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My Daughter Won't Use a Sippy Cup.
Asked by R.R. from San Francisco
on November 1, 2009
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My daughter is 1 year old, I constantly offer her a sippy cup and the only thing she does is chew on the nozzle.She will let me pour water into her mouth out of a cup ...
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- Hi R., No need to worry. My now six year-old son never used a sippy cup. He was born at 29 weeks, and so we had access to developmental clinics (though his developmen...
- My daughter was not interested in the sippy cup at that age either. Try offering a cup with a straw. She loved straws for awhile. A straw in water bottle, cup, or juic...
- I have a little guy in my daycare who never used a sippy. Like another person said, he liked a cup with a flexible straw. Be sure to get one with a screw on lid and a ...
Am I the Only One with This Sippy Cup Problem
Asked by X.M. from St. Louis
on August 2, 2011
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My son is now 1 and his doctor told me to switch from bottle to sippy cup. We have been using the Nuby sippy cup for water and it really hasn't been that great. The ti...
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- I used the playtex sippys with the hard nozzle for when she first went from bottle to sippy. Then we graduated her to a straw. I stayed with the playtex cups with th...
- My son would bite the Nuby so it leaked (never had that problem with my daughters). It took a long time to find a sippy my son liked. He will only drink milk out of cu...
- Straw cup is better.
Switching from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.S. from Fort Collins
on March 4, 2007
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My son is almost 15 months and I am ready to switch him from a bottle to a sippy cup. He will drink water and milk from a sippy cup just fine for snacks and meals, bu...
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- The only way to do it for my kids was to go without bottles cold turkey. Completely put them out of site and just offer sippy cups. My son took a week of fussing and ...
- Hi K., I didn't have too much difficulty with my daughter. She started biting the nipples of the bottles, so I didn't replace the nipples, I went to wal-mart and bou...
- We went through this too...try using Nubby cups for his milk in the morning and at bedtime. The nipples are more like that of a bottle, but it is a cup. We still do ...
Won't Drink from a Sippy Cup
Asked by M.B. from Daytona Beach
on November 20, 2009
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My daughter turned one on November 6th. I have been trying since she was 6 months old to drink from a sippy cup but she refuses. The only cup she'll take is one with a...
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- My nephew just turned one on Nov 12th and has the same issue. He loves his bottle. He sometimes likes Munckin sippy cups (like the Dora/Diego ones- they have a very wi...
- It's not a bad thing to not use a sippy cup. I read somewhere that it's actually good that they skip the sippy cup. Maybe you can go straight to a regular cup.
- Just keep trying, don't force it. Some children just prefer the comfort a bottle nipple gives. Has nothing to do with development. You may want to try another type ...
My Son Won't Use a Sippy Cup
Asked by R.K. from Providence
on September 26, 2006
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My 9 1/2 month old son will not drink out of a sippy cup. He will only chew the spout of the cup. We have been trying for at least 3 months now. He is heavily teeth...
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- Hi R.- You could try the soft silicone spouted sippy cups-I believe they are made by Nuby. I have seen them at Walmart and some drugstores. You could also try a stra...
- My son had the same issue just a few months ago. (He's 13 months old now) Teething is the culprit. He still has a hard time with the traditional sippy cups and cont...
- Hello Rachel, If you want your son to use the sippy cup, try only putting water in a bottle. My 2 children were funny when I gave them sippy cups. I first only gave...
How Old Is Too Old for Sippy Cup?
Asked by K.S. from Kansas City
on November 5, 2009
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I was wondering how old is too old for a kid to have a sippy cup? My daughter is 3 1/2 and still drinks out of a sippy cup. Part is our fault as we just bought a new...
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- my daughter is coming up on 3.5 and we use sippies, straw cups and open cups, depending on where she is drinking. I think your main concern is with the tongue thrust.....
- As soon as my girls figured out how to drink from a straw (approx age 2), I eliminated the sippy cups completely. They drink milk from a regular cup at meal and snack...
- Sippys with straws or sports bottles are great. I know your original question was about sippy cups but I wanted to add the info on tongue thrusting. Tongue thrusti...
When to Start the Sippy Cup
Asked by D.H. from Detroit
on November 17, 2009
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Hi Moms,
Even though I have a 2 year old, it seems that every child is different. With my 2 year old, as soon as he turned 10 months, the same day, stopped formula...
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- OK not really advise for your question but a word of warning. Sippy cups (at any age can cause earinfections) my youngest was off her bottle at 7 months and started si...
- I have several varieties of sippy cups.. I like the gerber ones the best.. they have a screw on lid that stays on.. they have only the cup the lid and the valve so the...
- After trying several sippy cups we are now using the Playtex Twist and Click. They are great! We had so many issues with ALL the other ones leaking, NOTHING with the...
When to Stop the Sippy Cup?
Asked by A.M. from Detroit
on April 2, 2008
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Hi Ladies,
Edit: [What age do I start cutting the cup out? Is she too young?]
When do I need to move from sippy cup to regular cup and how do I do that without we...
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- Yes she is too young. Give her a sippy cup until she can manage a cup without a lid by herself. My duaghter is 27 months and she still has a zippy cup. She did ...
- A., The sippy cup is your best friend. I still have my 4 year old use one occassionaly. That being said, by 2 to 2 1/2 my son was drinking from a cup. I used eit...
- Why are you in such a hurry to get rid of the sippy cup? My daughter was 3 when we completly gave it up. She was able to use a cup with a lid before then, about 2 1/...
When Is Too Old for a Sippy Cup?
Asked by B.T. from Minneapolis
on October 1, 2008
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Thank so much to all who responded to my original question!!! I guess mostly I am concerned with her attachment to her sippy, as in at 4 am! She is adept at using a re...
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- B., I have seen 18 month olds drink well from an open cup, but not all can. I would get her off the sippy cup by age 2 because they can cause teeth problems like b...
- My 24 month old will drink from a cup and I only give her water and all other drinks go in a sippy cup. When I'm out and about water or not my youngest and 4 year old...
- B., this struck me funny and i under stand your concerns of when is too old, but even us adults buy drinks with little sippy things on them, hahahahaha well, if you ar...
Bottle or Sippy Cup...
Asked by R.S. from Chicago
on August 25, 2010
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Hello,
If you have replaced your before bedtime routine of nursing, with a sippy cup of milk or other liquid, which sippy cup do you use? Since our little one is 13 m...
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- This was (and is) my favorite sippy cup for both of my kids. They didn't like the rubbery tops or soft tops, and they were both nursed as well. I've not had issues w...
- I used Nuby and they work great!
- My son was the same way. He NEVER liked bottles or pacifiers. He breastfed till almost 2 and had a lil cup with a straw at first. Now he's on the Gerber sippy cups. I ...
