Bottles & Sippies
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Sippy Cups
Asked by C.F. from Washington DC
on October 1, 2008
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When should I stop letting my girl use sippy cups? she also uses cups with lids and straws, but she often has spills with them (the most recent was chocolate milk all...
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- Don't be concerned! Our little guy is 4 1/2 and still using sippy cups at meals (after all, mommy and daddy deserve a peaceful meal as well) until he gets the other o...
- Christina, I have the sippy cup issue at my house, too. I have a two and a half yr old, and a three yr old who both easily drink out of cups at the table (but they...
- 4 seems far too old to be still using a sippy cup. I would stop sippy cups & cups with straws & just let her get on with it , yes she is going to spill it sometimes bu...
Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by J.C. from Cleveland
on November 9, 2008
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My son just turned 1 a few weeks ago, and I am having a major problem getting him to give up the bottle and drink from a cup. I have bought every kind of cup they make...
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- I would keep him on the bottle for awile, why take that away unless he is lying down flat with them when he goes to bed I can't see why they would be causing all his e...
- J., While we were breaking our children from the bottle the Ped told us to make it a month of breaking them from the bottle. The first week you take away the breakfas...
- Have you tried the Nubby straw cops? My son never took a bottle and didn't understand he had to tip a sippy, so we tried the Nubby and it worked perfectly!
Weaning off of Bottle. Sippy Cups, Regular Cups. . . I Have Questions
Asked by P.M. from Denver
on January 30, 2012
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Ok so my son in now 14 months old. He's been using a sippy cup for water and juice since about 7-8 months of age. Right now when I offer him juice or water from a cup,...
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- I'm pretty old fashioned myself, not first time, not young at all. I believe that for many children, it will be a bottle, thumb, or pacifier. I HATE pacifiers and th...
- My best advice is to do what feels right for you and your baby and ignore the gasps and disapproval of ignorant strangers and "friends!" I too have had to deal with u...
- I just kept offering the sippy and eventually she moved on. My DD was still nursing or using a bottle for a few meals at 18 months. I also discovered that she likes st...
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...
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...
Transitioning from Formula to Whole Milk, Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by M.F. from New London
on September 7, 2010
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My second child, Grayson, is turning 1 at the end of the month. For the life of me I cannot recall transitioning my daughter (and thus how to do it for him) off formul...
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- I say the sooner the better. The longer that he is on the bottle the harder it is to get him off. What I did with my daughter is I weaned her off the formula and the...
- I sort of eliminated one bottle per day til he was down to his favorite before bedtime bottle. Then one day I warmed up his moo-kie and put it in a sippy cup. I was ...
- I did exactly what this parent did. I also had the rule that NO MILK went into a bottle, so when your ratio of milk gets higher than the formula start giving it in a ...
Advice on Weaning 1 Year Old off the Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.C. from Honolulu
on January 22, 2009
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Does anyone have advice on HOW and WHEN to wean a baby off the bottle to a sippy cup???? My son just made 1 yr last week. We took him in for his 1 year well baby chec...
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- K., You'll just need to introduce the big boy cup and also spend a little $$$ trying to find the one he likes best and that doesn't leak. We went with the ones t...
- I weaned both of my babies off of the bottle right around their first birthdays and it was a piece of cake (no pun intended!:) They were taking 4 bottles a day at tha...
- I say do what works for you and your son. When he's awake and thristy give him the sippy cup. Reseve the bottle for when he is really tired and may need the comfort ...
Getting Rid of the Bottle
Asked by A.B. from Pittsburgh
on February 27, 2007
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I have a 2 year old that still has her bottle at nap and bed time and sometimes in the car for long trips (an hour or more). she doesn't even suck on it half the time,...
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- Hi A., U are not the only one..i am in the same boat.U have got so many valuable suggestions ..and these are important for me too as i have a two year old and still o...
- A., I am kind of in the same boat. My Daughter is only 10 months but i am trying to start the process of breaking her so that by 12months, 14 months at the latest,...
- A. - When my son was coing off the bottle I felt the same way - we transitioned with the NUBY sippy cup - the sippy part has the feeling of a bottle nipple, but looks...
Bottle vs Sippy Cup at 1 Yr Old
Asked by A.M. from Dallas
on June 16, 2007
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I am currently trying to wean my 1 year old off the bottle. He just turned 1 two wks ago. He is familiar with the sippy cup but has formed a bad habit of taking big si...
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- The straw consept is the answer! Not a sippy cup! Been there done that! Thank you ECI for helping me with this one! A straw is the greatest thing, because you can ...
- I would wait a few months and try again. As long as they are not falling asleep with the bottle in their mouth at night, there is not cause for concern. Let weaning ...
- my gaughter always hated cups. she threw them everytime i gave them to her. on her first bd i got rid of all the bottles and only gave her a cup. she did the same t...
Toddler Refuses Sippy Cup -- Will Only Take a Bottle
Asked by L.Y. from Los Angeles
on November 27, 2008
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My 16 month old daughter still needs 16-18 ounces of whole milk a day. The problem is she will not drink the milk at all if we try to give it to her in a sippy cup (w...
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- Hi L. Y, Just keep trying. She will eventually take the sippy cup. (She won't be in high school drinking her bottle!) Meanwhile let her still use her bottle if s...
- Again, same issue with my daughter. She ended up giving up milk for a few months, but would drink soy milk from a sippy. So this lasted a few months, then gradually ...
- What is the hurry? I really don't understand the conventional wisdom that says that you need to get rid of the bottles by a certain age. My kids both would chug a who...
