My daughter is turning 15 mos and currently takes a bottle for her milk. I want to transition her to a sippy cup vs. the bottle. Any suggestons on good sippy cups??
I have heard other people who went straight to a straw cup, seems reasonable to me. I enjoy the Nuby sippy cups with the rubber nipple like lids. My daughter took to them immediately at 10 months, my son is almost 10 months and wants nothing to do with them, but I do think they are more like bottles. At 15 months, they may be a good transition tool.
I despised sippy cups so much, that I went from the bottle to straw! Playtex cups where the straw pops up, and can be closed back in. No leaking, No pulling 4 pieces apart just to put it in the dishwasher. At 15 months she may take to a straw very quickly. It's very easy since you're just sucking, and not trying to figure out how to tip it up to get something out.
My son was having the same problem before. We tried to take down times to give him bottle. Only wake up in the morning and before sleep at night. During daytime, only sippy cup. When he used to it, we started take out bottle at night, then morning. It did work. (Hit: We also taught him, he need to be a big boy now. No more bottle for him.) He has never used bottle for 5 months.
Some kids are very fussy when it comes to cups , my 3rd child would not dribk from a cup with a spout but did like the Playtex cups with a straw in the lid , they are leak free aswell. You will just have to buy one and offer it and see what happens , she may take to it right away or refuse it for a few weeks.
She will do it don't worry. Just put it in front of her. She does not need too many instructions. Hands off approach is way better.
Hi T.,
I started my son on the Avent ones at 6 months. They had these gradual step holes you bought for the age of the child (1 hole up to 3 I think) so you would start with a small hole and move your way up to the regular sippy. He did great, never looked back! But I'm not sure if they still have those... he's 8 1/2!!!
Good luck,
E.:-)
Hi, we went straight to straws. For milk we use the thermos FOGO and love them! they keep the milk cold for 8-12 hours and if it is really hot I just put in one ice cube. They are easy to take apart and clean (I bought a few others first that were too difficult to take apart) If the parts break you can order replacements for not a lot of money from the thermos site. For water or juice we either use the plastic cups with straws and lids (I think the brand is take and toss - which I hate the name because they are recycleable and we've been using the same ones for over a year) or for on the go we use small rubbermaid containers with a screw top and a straw from the supermarket. All are BPA free.
i love the "disposable" straw cups at walmart. they are inexpensive. they are easier to suck from than many sippy cups. they are easy to clean because they are just 3 simple pieces that can come apart. i use pipe cleaners to clean out the inside of the straws. because they are less than $3 for a package of 6, it is easy to replace a lost cup or chewed up straw. but i also liked the nuby cups for my oldest child who had a hard time giving up the bottle. they were a good transition for him.
every kid is different, definitely splurge for the more expensive ones though, the leak free kind
NOT the cheapy walmart variety--not worth it--the valve fell off when the cup fell/dropped and the top was hard to use.
Try a few different type to see what she takes to. We own a dozen of the hard top Gerber ones in both sizes for my 2 lil's b/c I love them--they leak the least. The first kid didn't like them at first and we used the ones w/ silicone spouts, but then grew into the Gerber ones. She stuck her fingers in the silicone spouts and make them too leaky for my standards so we were forced to change. The 2nd kid took to the Gerber ones right away. Each kid will have their preferences.
We also removed the inside valves at first b/c they were sooo hard to suck for a beginner sippy user. Once she got the hang of it, we started using them again to make it leak-proof.
the ideal time to start a cup is about 6mnths, so choosing a cup now might be a little difficult, but dont give up, just because she doesnt like the one you picked out the first time doesnt mean she wont like it later. I went with the walmart brand parents choice beginer sippy cup (its his favorite, his grandma bought him a gerber cup and he refuses to use it) it has a spout that is a lot like a bottle's nipple. oh and beware just because a cup says that it has a soft spout doesnt mean it does. also make sure it just has two parts (a top and a cup) we had a bad experience with one that had a handle as the third piece (instead of being part of the cup...it was a fisher price) the pieces were hard to get together and leaked constantly
