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Water
I haven't pushed the sippy cup on her until my MIL asked why she wasn't using her sippy cup! Did I miss my window of introducing the sippy cup? ...
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- In his book "Touchpoints" Dr. Brazelton discusses this issue. he says that people shouldn't be overly concerned about whether a child will use the sippy cup or not th...
- I don't think it's too late. Maybe she just doesn't like the sippy you offered her.My 12 month old will drink water, it's the only thing he gets in a cup, but sometime...
- With my son we started introducing water when he was eating by sing a spoon...he thought it was the most fun thing ever and after a week or so would drink it out of a ...
Breastfed Baby Suddenly Refuses Bottles!
If not, maybe you could try introducing a sippy cup? The brand Nuby has some very soft spout ones that make an easy transition (but beware, they sometimes ...
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- This may sound weird but, maybe she at her young age is aquaiting her daddy leaving on business trips and being away from home with being bottle fed. It is a possibili...
- Try a sippy cup. My 8 month old still refuses a bottle. He will take a sippy about 75% of the time which allows me to be gone for more than 4 hours if needed. He st...
- I see you are a SAHM, maybe if you are able to wait a few weeks and try again she will come around. I am sure it is nice to have dad give a bottle with four little one...
Introducing Solids to a Four Month Old.
We didn't start the sippy cup until about 5 months old. He took it perfectly and drinks water only with meals. .... Introducing Food to a Six Month Old ...
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- Which foods you give your child depends on you (organic or not). Our ped recommended this order (but ask your ped which order he/she recommends): Cereal 1x a day f...
- When my son started solids he was 4 months old also and we gave him about 2 tbsp's of rice cereal. And he ate about 1/2 a jar of stage 1 fruits. Basic stuff, bananas, ...
- I really think organic is the way to go - it is much safer for young children. Here's a recent study excerpt: "A recent study conducted by the University of Washin...
Bottles
My 12 month old has just started using a sippy cup consistently, even though I started introducing it at 7-8 months. He played with it for a long time, ...
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- You are doing the right thing by introducing the sippy cup now so she can get used to the idea. I did the same with all three of my kids and they were off bottles by ...
- My twin boys wouldn't take the sippy cup until they were 1 year old and now at 13 months they love it. I still give them milk in a bottle for bedtime and naptime, but...
- Hi A.. My 12 month old has just started using a sippy cup consistently, even though I started introducing it at 7-8 months. He played with it for a long time, but I ...
Help with Transition from Bottle to Cup for Milk Only
I used the Munchkin brand soft spout sippy cup for her milk only and she took to ... Keep introducing the sippy with milk. I remind myself - every child is ...
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- I started to anly put water in the bottle. So when she asks for a bottle she gets water. Then when she asks for milk, put in sippy cup. I used the soft tip ones from w...
- What I learned from my first daughter is that if she ain't ready - she ain't ready! :) We were so eager to see her next steps, phases, tricks, etc. that we forgot she ...
- I think I would just throw away all the bottles & tell her they all gone (if you do baby sign, then show her the empty cabinet & do the sign for 'all gone'). I think s...
When to Cut Out the Bottle?
If she is drinking out of a sippy cup then you should be putting away the ... off It sounds like you have done a great job of introducing the sippy cup so ...
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- Mine son is 12 1/2 months and was off the bottle at 10 1/2 months. Dr. recomends to start at 12 months. He still likes his regular milk warm though.
- My first child I weaned at 11 months with no problems at all. My second child is 16 months old now and she still takes one at night, only. I think she would be fine if...
- I have 4 children and when they could drink out of a sipping cup the bottle was gone. And when I took it, I got rid of them all, so there was none to be seen. Only o...
Introducing Solids
Now, as we are introducing a medication to treat his reflux, the doctor has ... Also, you might want to use breast milk in the sippy cup instead of water. ...
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- It's actually much better to start with fruits and veggies because they are less likely to be allergenic than grains like rice are. Rice is the least allergenic grain,...
- My son hated the rice cereal. We had problems with Reflux with our son and the GI Dr told us if he is interested and can pull toes to mouth it is time to introduce, h...
- Hello both of my children started baby food at 4 months. My daughter had rice cereal at 2 months and did fine. My son however wouldn't touch the stuff. We started him ...
Anyone Used the Gerber Cups with the LONG Handles?
I'm not sure to start putting milk in that one, or replace the sippy cup with these ... I'd also think about introducing a regular cup by this point. ...
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- We use the Gerber sippy cups w/out handles and our son likes them. I also love the Take & Toss cups that the First Years makes. Target sells them. They're about $2 ...
- We LOVED the nuby cups b/c they have a soft spout to drink from like a bottle....they are only like 1.50 at walmart etc.. so you cant go wrong with trying them....I ha...
- I use the long handle gerber cup and love them, my son loves them as well. I think it is a great idea to use a different cup for milk then you do for water. I tried ...
When to Introduce My Son to a Sippie Cup
I started giving my daughter a sippy cup around 6 or 7 months when she ate just to ... I started introducing the sippie cup to my son around 6 months. ...
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- I would start now with the sippy. Use it when it's added to a meal, not a meal in it's self. KWIM? At this age he shouldn't have any confusion. Trust me...once they *g...
- okay, here is what I did. I now have a 15 month old. I bought one of the sippy cups that have a nipple like lid. There are ones that you can buy that are called tra...
- With my little one I started him on a cup when he could hold his bottle. The best that i have found is the ones with the soft topes to them you can find them at wal m...
Introducing the Bottle to a 2Month Old
Introducing the Bottle to a 2Month Old .... You can also try a sippy cup instead , there's no reason it has to be a bottle. Helpful? ...
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- Neither my husband nor I had any luck getting our now 1-year-old to take a bottle the first couple months. We were so afraid of it and tried everything we read - don't...
- Have you tried the Medela bottles? They have a flat nipple that's suppose to be easier. We used the Playtex Nurser system with my dd and we didn't have any problems. I...
- The first bottle my breastfed babies would take are the playtex bottles with Drop in Liners. The would have to use the rubber (orange colored) nipples and wouldn't us...
