Moving Tips & Advice: Nuby
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Advice on How to Get 9 Month Old to Drink from Sippy Cup
Asked by J.L. from Raleigh
on March 14, 2009
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Does anyone have advice on how to get a 9 month old to drink from a sippy cup. My doctor told me to start working on it at our 6 month visit. I've been working on it...
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- Hi J., the answer is simple. Consistency and exposure. It's still new, so it's foreign and he doesn't want it compared to the soft bottle. With exposure, he'll start l...
- J., first and foremost remember to do what is BEST for YOU and YOUR family. With that being said, you could just give it to him empty and you have one empty and then ...
- Try tasting it first and show him how. Put something he likes in it like milk or favorite juice. Praise him and tell him how big he is getting every time he tries.
Moving to a Sippy Cup
Asked by L.C. from Atlanta
on September 17, 2006
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Hi, my son turned one at the end of Aug. We have been trying to transition to a sippy cup but when it's time for him to drink milk he just won't have anything to do w...
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- There is a Sippy cup at wal-mart called the NUBY! They are great first time sippers because it's soft like a bottle nipple. I have Kylee of bottles at 8 months with th...
- Hi, I had friends who had the same issue and several used the straw cups, which are essentially sippy cups, but with a small straw sticking out instead of a beaker. ...
- Strawberry syrup just a little bit to sweetin it up. My girls didn't like milk when we switched from formula so I tried hocolate no luck but the strawberry they sucked...
Sippy Cups Advice
Asked by J.F. from Augusta
on January 1, 2008
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I need sippy cup advice!! My son will be 11 months old tomorrow. We have been working with a sippy cup for about 4 1/2 months! He just plays with it. I am not sure if...
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- Hi! My little boy did not take to his sippy cup until right around his 1st birthday. I took a weekend and got rid of his bottles and only gave him sippy cups. Our p...
- I had a time myself w/ finding the right sippy cup. After 3 months of using the nubby brand I finally treid to suck on it myself and could hardly get anything thru it....
- The Nuby cups are horrible!! They either leak because when you put the top back on the ring and then that on the lid, the top would move and it wasn't sealed right. ...
Non Clogging Sippy Cup
Asked by S.K. from Washington DC
on August 2, 2008
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Does anyone have a recommendation for a sippy cup whose valve doesn't clog with whole milk. My daughter has just begun to accept milk in a sippy cup but after the fir...
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- Weird! Never had that problem! Could it be the brand of milk maybe? (By the way, I like your name!) -S. K
- my cousins boy drinks whol milk from the cups with elmo on them. and those cheap ones at walmart now with clifford. they never get clogged. he use nuby too and the...
- My son really likes the cups w/ the straws. He is not a fan of the cups that you have to tip up. Plus the straws never clog.
Is It Too Soon or Ok?
Asked by M.W. from Kansas City
on October 19, 2009
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We are down to our last can of formula...and only 2 wks away from our daughter's 1st bday so we're hoping not to buy any more and just switch her over to whole milk! ...
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- Just a suggestion (yes, I'm at the exact same age and the same position)...try the Horizon WHOLE organic strawberry milk (no sugar added), 1/2 organic whole (I'm an or...
- well we started way earlier than you. at around 9-10 months we took the bottle away completely after switching her to milk. but in order to switch her to milk we first...
- My son just turned one last month and we did the exact same thing! I did not want to buy a whole can of formula when I knew he was doing fine with the milk. We just we...
One Year Old Feeding Issues
Asked by M.M. from Pittsburgh
on October 15, 2007
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My daughter is going to be turning one at the end of this month. Since she will be moving on to real milk, I want to know how other Mom's dealt with the issue of endi...
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- I had a very difficult time getting my son to switch from bottles to sippy cups. A friend recommended the Nuby cups and they worked great. They are soft like a bottl...
- Hi M.- Once my girls had their 1st b-day and we got the okay from the dr. I switched them cold turkey. To ease that transition, I did make a point of buying new si...
- well the first quetion would be does she drink anything else out of a sippy cup? if the answer is yes - then start putting formula into a sippy cup now - then ease her...
Weaning Almost 11 Mth Old from Bottle to Sippy Cup.
Asked by C.N. from Dallas
on December 16, 2008
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Hello everyone. I have been told by my daughter's daycare that she will be moving over to another class in a few weeks and will not be getting her bottle anymore. Sh...
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- I totaly agree to take it cold turkey it will be very hard on both you and your family but all need to be on the same page with her.Every day her memory bank gets stro...
- I would suggest using a soft-spouted sippy to start, it's more like a bottle nipple. I used the Munchkin brand, they are BPA free. At 11 months, I'm assuming she is ge...
- I guess I'm not understanding, but since when does a daycare dictate when you wean your child from a bottle. I would just simply tell them that she is not ready for th...
Sippy Cup
Asked by S.H. from Houston
on May 9, 2008
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My son is 15 months old and he will not drink from any other sippy cup than the one I first started him out on. Does anyone have any advice on how to get him accustom...
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- Have you tried using a straw in a cup made for this. They worked with both of mine.
- Our daughter was in a Montessori program from 10 weeks old until she was five. We were not allowed to bring sippy cups to the school and were asked not to use them at...
- We went cold turkey when changing cups because otherwise, the twins would lod out till they got their preferred cup. The only exception to this 'rule' is one type of c...
So How Did You Train Your Little One on a Cup?
Asked by K.R. from Raleigh
on February 5, 2007
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My pediatrician recommends that I start Aiden on a cup but I'm not sure if he's ready. Should I just put his cup in front of him and when he's hungry he'll figure it o...
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- We started ours out at 6 months. I would give it to him at the beginning of each meal (we were doing jarred food then), and for a couple of days, he just played with i...
- Are you trying to get him started on a regular cup or sippie cup? I think that it is too early for a regular cup. You can get a sippie cup that is a lot like a bottl...
- If you are looking to get involved and meet other moms to talk with you may want to look into joining MOPS. It is an international group of Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers t...
Breastfeeding & Lactation
Asked by K.Z. from San Francisco
on March 11, 2008
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my 7 month old son still refuses the bottle. he waits for me to come home and by then is starving. i can't leave him for longer then 4 hours and i was planning to go b...
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- Maybe he'd take a sippy cup?
- At 7 months, he's old enough to start having some solids introduced into his diet, so perhaps that could supplement his diet until you get home. Another idea is to try...
- Start moving to the cup. Some kids just won't have it. My 3rd child absolutely refused the bottle, and NEVER took one. I flew my mom out here from Colorado and ...
