Sippy Cups: Elmo
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Sippy Cups
Asked by M.H. from Austin
on February 23, 2007
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Has anyone found the perfect sippy cup. I need something that won't leak, easy to hand wash, won't tear, and appeals to kids. My son is 18 months old and sometimes he ...
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- That for me is a trial and error issue. odviously thiers thier no such thing as perfection, sooner or later you will just have to settle for the one that does the lea...
- Well my 14 month old likes the Nuby but he tears them and we also have Gerber the one with handles and it works great. We also have the crawler stage ones that don't h...
- The one my daughter loves is the nuby's, but they've changed, so don't know how they are now. Other than those, she uses playtex!
Leaky Sippy Cups
Asked by M.G. from Pittsburgh
on October 28, 2007
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I am sooo frustrated w/ leaky sippy cups. Has anyone found a sippy cup that doesn't leak or spray when dropped. My son is 18 months old and I have tried 2 or 3 name ...
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- Hello- they have Nuby sippy cups with a hard lid instead of the soft lid (my son bit through the soft), they work well. Also, most places will also have the sippy cup...
- Hi Marla, I like the nuby sippy cups. They are great because they are easy to drink from and they don't leak. The only problem with them is that you often have to...
- I feel your pain, Sometimes I just want to march right down to the playtex company and give them a piece of my mind. I think that i have at least one of every brand. ...
Switching from Bottles to Sippy Cups
Asked by J.C. from Boston
on April 8, 2009
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My son is 14 months old and will be moving up to the toddler room at day care. In order to do this, he can not take bottles any longer, only sippy cups. He does just...
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- It is funny because my son went through this also at daycare. He went cold turkey and we didn't have an issue. You can offer the water but just not often. Most of the ...
- Hi, My youngest son also would not drink milk out of the sippy when he was younger. I prepared him for the "bottle fairy (which i said was elmo, which was his fav. cha...
- I would go cold turkey. It's okay that he doesn't drink juice. As a matter of fact my doctor prefers my son to not have juice even if it's 100% because he'll just fi...
Introducing Sippy Cup
Asked by D.R. from Philadelphia
on January 7, 2008
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I'm starting to introduce my little guy to the sippy cup, and he has NO INTEREST whatsoever. He also is not a fan of juice or water (even in a bottle), so he definite...
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- I begin offering at the same time I start solid foods. I just have it on the tray and available to play with and test out while sitting at the table. Sometimes taking ...
- Try leaving one with his toys so he can experiment on his own while continuing the bottle as you normally do. Also, you can put some water in a glass and let him drink...
- Try the Nuby brand of sippy cups. My son started using them at 6 months. The others were too hard to suck and get anything out of. They have a silicone spout instea...
Milk from a Sippy Cup Help
Asked by C.L. from San Francisco
on September 2, 2008
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I am trying to get my son to take his milk from a sippy cup and it just isn't working. I realize that it's only been a day but can someone please tell me that it's goi...
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- yes, it gets better and takes time. What I did with my twins was introduce the sippy with water first (at about 5 mos), so they could play around with it, test it out...
- My son didn't seem to know what to do with a sippy cup. He just kept chewing on the spout...until I took out the little insert that kept it from dripping. Then the m...
- C., Keep offering it to your son. Change is hard for all of us and kids are no different. It just takes some time to get used to it. I would say though to stick wit...
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.
Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by M.S. from Chicago
on January 16, 2008
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Hi Moms!
So the time has come and gone..and I still can't get my son to drink milk out of a sippy cup. He drinks water and juice with no problems. Even at daycare he'...
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- M S, My daughter went from bottle to sippy without a problem cold turkey when I put her on NUBY cups. The spout is so close to a nipple. I also transitioned her to th...
- My son drank water from a sippy at a year, but not milk until about 18 months. I totally understand where you are coming from. I did take him to the store and let h...
- Hello, I have a 16 month old boy. I switched to a sippy cup almost as soon as he could hold his own bottle. I started out with the nuby because they are softer (especi...
What's the Best Sippy Cup
Asked by A.S. from Bellingham
on September 12, 2010
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Hi All,
So we feel like we have purchased a billion sippy cups and have yet to find a winner. So many of the ones with straws leak or drip, the others seem to only...
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- We used the Take 'N' Toss. You can get them at Target. They last a long time and they are very inexpensive, so if you loose one or leave one somewhere, it doesn't matt...
- Our favorite travel cup is kleen kanteen sippy. Sippy cups should only have water in them so we have some that leak a little but it's only water so it doesn't matter.
- I've had luck with Playtex and Munchkin. I've tried Nuby, Gerber, Avent--they were bad. Personally, I think Nuby is the worst. Every Nuby that I have had leaked.
Sippy Cup Advice
Asked by L.B. from San Francisco
on February 13, 2008
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My husband and I have started introducing a sippy cup to our 7 mo old son at meals, and he seems to only be interested in chewing the nipple instead of sucking from it...
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- You may want to try the old Tupperware sippy cups that we grew up on. They don't have the filter in them so it is not as hard to suck the water through, but the "nipp...
- gerber worked best for us, maybe demonstrate for him. I tried the advent ones and I think they were hard for him, every child is different. They do really ahve to suc...
- Hi L. My husband made the holes a little bigger in my son's sippy cup so he was able to drink a little more faster and not make a mess.
Transitioning from Bottle to Sippy Cup???
Asked by K.B. from Washington DC
on June 26, 2007
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I need help! My 13 month old son absolutely refuses to drink his milk from a sippy cup. He will drink water from any type of sippy cub, but if I try milk in the cup-...
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- My daughter was the same way, she would only drink milk from the bottle. Even after getting rid of all the bottles she refused to drink milk. I started giving her yogu...
- My trick? I waited. I talked to my daughter's doctor OVER AND OVER. None of the doctors I consulted had any problem with children staying on the bottle after a year...
- I'm glad you got him to take the sippy cup! I just spent months trying different formulas and even whole milk trying to get him weaned b/c my milk supply was almost g...
