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Sippy Cup Issues..
Asked by J.R. from Kansas City
on January 2, 2009
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Hi ladies. Looking for some suggestions for the sippy cup transition. My youngest daughter never latched so I pumped for her, thus she has only had the bottle. I am...
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- Have u tried the nuby sippy cups? The nipple is like a bottle nipple. http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-83333507685311_2034_119478
- We use the nuby sippy cups that you can get at Wal-Mart for our son. They are close to a bottle and helped him make the transition. Our daughter on the other hand H...
- My advise is to not R. it. My son started a sippy around one year. We used the Born Free bottles (here's their site: http://www.newbornfree.com/), and I switched the n...
Daughter Refuses to Take Milk from a Cup
Asked by J.E. from Chicago
on October 3, 2008
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Is there anyone out there who can give me some tips on how to get my 1 y/o to drink her milk from a cup? She admantly refuses it when offered, getting very upset. She ...
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- Try chocolate milk. Not the healthiest option, I know. But you can reduce the chocolate each time to weane her off that part.
- I had the same issue with my daughter. After breastfeeding, I guess regular milk tased way different. I started mixing a small amount of Ovaltine into the milk - just...
- Hi. I have the same problem. He drank milk all the time, barely no water and when I pulled the sippy cup, the milk stopped. He'll only drink water out of a cup or the...
Daughter Extremely Attached to Her Bottle
Asked by S.B. from Chicago
on August 16, 2009
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My daughter is very attached to her bottle and, honestly, I'm concerned about it. However, I am trying to be sensitive to her emotional needs. I'm not sure where to ...
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- Hello! I don't want this to sound cold-hearted but I thought it was common knowledge from pediatricians and dentists that transitioning off of a bottle should occur b...
- My son is 23 months old and we have a new baby at home. A few weeks ago we we decided to get rid of his bottle because it was obvious that he was gaining the life ski...
- i would do it quick and fast. tell her that she is too big for a bottle, it will hurt her teeth, etc. then get rid of it. be sure your baby has a different type than...
Help! Toddler Continues to Refuse Milk in Sippy Cup.
Asked by J.W. from San Francisco
on March 25, 2009
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My 18 month old was sick with a stomach bug last week so we decided to take the plunge and transition from his beloved bottle to milk in a sippy cup. (He has successf...
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- Hi J., I don't know about you but I hate drinking out of a plastic cup. I swear I can taste the plastic. Not to mention that the plastic changes the way a beverag...
- I don't think the problem is with the sippy cup. My son didn't like milk until around 20-21 mos. If I heated it up and put a spoon of honey in it, he liked it. But ...
- Hi J. We had the same issue with our daughter-who self weaned from the bottle..but wouldn't take anything from a sippy cup either. We tried several different cups in ...
Do All Nuby Silicone Top Sippy Cups Leak?
Asked by S.H. from Chicago
on December 10, 2008
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I am now on my 2nd Nuby cup, hoping the first one was just defective, but this one leaks too! When I put the lid on and tighten it, the silicone top moves just enough...
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- Yes, I bought several and they all leaked. I like the First Years cups like these: http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/webstore/product_page.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=8455248...
- Yes, Nubys leak. Having tried over 5 different brands, the only brand that usually doesn't leak is Playtex. However, my beat-up, 2 yr old Playtex (level 3) cups are ...
- Yes the sippy cups leak. The spill-proof straw ones work pretty well though.
Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by K.H. from Wichita Falls
on August 10, 2009
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When should you convert completely to a sippy cup? My daughter just turned one and she'll take only one during the day. She refuses all other times. Everyone says to s...
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- K., YES, it is okay!!!! Don't force your 1 year old baby (yes, I said baby) to start with sippy cups! Babies take bottles b/c that is what they do! I think 1 yea...
- I will suggest trying to have your daughter drinking from the sippy cup withing a couple of months. It really can affect teeth and even speech if you let it go to lon...
- K., Great question!My doc told me my daughter should be using a sippy cup and NOT a bottle.She told me the best thing to do is to introduce her to a sippy cup, and ...
How to Break My 13 1/2 Month Old of Her Bottle
Asked by A.S. from Cleveland
on February 13, 2008
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My 13 1/2 month old LOVES her bottle. She will not drink from a sippy cup and needs it to fall asleep...any tips on how to break this habit? She never did take a pacif...
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- Cold turkey worked for me. Out of sight, out of mind! Good luck! Also Have you tried Nuby Sippy cups? They have a soft top that is like a nipple.
- My daughter hated the sippy cup too. One day we were sitting at a restaurant and i was holding a cup and thought she was just chewing on the straw. She was drinking ou...
- My daughter took to the Nuby Sippy Cups. I got rid of all the bottles in the house. So she had to take the sippy cup. Then she started to bite the Nuby and it started ...
Weaning My 1 Year Old
Asked by J.K. from Raleigh
on November 10, 2008
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So I posted on here when my son was 5 months old trying to get ideas on weaning. Needless to say he is still nursing and now 11 months old. I am happy I was able to nu...
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- Its only 1 month away start giving him the cows milk it will not hurt him (you said you've already given him a bit i'm sure if he would've had a reaction you would've ...
- You 'hate to deprive him of anything he wants'. You're drained and exhausted. You're stressing and feel guilty. (These are mostly your OWN words). Sounds like litt...
- Hi J., I don't have any new advice - I just wanted to tell you that you are not selfish for wanting your body back!!!!!!!!! Don't make yourself feel bad about that. ...
Switching from Bottle to a Cup
Asked by P.B. from Seattle
on June 3, 2008
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Hi all,
My daughter is now 1 year and a month as of May 1st. I know its time to make the switch to a cup. For her bottles I always used the Avente bottles. I tried...
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- Hi There, I have a 21 month old son and we used Avent bottles as well. I tried several sippy cups before getting it right. I use playtex sippy cups and the First ...
- Aren't all Avent bits interchangable still. I was able to buy the softer spouts and put them into any size I wanted. Also I got my kids onto open top cups as fast as p...
- I use the Avent cups and the spouts (sucky things) are interchangeable. The hard one that comes with the larger cup is made for older babies - 18 months and up. You ...
Breasts Are Different Sizes; Question Re:milk Production
Asked by M.P. from Chicago
on August 17, 2007
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Naturally my breasts have always been different sizes. One is an A cup and the other a B cup. Now the dr. told me the A cup one would produce milk. And it is. But I do...
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- My breasts are the same size, but don't produce the same amount at all ! My right one makes very little milk. My son woudn't take that one, only the left and I didn't...
- I have a C and D cup, and it was my C cup that was the far better producer. We had a lot of problems with nursing, and the D cup actually dried up while we were still ...
- M.: talk to a lactation consultant... about breast sizes and feeding issues. and no, he does not need vit d supplementation/ but he does need sunlight! P...
