Problems with Changing from Bottles to Sippy Cups. . .

My daughter is 21 months and (I hope Im not jinxing this) she has been using the Nuby w/the nipple. Its still technically a bottle. I got her off the Dr. Brown bottles when she was one. She would not get off the bottle for naps or bedtime and she would drink from a regular sippy gerber cup all day long but once she got tired she wants the baba. The Nuby has 3 stages (nipple, straw, nuby spout), yesterday is the first day w/out the nipple and she is using the straw part for nap/bedtime. Once she is content w/that I will switch to the sippy part and than eventually take her off it. I have my fingers crossed that she dont want the nipple anymore.

Have you tried Nuby cups? The top is softer like a nipple

My first daughter went to a sippy NO PROBLEM...my second daughter was a bit harder and I used the ones with soft silicon spout. Now with my third daughter.. she just turned one. I still give her a bubba at naps and bed. All day she'll use a sippy cup with water. Again I use the ones with the soft spouts.... She doesn't like the hard plastic ones. I am going to start switching her nap and bed time milk over to cups SOON!!

Ok Aliza,

I literally just went through the same things. I unfortunately had to just take the bottle away and when he fussed for it I handed him his sippy cup and after a day of fighting he now takes nothing but a sippy. Just through all of her bottles away! I also had the same problem with juice as you have with milk. He wouldn't drink any kind of juice and I tried many. I had to do the same thing and when he fussed for a drink I gave him his juice. Now my day care was a HUGE help, but that is what it took and now he drinks juice or milke and from a sippy cup. Trust me just take it away if she is thirsty she will drink it.

Hope this helps!
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Will she drink from a regular cup? I know this will be hard, but cold turkey on the bottle and just a cup or sippy cup. When she is thirsty enough she will drink her milk. Be prepared, she will fight you on it.

Nuk makes a sippy cup that is made as a 'transition cup'. For ages 6 months and up.You can find them in Walmart. It has handles that you can take off or leave on, and the part they drink out of is a soft, rubber material.. kind of like a bottle, but shaped like a cup... My 6 month old loves it... it is a lot easier to start a slow transition before they are one... so that by the time they are old enough to not have a bottle, and to only use a sippy cup, they are more comfortable with it.

Hi Aliza,
When I wanted to switch my daughter over to a sippy cup at night, she was very easy to get off the bottle during the day but at night she wanted her bottle still before she went to bed. I bought these cups that are kindof like a bottle but they are a sippy cup, They are called Nibby cups. I bought them at walmart she took very well to those. Try it and see how she does keep me in touch and let me know how u r doing with that.

I found my son was just expressing his independence by not drinking from his sippy. However, I took and get rid of all bottles ( like yours he drank from a cup during the day) and explained that the cups were all he had now. A few good "well its this or nothing", and he stopped whining about the cup and drinks only from them now. even before bed. He has a samll cup of milk before bed and I have no problems with him.

Good luck

I completely understand your dilemma. However, when I faced this milestone with both of my boys, I never felt like it was an all or nothing event. Pediatrician's recommend that children stop using a bottle around 12-18 months; however, this is an arbitrary date. Consider this...in many other countries, children nurse for up to three years. I also felt, that there was an element of comfort in the bottle. Both of my boys had a "bedtime" bottle followed by toothbrushing and books until they were just over two. I would suggest slowly transitioning your baby. Start by replacing one of the "snack time" bottles with a sippy. I would also always have a sippy filled with water within her reach especially now that the weather is hot. Life is so full of unpleasant things, why not let them enjoy their bottle time which is totally about comfort and pleasure? I don't believe that there is any physical or emotional harm in it...whereas taking it away completely is an emotionally charged endeavor. Both of my boys are happy, healthy, and independent and drank atleast one bottle until two.

Hi Aliza,

I gave my daughter no choices. It was the sippy cup or nothing. Thankfully she took to the sippy cup quickly but after her 1st birthday I got rid of all the bottles. I did buy Nuby cups. I have gotten them at walmart and walgreens. Usually 2 for $3. They have a soft nipple and maybe that is what made the transition easy for her. Now if I could only get her to eat and potty, I will have accomplished everything! (very picky eater)!! Good luck!

i have a son that is 16 months old. after he turned one i just stopped giving him bottles. the sippy cup that he liked best was the nuby brand. the top is silicone like nipples from the bottle and they don't leak. the only downfall is if it gets chewed on it will leak. and i also used the gerber sippy cups. the mouth piece is soft. those worked best for me. good luck.