Bottles & Sippies: Older Child
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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...
From Bottle to Sippy to Cup
Asked by L.M. from Kansas City
on July 12, 2011
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my son is 2 and a half. He drinks ONLY from those take n toss sippy cups. I have tried introducing different style sippy cups to no avail. He won't touch them. I am st...
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- You are definitely right about the bottle... get rid of them and your husband won't be able to give it to him. Also, your son is old enough to not need a sippy cup at...
- I'm very laid back on the bottle issue and my 2.5 year old gets one at bedtime still. She never cared for regular sippy cups but around 2 took to the straw cups. Bot...
- I'll bet he'd try drinking out of a straw if you took him to McDonald's for a treat. That's how my daughter became motivated to try it! ;)
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 ...
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...
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 ...
From Bottle to Sippy Cup at Two Years Old
Asked by A.K. from Sacramento
on June 11, 2010
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Hi moms.....I am trying to get my son to stop drinking from the bottle and use sippy cups as he is turning two soon.
He barely eats any food and was drinking about fo...
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- I agree with Julie, TOSS THE BOTTLES!! All of them... he will take a cup when he has no other solution. Maybe take him with you to pick out a new cup, get him excited....
- Throw the bottles in the garbage already and just be done with it! He is 2, you are mommy. He's not gonna grab your car keys and drive to the store to buy some more. ...
- make a big production of throwing out all of the bottles in front of him or boxing them up to mail to "The Babies that Need Them" so he KNOWS a bottle is not an option...
Getting a 6 Year Old off of a Sippy Cup...
Asked by D.M. from Dallas
on June 26, 2010
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does anyone still have a 'closet' sippy cupper...??? He won't let his friends see him drink out of one, but when I try to throw them out he picks through the garbage ...
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- Relax.. if he has sippy, he's not spilling... YMMV LBC
- Dear D.: I can remember as a child myself and my siblings all liked sippy cups at the same age as your son. My mother simply put the cups up and restricted their u...
- I actually preferred anything that would help prevent spills. My sister (even as an adult) is a natural spiller. Some how, some way, if any liquid is within 12 feet ...
Getting Rid of the Bottle
Asked by N.K. from Cleveland
on June 23, 2008
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Anyone have any suggestions of getting rid of the bottle. My son will not drink out of a cup, only a bottle. He is 15 months old and everytime he drinks out of a cup...
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- At this point there is probably only one way...throw the bottles away. Your 3yr old should not be drinking from a bottle. He is just in the habit of drinking from th...
- My daughter was drinking from a sippie cup at 5 months, at 12 months was drinking from a straw, and at 22 months, she mastered the cup without a straw, though will sti...
- Call me lucky, but at 12 months for each of my girls, I took away all bottles one day (They were only ever bottle fed). They never asked for them again and prior to th...
Getting Rid of the Bottle
Asked by L.L. from Salt Lake City
on March 21, 2008
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My daughter is 15 months old. We've weaned her off the bottle except for her nighttime one. We don't give it to her in her bed, we feed it to her and then put her in b...
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- My question is that you said she won't drink milk from a sippy cup or regular cup. So if she is off her bottle during the day, what is she drinking? What ever she is...
- My answer to the Dr would be "when we are ready!" one bottle at night isn't a big deal and every Dr will tell you something different cause bottle weaning only has gui...
- Do as your doctor says, get rid of that bottle! I have an 11 year old that wasn't completely weaned until she was 4 yrs old!! Her front teeth are ruined! She is defina...
Weaning the Bottle
Asked by S.S. from Hickory
on October 9, 2006
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Does anyone have any suggestions on weaning the bottle? I have a 14 month old who will not drink milk from a sippy cup. Is 14 months to early to wean? My husband, his ...
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- 14 months is not to early if you ask most Dentist they would tell you that you should do it before a year old. Im a dental assistant and worked with many childeren und...
- Most bottle brands have the different lids for training. I used the Avent brand and switched to the sippy cup lids a couple of times a day. My pediatrician told me t...
- My fifth child is one today and she has been drinking from the cup for the last month. I agree with the idea that after 12 months, the longer they're on the bottle, t...
