Bottles & Sippies: Munchkin
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Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.H. from Wichita Falls
on August 10, 2009
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When should you convert completely to a sippy cup? My daughter just turned one and she'll take only one during the day. She refuses all other times. Everyone says to s...
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- K., YES, it is okay!!!! Don't force your 1 year old baby (yes, I said baby) to start with sippy cups! Babies take bottles b/c that is what they do! I think 1 yea...
- I will suggest trying to have your daughter drinking from the sippy cup withing a couple of months. It really can affect teeth and even speech if you let it go to lon...
- K., Great question!My doc told me my daughter should be using a sippy cup and NOT a bottle.She told me the best thing to do is to introduce her to a sippy cup, and ...
Munchkin Fresh Food Teether
Asked by J.A. from New York
on March 6, 2008
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Hello, my little boy just turned 7 months old. I received a two pk. of the Munchking mesh fresh food teethers for my shower and have still yet to use them. My baby i...
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- I put a frozen or cold banana and frozen peaches - it tastes yummy, keeps Spencer busy, and makes a great teether. I've also put Zweibek toasts in - it makes them les...
- Hi! I have used the mesh teethers with many daycare kids that I watch. They love it! You can put really anything in them. I have put the Zwiback toast, and the bit...
- Frozen chunks of banana are great for teething.
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...
Bottle to Sippy Cup Transition
Asked by S.S. from San Francisco
on May 23, 2010
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My younger son just turned 2 and still drinks from a bottle. He only gets it 3 times a day--wake up, after nap & 1/2 hour before bed time--but won't drink milk any ot...
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- Just get rid of the bottles. If they don't exist, he can't use them. It will be difficult at first but he will adjust quickly. If you try to take them away slowly, ...
- I would just cut out the bottles one at a time over a couple weeks...maybe start with the after nap on then the morning one and then the before bed one. It is really ...
- What?? I had my daughter off her bottle a week before she turned 1 and I plan on doing that with our 8 month when her time comes... He doesn't NEED milk right now. I ...
Bottle to Sippy Cup, and Bottle at Bedtime
Asked by A.K. from Davenport
on January 4, 2010
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Any of you mothers out there can help me with tricks on how to transition from a bottle to a sippy cup. My Daughter is 14 months old and have been fighting the transi...
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- Hi A.! I see that Harold Z. has found another person to harass. He has been sending abusive responses and has been removed from Mamasource 2 times and is now back fo...
- I have a 15mo.old who was extrememly attached to her bottle so at 12mos. I just took it away cold turkey. The sippy cup grew on her and now she's extrememly attached t...
- It may be easiest to just go cold turkey. We went out and bought like 6 different sippy cups for our daughter. We found that she preferred the NUBBY kind. And there...
What Age Did You Get Rid of the Sippy?
Asked by C.G. from Davenport
on February 19, 2009
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I am just curious at what age did most of you get rid of the sippy cup? My son is 3 and only has 1 type of cup he uses at home (usually for milk only at bedtime). I ...
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- My boys both stopped using a sippy cup around 18mos, they used an open top cup for all drinks in the house from that time on. The both (6.5yrs old and 3yrs old) ha...
- Good question C.! I was curious to see the responses as well because my daughter is going to be 3 in April. She can handle a cup/glass well, but I mainly have her drin...
- Hey C., You know, I carry a water bottle everywhere I go, and the sippy cup is really not all that different. My son's just turning two and is really good with a regu...
Switching from Formuls(bottle) to Milk(sippy Cup)
Asked by J.T. from Charlotte
on June 16, 2008
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OK, HELP PLEASE!
My almost one year old is having a real hard time giving up her bottle. She doesn't transition very well and we had a big issue at 5 mo going from ...
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- My son wasn't completely weaned from the bottle until he was 13 months (he's 16 months now). What we did was put some milk in the sippy cup and gave him the sippy cup ...
- hey jennifer! there is a book called the baby whisperer solves all your problems! it is a wonderful book! alot of my friends and i use her methods and techniques fo...
- I had the same issue with my son when we switched. How about trying a sippy cup that looks like a sports bottle? also they make some that have a lid that is soft lik...
Help Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by M.H. from Dallas
on May 20, 2008
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I am a mother of a 10 month old boy. I am in the process of switching him from a bottle to a sippy cup and I am also trying to figure out how to get rid of the pacifi...
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- Well I honestly don't think he HAS to be off of either by age 1. Every child is different and obviously pediatricians seem to have differing opinions. My daughter is...
- Hi M., Just continue to offer the cup to him at all meals and snack times, he will come around. I've never tried to force my little one, I just offer it and he's fin...
- I also recommend the Nuby cups. When I first tried to switch my daughter to sippys she didn't want anything to do with it but a friend recommended the Nuby brand and ...
Sippy Cups
Asked by S.S. from Milwaukee
on December 31, 2008
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Hello I have a 11 month old son that wont drink out of anything except his bottle. I know he should have already started the sippy cup but we've tried and he thinks i...
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- Changing from bottle to sippy cups is like removing the pacifer from their lives. I found that if you do it slow and with alot of patience you will a acheive your goa...
- Some kids do have problems transitioning. I don't how many different cups you have tried, but I would try an old fashioned one. I know that tupperware used to have t...
- Just wanted you to know that it's not abnormal for your child to not be using the sippy yet. My daughter was 13 months old before she started using one. We started pre...
Bottle
Asked by L.L. from Fort Myers
on July 4, 2007
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need help getting two year old to stop screaming crying and carrying on for the bottle- he has been refusing the cup even while thirsty and to the point of almost dehy...
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- I have a 3 year old that still drinks his milk in a bottle and my five year old as well. Eventually he will stop wanting it, but he's just 2, I would give him his bott...
- Hey, I have not tried this, but I read this technique, used for bottles and pacifiers and thought I might share it with you. If you have someone close to you, or a nei...
- I agree with the majority, don't give in, at least not all the time, cut out daytime bottles first, then after about a week or two of that cut out the nightime bottles...
