Juice & Milk
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Sippy Cups
Asked by K.N. from Houston
on May 18, 2009
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What are good brands of Sippy Cups and how do I get my 17 month old to start drinking more from one? I try giving my son a sippy cup everyday after lunch but he will h...
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- We love the nuby brand.
- I still have trouble getting my ten month old son to drink from a sippy cup. I know he's still young but I want him to drink more water since he doesn't seem to want ...
- K., I had good luck with Playtex brand. They have the rubber inserts. Put milk in the cup and that might entice him to drink it. They don't leak and last forever! ...
When Juice Doesnt Need to Be Watered Down
Asked by E.B. from Seattle
on March 17, 2008
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So my husband and i have been watering down our almost three year old sons juice until about two weeks ago when he started drinking it from the juice boxes and he had ...
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- Another thought for you.... my son does better with white grape juice based boxes- Welch's does a good one that is pure juice. The apple juice runs through him, and up...
- I never watered down juice - unless you count the ice that I put into the sippy cup. My kids got their first juice at about 12 months - but only a sip or two. (I did...
- Four words... High Fructose Corn Syrup. Capri Sun is not juice. It is drinkable juicelike substance. Stick with juices that have one or 2 ingredients (apples, orang...
Sippy Cup
Asked by B.H. from Dallas
on July 4, 2007
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My daughter is going to be a year old in about two weeks. For a while now we have been trying to get her to just try sippy cups when she has water or juice. At first ...
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- B., it sounds like you and I are on the same path. I also have b/g twins, so I have a little to work with. My daughter will also turn one in a couple of weeks, so I ...
- My daughter didn't like sippy cups at first either - then I tried a sippy with the bendable/rubbery straw (I think it is an Avent), and after a few attempts she got th...
- We had a similar problem. My son would drink water out of a sippy cup but refused to drink milk/formula out of anything other than a bottle. A friend recommended we ...
Sippy Cups
Asked by J.C. from Columbus
on March 25, 2008
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how do i get my one year old to use a sippy cup he wants nothing to do with it!
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- I have a daughter that is 2.5 now and I remember dealing with the sippy cups. Honestly, a lot of parents have trouble with switching from bottles to cups but the soon...
- well i wouldnt push him. mine just turned one last month and he kind of uses it but spits more out. i think there are some that help make the transition from breastf...
- Try giving the sippy cup to play with in the bathtub to get used to. Offer sippy cup first before bottle may help. They do make sippy cups that are similiar to bottles...
Sippy Cups
Asked by J.V. from Las Vegas
on May 19, 2007
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Well I did this a couple months back and now I need ya help again.... I have been tryin to get our son to drink from sippy cups for a couple of months now. I started o...
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- hi J., my girls didn't like it at first either. have you tried plain water? my girls didn't like milk or juice in their cups at first. they would only drink milk from ...
- In our circle of friends, all the kids kept using bottles well into their third year. We had already watched conventional wisdom change from no kids sleeping in the be...
- What kind of bottle are you using? I only ever used the Playtex Nursers, so my son took FOR EVER!!!!!! to figure out a sippy cup. I first introduced one to him at 7 mo...
sIPPY cUPS
Asked by M.B. from Detroit
on September 2, 2007
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My daughter who already has a mind of her own (god love her; she must get it from her dad's side) will not take a sippy cup. Not with water, juice (I would like to st...
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- Like the others have said, just keep trying. I found that mine would take it when he played really hard and got really thirsty. The thirstier the better!!! What is ...
- She's 10months right? She may just not be developmentally ready for a cup yet. Don't push and Don't fret about it. Just keep offering the Sippy at Every Meal. Ne...
- My only suggestion would be to sit back and continue to do as you have been. I stongly beleive that children will do things when they are ready and she must not be rea...
Advice on Switching to Milk and Sippy Cups
Asked by J.S. from Dallas
on February 11, 2009
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Any advice on switching my boys over to milk in sippy cups? We've been given the all clear for milk, which they like, but they don't like the sippy cups. If I try to...
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- I would definatly try different cups my 19 month old hated the sippy cup so I tried the nuk version it has the thick kind of silicone spout so it is almost like a bott...
- I started putting juice in a sippy cup for my son. He'd do anything to drink juice since it was a special treat. Once I knew he could easily drink from the cup for s...
- Try the sippy cup from Nuby. The "lid" is rather squishy and more like a nipple than other sippy cups that I have found.
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. ...
Too Early for a Sippy Cup
Asked by S. from Chicago
on March 21, 2006
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I am on WIC (women and infant program) and the nurse (or assistant not sure exactly what she is) told me to start giving my 6 month old daughter juice. She told me to ...
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- My daughter made 6 months the other day and I started giving her juice from a sippy cup and she loves it. She is getting use to the cup but it seems as if she uses th...
- Hi S., I have read over and over about bottles - the only real problem is if you let your baby lie down and fall asleep with the bottle. The juice can pool in your...
- I started giving my son juice at six months. I started in the bottle, but gradually changed to a sippy cup. He got the hang of it pretty quickly, and by age 1 he no ...
Sippy Cups
Asked by K.M. from Fort Myers
on September 27, 2006
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I started my son on a sippy cup last month. We are using the playtex first sipster. Its the kind of cup with a plug in it to avoid spills. My little guy didn't seem...
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- K., Try the 'Nuby' brand sippy's. My daughter loves them. The nipple is very soft like a bottle but it's a sippy cup. T.
- Nuby Cups - they are amazing. The have a soft sippy area so they are easier to suck and they don't spill. Target has them from time to time, Walmart, Burlington Coat...
- Hi I have son he turned one today. any way Sippy cups are hard some time. My mom tought me with my first one to use a straw first to teach them to suck. For a week or ...
