My daughter (she is 2.5) has being potty trained successful for 3 weeks, we have being try it longer but is just these past 3 weeks that have being accidents free and she still wearing her night diaper.
With the spring coming soon and so many cute cups I thought it would be a great opportunity to transition from sippy cups to regular cups. The ones she uses now are the hard plastic with only 3 or even just one big whole and she doesn't use them in bed.
I am wonder if it is to soon to have 2 mile stones?
Did you also had these 2 transitions in these order (potty and then sippy) and if so how long did you wait between them?
I meant to say that she doesn't use her sippy in her bedroom or bed because she use to bring her bottle with her at night time but when we transition from bottle to sippy cup we also stop letting her bringing it with her to her bedroom. I think now that we'll be moving from sippy to regular we will stick to only the table and not the living room like she could with her sippy.
Try small plastic kid cups at a meal at the table first.
I would only put a little liquid in them in the beginning to get him used to them.
With a few spills at first............it was successful.
The sippy cups are still good for travel in the car, right before betime so she doesn't get her pj's wet etc.
If she is ready, why wait? Only you know your child. Milestones don't have to be separated by big time frames. Kids are learning and growing all of the time, so she may not even be aware that it is a big "transition". Have fun!
We did regular cups at 6-9 months (never did sippy cups) and potty training at 25 months with DS so no personal experience with this order. But I see no reason it should be a problem. They are completely unrelated things. I am not sure why she has a cup in bed? DS has a cup of water on his table if he wants to get out of bed to get it. That is a recent thing for us - he only asked for it when he turned 5. Before that he did not drink between bedtime and waking.
I would just start with the cups now..why not? I do at about 20 months. I recommend finding a really narrow short cup tho. Typically a "juice" cup...look wherever you get stuff (target/walmart/kohls, etc) and look thru the regular dishes. Only put a teeny splash in there at first. You can make it interesting if you like (maybe "milked down" choc milk?). And only at the table. Make sure they are pushed snugly up to the table and wearing a good bib! Have a towel or absorbant napkins or papertowels very handy. Remind her "2 hands, please" and model that (will feel awkward for you but she will be watching you!). Try not to make a HUGE deal out of it, just say its a new big girl cup, like Mommy has, and move along with your meal. If you have to...make the sippys scarce from her view for a while (in the cabinet, dishwasher, etc...just don't use them for a few weeks at all). Sit at the table to have drinks for a while (not a bad habit anyway).
Good luck!
For me, in my home daycare, having really narrow cups is really key. They just fit their hands better.
Your daughter could have transitioned over a year and a half ago to a regular cup. No, it's not going to interupt anything by transitioning.
Sippy cups were originally intended for travel only, but many parents out there used them for every day out of, well, laziness. Now all new moms think they're suppose to use sippy cups. Nope. Right when a baby can tilt and hold their own bottle you could have introduced a cup with drain holes, like the throw away cups they have now. (companies got rid of traditional transition cups with rounded bottoms when they started making money on sippy cups)
Get some throw away cups with drain holes on the spout. You don't want anything that they have to suck on or it's just like having a bottle. Start with the first drink of the day and stop using sippies all together, except for travel. All meals and snacks should be at the table so there's no need for sippies at all. Once you feel she's doing fine with a draining cup then take the top off and get her used to using it that way. Be sure it's when you're sitting with her for snack or meals and any spills that she makes have her help you with clean up to learn responsibility.
My two older sons were using transition cups well before their 1st birthday. My 2nd was regularly using a transition cup at 6 months old. By their 1st birthday they were using open cups. My triplets took longer because they were 2 months premature and took longer to learn fine motor skills.
Bottles are only a tool to feed baby. Once they can hold and tilt, it's time for a cup.
K. B
mom to 5 including triplets
Not too soon! My daughter decided to stop using diapers, stop napping, and switched from crib to twin bed all in the same week. Never regressed on any of her choices, even though she was only 18 months.
