Maybe try diluting it with the unflavored...
- Try Kool-Aid. You can water it down or make it with Splenda if you don't want all the sugar. It usually worked better than pedialyte for my kids.
- I think my son just had that a few weeks ago! First off, he seems to prefer the store brand pedialyte to actual Pedialyte - he drank that up pretty good. I also was ...
16 Month Old Still on Bottle
Asked by T.R. from Indianapolis
on November 13, 2008
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I know, many of you may say I am a bad mom, but I put oatmeal and baby food in my son's milk. He is 16 months old and still HAS to have 7oz Milk, 1 jar 2nd Baby food a...
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- When my dgtr was 15 mos old, she wouldn't sleep without her bottle. So, when she woke up in the night, she had to have another one. She was chubby so I only put water ...
- My son was two when he gave up milk in the bottle and that was only because we basically took it away. Unfortunately that is sometimes all you can do. My son would not...
- Hi T., Both of my children had acid reflux and their GI doctor put them on special formula along with thickening up their formula with rice cereal. So, we too HAD to...
Sippy Cups
Asked by C.G. from Cincinnati
on February 13, 2007
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My son is 11 1/2 months old, he will be a year at the end of the month. He refuses to take a sippy cup. Every time I give it to him he puts it up to his mouth and bite...
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- I say you are already doing all you can. You can't force him to drink from a cup. You don't necessarily have to have him on a sippy cup, as M stated. Life is easier...
- Hi C., I had trouble getting my son to use a sippy cup (he is now 15 months) until I took out the plastic thing in the spout that makes it spill proof (this was a Pla...
- I have a 4 year old boy that never took sippy cups. I tried every type and style on the market, even the ones with straws. We finally gave up and bought him a small ...
Any Advice You Have on Smoothly Weening My Boy off of His Bottle...
Asked by J.M. from Detroit
on April 15, 2008
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I would like any advice I can get on easily weening my son, who is 18 months old, off of his bottle. I do not let him have it other than before his nap and before bed ...
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- my son was the same way. he's almost 2 now. he was the same age when i took the bottle away. he completely refused sippy cups for a long time. he would act like he cou...
- hello my name is M. and i have a little girl who will be 2 this month. start handing him the sippy at naps and bed with just water. he will cry for the bottle a couple...
- I love the Gerber Transition sippy cups they are very soft more bottle like and they really worked well for my two boys! I always used them for the milk right before ...
Looking for Plugs for Sippy Cups
Asked by A.D. from Detroit
on March 20, 2006
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I WAS CURIOUS IF ANYONE KNEW WHERE TO BUY EXTRA PLASTIC PLUGS FOR SIPPY CUPS. I HAVE SOME HOW LOST A TON OF THEM!! I HAVE LOOKED A FEW PLACES BUT CAN'T FIND JUST THE...
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- I have seen them at numerous stores... Kmart, Meijers & Babies R Us. Good Luck
- For Gerber sippy cups, most other brands too, they normally carry them at places like Meijer, Farmer Jack, CVS, in the baby food aisle where you can also buy the sippy...
- I would go to Babies R Us. They sell the plugs for all the brands of sippy cups that they sell. Also you could contact the manufacturer or go to their web-site, they...
Sippy Cup Suggestions?
Asked by L.E. from Chicago
on March 4, 2008
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My son is almost 14 months, and I have been trying to transition him to either a straw cup or a sippy cup. He does great drinking cold water out of a sippy cup, a few...
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- Use the Nubby training sippy cups available at Wal-Mart. Present it to him first thing in the morning when he's thirsty and has to take it. Best thing that worked fo...
- How weird---I thought it was only us! :-) My first daughter did the transition so smoothly. Then my youngest refused to drink milk out of anything but a bottle. I ...
- I had trouble getting my daughter to take a sippy cup at first. One day we were at a friend's house and we borrowed one of their small sippy cups from the disney stor...
