Moving to a Sippy Cup

i am trying to get my son to drink his formula in a sippy cup we ain't having any luck. But when i had him to go to a sippy cup for every thing else he wasn't thrilled.
I went to the health department and said some thing about his problem with the cups and they gave me a trainning sippy cup. It is now his favorite and i can't find them any where else. Maybe you can try to call and go by there and pick one up.
I know i am gonna try to get 1 more, before long he will have this one messed up.
Good luck~T.

My daughter does the same thing. She will drink juice or water out of the sippy but does not want the milk. I do not force it on her but I have noticed that if you take the sippy cup away mid way through her drinking juice, and put formula in it, she will take it. It is a slow process because at first she would take a few sips and realize it was not juice. You just have to stick with the process untill they take the cup and willingly drink. Also, the Nuby sippy cup works for her but she does not like others. What you might want to do is get a few different cups and see which one he takes to the most.

There is a Sippy cup at wal-mart called the NUBY! They are great first time sippers because it's soft like a bottle nipple. I have Kylee of bottles at 8 months with those cups. But when your son starts to chew on the cups more I would proberly move to a regular cup. I hope it works as good as it did for me.

Hi, I had friends who had the same issue and several used the straw cups, which are essentially sippy cups, but with a small straw sticking out instead of a beaker.

Maybe that woud help???

L.

Strawberry syrup just a little bit to sweetin it up. My girls didn't like milk when we switched from formula so I tried hocolate no luck but the strawberry they sucked right down. Good luck!

My oldest son did the same thing. He would drink juice and water out of the cup but not the milk. I know this sounds gross but it worked for me. I put milk in a bottle and a cup. I mixed pickle juice and lemon juice and a pinch of tabasco sauce(not enough to burn his mouth, just enough to have a weird taste mixed in the juices and milk)in the milk that was in the bottle. The milk in the cup was just milk. I let him taste the bottle milk first then I let him taste the cup of milk. Once he tasted both then I let him choose which one he wanted. He chose the cup and never tried to drink out of a bottle again.

I understand where you are coming form, but you have to make sure he know who the boss is. By giving in when he cries for the bottle then he thinks that he is the boss because he is getting what he wants. We gave our son the cup and let him know that there wer no more bottles and that he was thursty then he had to drink out of the cup. Yes, he did cry but when he finally got thursty enough he drank from the cup. No problems since then.
Hope this helps some.

I am sorry if I repeat anything but I didnt read all the posts. I had the same problem with my son, he wanted nothing to do with sippy cups. So we went straight to the cups with straws and he took to those right away. From there we were able to get him to take a sippy cup. He still only likes the Nuby ones though. Also we went cold turkey on day time bottles and gave him only bedtime bottles for about a month. Cold turkey is the only way to do it. It was harder on me then it was for him giving up the bottles becasue it meant he wasnt my little baby anymore :)

After we transitioned my son to cups (the Nuby kind - shortly before he turned 1), he NEVER touched milk again. Pediatrician told us to stick our ground. After THREE days of our son drinking NOTHING, we began seeking alternatives, and tried everything anyone told us. Adding a bit of sugar - nope. Adding strawberry - nope. We knew chocolate wouldn't work - though it was rare, there were a few occurrences when he'd been offered chocolate (i.e., in cookies), and he hated it.

What we finally got to work: Equal parts drinkable yogurt, calcium-fortified orange juice, and 1/2 part milk. We talked it over with our pediatrician, and because he was getting his recommended daily intake of calcium and wasn't too short on fat (so important for brain development), he agreed that this was an acceptable alternative.

But NOW, my son (who just turned three) will drink milk at preschool. Never did before he entered this class...but kids pour their own milk into their cups in his classroom, so I guess the desire to do his own pouring was finally enough for him to be willing to drink something he'd shied away from for so long. We still can't get him to drink plain milk at home, but knowing he's getting it 5 days a week makes me feel good.

So, I guess it's all about control. I suppose we caved, to an extent...but because the alternative was satisfactory to all involved, I don't feel like too much of a "bad" parent!

Dear L. -

My second son loved drinking milk from his bottle. The pediatrician advised me to first wean him from the morning bottle, then the one at lunch time, and finally the dinner time one. She figured the one at dinner time would be the most difficult. I started making yogurt smoothies, which both my sons love, and served it only in a sippy cup. When he was happy drinking his smoothie from a sippy I started to put the milk in it and it worked. I never measured the ingredients, but they contain: about 4 tablespoons of plain yogurt, a couple of cups of whole milk, about a 1/4-1/3 cup of powdered milk, one sliced banana, about 1/4 or less of apple juice concentrate (a great way to sweeten without using sugar), some cinnamon. I put all the ingredients in the blender and then run it on liquefy for about a minute to make sure the banana is completely broken up. They love it!

R.

Keep on trying. The more you work with him but don't give in you must always keep the upper hand and not let him be the boss. Some times change is hard but you know that it is best in the long run, when he does start taking with water , juice and milk, make it a big deal by clapping and cheering him on. Making him feel good about it is always a great reward. YOU COULD TRY DRINKING FROM ONE WITH HIM SEEING YOU (AND FAMILY) DO IT MAY HELP
A.

have u tried juice in the sippy cup or just try using the cup with the lids and straw my 2yrs skipped his sippy cup to a straw cup to be just like his older brother who is 4 . also try chocolate or strawberry milk in the sippy cup and see what happens.

I agree with Amy and Shannon. I would get rid of all of the bottles in the house so caving in is not an option.

My youngest son (almost 10 months old) was broken cold turkey over Labor Day weekend. I threw all the bottles out to make sure I didn't cave in, and I offered him Playtex cups, Gerber 1st step cups, and the ones with the straw handle from the Dollar Tree. He was quite stubborn at first and would not suck from the cup. He caved in and started drinking from the cup after about 12 hours. Broken in 3 and a half days!!! Be patient yet firm--he knows that you will cave in if he cries. Good Luck.

I have a 10 month old son and I've had problems as well. I just found the "Nuby" brand and he loves those sippy cups...they may be good transition cups for you. The spouts on them are softer than other sippy cups - more like a bottle.

Good Luck!
T.

Have you tried the Nuby sippy cups? My oldest son wouldn't drink for any of those other cups because he couldn't get anything out of them and the tops were too hard. The Nuby cups have a silicone top and they are more like a bottle nipple to make the transition a little easier!

Haha.. Hey L.! Read my post below about "sippy cups"! My daughter turns 1 Saturday. I started Thursday evening and she hasn't had a bottle since. Yes, she was cranky Friday and a bit yesterday. (She's teething too!?) I would put the cup in front of her and she would slap it out of the way. After about 10 mins she would crawl over to it and drink it when I wasn't looking! By today, she was taking the cup with no problems and I am SO happy. Now, she does take a paci so I have had to rely on it a bit more than usual but all in all, I am VERY happy about my choice to cold turkey take the bottle away. I didn't want to confuse her by cutting one out here and there. I didn't want her to expect to get a bottle at night.. GOOD LUCK!! Stick with it!

L., we had been having the same problem, my son turned one in june and would drink juice out of a cup but not milk, until 2 days ago when he decided he was ready for it. i wouldn't worry about it too much b/c hes still young, i offered him milk in a cup everyday and sometimes if i would curl him up in my lap and i would hold the cup he would drink a few sips of it but usually he would just get mad and i would just give him the bottle. i think its best to offer it but not force it. when hes ready he'll switch. i also have found that if they are weened from a pacifire that they hold on to their bottle longer(mine gave his up at 8 months) good luck!

NUBY!!! It is a brand of sippy cups that has a nipple-like drink spout. You can get them in all shapes. It made a reallllly easy transition for us.
~B.

I fell into the same trap. Don't cave in! :) I eventually had my daughter help me throw away her bottles, and then she had no choice but to drink from a sippy cup. Your son may resist at first, but he'll be okay. Just keep offering the sippy cup and he'll soon forget about the bottles, although it may be hard for a few weeks. Also, try experimenting with different types of sippy cups. Ones with a soft spout may be best. Good luck!

when i finally stopped giving my daughter a bottle (at 19 months) which she drank warm white milk out of at least 3 times a day, she would not drink milk out of a cup either. so finally i tried chocalate milk in a cup and she didn't like it either, but then i tried strawberry and she loved it. now she drinks strawberry milk about 3x/day and we never went back to a bottle. i think she just associated white milk with the bottle and although she loved it, she wouldn't touch it in a cup. now, every so often she'll drink white milk in a cup, but usually only strawberry. i always used ovaltine rich chocolate when making chocolate milk, which my son loved and it has tons of vitamins.

I WOULD TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR SOME KIDS ARE JUST NOT READY AS FAST AS OTHERS ARE! OR JUST DO A LITTLE AT A TIME!YOUR FRIEND RENEA

He's not ready yet. My son also turned 1 at the end of Aug. and I was having the same problem. He said don't push it he will take it in time, babies don't like change. I kept trying with a couple of days in between and then one day he took it. After that I only gave him one sippy cup a day. Then slowly increased it. Also, put some Nestlequik in the whole milk....I like chocolate milk better than plain. It has lots of vitamins and minerals and I only use one tablespoon instead of the two it calls for. Hang in there.

Stay at home mom of one.

Just be strong and sit the sippy cup in front of your child and don't offer anything else to drink. When your child gets thirsty enough he will start drinking the milk from the cup.