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Sippy Cup Training?
Asked by E.M. from Hartford
on July 9, 2009
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I am trying to introduce my 8-month old son to a sippy cup. He is a breastfed baby who gets one bottle a day, normally from my husband. Recently, my son has begun re...
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- E., Have you tried the take and toss sippy cups? They are the only one's my daughter likes because they are hard plastic and not the soft ones. The milk can drip ...
- I know the nubby sippy cups, I was told at Babies R Us, have the slowest flow for training to a sippy cup. My daughter took a long time adjusting to the fast flow, bu...
- Those nubby cups are terrible we went through so many of them because our little guy likes to chew so he would break the top. Walmart has some hard top cups that are ...
When Is It Time for a Sippy?
Asked by L.H. from San Antonio
on July 18, 2007
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My son is 10 months old. He takes interest in sippy cups, but unfortunately he just likes to play with the cups and tops. When I offer him juice or water he refuses to...
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- I have been there! My son took forever to learn to drink from a sippy cup! The best advice I can offer is, be patient and keep trying but don't push! I kept buying dif...
- It varies a lot with children. Some parents start at 4 months. My sister in law did. Of course she did the holding. My second child wanted nothing to do with a sip...
- My daughter did the same thing. I just kept giving her one during her meals and would pretend to drink out of it myself. She eventually got the idea and now she love...
Sippy Cups
Asked by M.W. from Fayetteville
on February 2, 2007
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I have been giving my daughter sippy cups for several months now (shes 12 mo.) but she never seems to tip the cup far enough back to actually get the liquid, she then ...
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- I don't know if this will work for you but it worked for my daughter we bought her the sippy cups that straws instead and she did great with them then when she was a l...
- Definately go the straw route! Its amazing and a skill they will use for a lifetime, unlike sippy cups!
- M., my son, who is now 15 months, used to have that same problem. Usually, I would tilt it up for him to show him there was still more in the sippy cup. Also, a lot ...
Help with My Bottle a Holic 2 Year Old
Asked by L.G. from Buffalo
on June 17, 2007
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Ok ladies.....I need some help. My son is 2 and a half and addicted to his bottles. I know that I have should have worked on this a long time ago. but you have to c...
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- Im not sure if this will help but I found a sippy for my daughter that looks like a bottle but is bigger. It has a top on it like a nipple and is similar in shape to a...
- I'm with Nancy here. Get rid of the bottles, be the parent! Why "discuss" this with him? Does he know how to drink from a cup? If not, start giving him all his liq...
- Hi, you said your son will drink juice boxes, so he can drink from a straw. You can buy alot of sippy cups now that actually have straws, and if you take him to the s...
How to Get My 11 Month Old to Drink Water
Asked by C.C. from Chicago
on December 5, 2007
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My almost year old daughter is not too interested in the bottle anymore and is pretty much eating what we're eating. Without feeding her the formula I'm worried she wo...
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- For the sippy cup: my son wouldn't take it either so I switched to a straw. They make these drinking cups that look like a sippy cup, but the top is a straw. It took h...
- Does she know how to drink from a straw? If not try teach her, and then leave a straw cup with water around and see how she does. My daughter started playing with her ...
- Could she just not like the cup you're using? My son wasn't too keen on sippy cups for a long time - he much preferred a real cup (supervised, in his high chair) or d...
Transition from Bottle to Sippy Cup
Asked by C.J. from Dallas
on June 2, 2008
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Our 15 month old daughter does not like drinking from a sippy cup. We have bought probably one of every kind & she prefers to drink out of the bottle. These past few...
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- Forget the sippy and go to a cup. Yes, it's messier and she'll need your help for a good long while but then you don't have to wean her again from a sippy and some ki...
- I know you said you bought one of every kind of sippy cup, but have you tried the gerber, it is a "bottle" that has a sippy cup type top. It is a soft rubber top, the...
- C., it definitely will involve consistency. i had the same problem with my toddler and the pediatrician assured me that when he was thirsty he would drink out of the s...
