Sippy Cup - McKinney,TX

HI B.,

I agree with the Nuby sippy cups. My daughter had a really hard time adjusting to sippy cups until we tried out the Nuby ones...they have soft silicone spouts similar to a bottle's nipple, with no valve, so they're not exactly spill-proof, but close to it, plus it's easier for them to get a drink without having to try really hard. You can get them at Walmart for about $1.50 or so. They are pretty much packaged with just a plastic cover over it--they don't have the cardboard packaging the more expensive cups have--so they are usually sitting on a shelf and not hanging from a hook.

Hope this helps!

Jacqueline

My daughter had trouble getting enough out of traditional sippy cups too. We used the disposable cups for a month or so until she got used to using a sippy cup and then gradually moved to regular ones. Since the disposable ones don't have a leakguard, the flow is better so they don't have to work as hard.
GL!

B., it sounds like you and I are on the same path. I also have b/g twins, so I have a little to work with. My daughter will also turn one in a couple of weeks, so I have been doing the same thing. From what I can remember with the twins, my son went to a sippy cup easily, and my daughter took a month before she would completely drink milk from her sippy cup. Juice would be gone in seconds, but milk took a little longer. What I did, and will do again is go cold turkey to the sippy cup. It's a little like potty training, if you give in once, they will work you. They are much smarter than we give them credit for. You have to replace their milk in other forms, such as yogart, cheese, any dairy product. Trust me, a few weeks is not going to hurt her. At least it didn't my daughter. My pediatrician agreed with me also, so you might want to talk to them about it. I just truly believe that if you keep giving her a bottle she will be confused, and know that she can get it if she just holds off. My daughter is going to have a hard time because I put her down for her nap and nighttime with a bottle, now she's not going to have that...not looking forward to that part of the whole thing. Good luck with it, and let me know how it goes. I just bought my first carton on Whole Milk to start transitioning her with, so we'll see what happens!!! Another thing you might try is the Nuby sippy cups, they have a nipple similar to the bottle. I didn't use them with the twins, but I have a lot of friends that used them with their kids. I bought some of them, and will probably use them with my little one. Ok, sorry so long. Good luck, and take care!!

My daughter didn't like sippy cups at first either - then I tried a sippy with the bendable/rubbery straw (I think it is an Avent), and after a few attempts she got the hang of it. I gave her milk with the straw sippy and offered water in the traditional sippy cup - now she takes milk & water from both.

We had a similar problem. My son would drink water out of a sippy cup but refused to drink milk/formula out of anything other than a bottle. A friend recommended we try Nuby cups. They have a soft nipple like a bottle except it is flatter and wider but is a similar texture. They also have interchangable tops to progress towards a regular cup. It worked great for us. You can get them at Walmart, Target, and in some grocery stores.

Not sure what kind you've tried, but the Avent cup for young toddlers is good for when they're just starting out. You'll know you've got the correct one if the tip is white, versus green. With the "older" generation of sippy cups, there are two valves that stop the flow of liquid. With the "younger" generation, the tip is made a little differently, and there is only one valve that stops the flow of liquid. When the liquid flows a little easier, they're more likely to take to is. Plus, the tip is a little softer, so it feels more like a bottle nipple.
With both of my kids, I eased them into their sippies up to age one, at which point I simply took away the bottle. They cried at first, but it took no more than a day for them to adjust.
Good luck to you!

Hi B.,

My first son transitioned to a sippy cup fairly easily. My second has not been as open to the change. This time I'm using the Nuby sippy cups. They have very soft spouts. I'm not a big fan of them, but it's really the only way I can get my son to drink from a sippy cup. He doesn't go for the other types of cups at all

He'll be a year old in 2 months. And, when that day comes, I'm just going to toss the bottles and he'll only drink from a cup. He may not be happy about it for a little while, but in the long run, I think that would be the easiest way to make the transition.

Good luck!
C.

BTW, my boys are 18 months apart - you're going to have a lot of fun with 2 girls so close in age. It's really nice when you have 2 of the same that are so close. Congratulations!

My doctor told us not to put the stoppers in the sippy cups for our daughter, when giving it to her. You have to watch them, so they don't turn it upside down, but it works best without the stoppers.
Works for us.

Skip the sippy cup! Its better for their teeth, and makes it much easier on getting them off the sippy cup! A regular straw was our answer! As for milk... My daughter has a very hard time drinking milk from anything but the bottle. We just now got her to start drinking it out of a cup like juice and everything else and she's almost 2 and a half. But using the straw has been a life saver when we didn't have the sippy cup, or were at others house and forgot or whatever! Plus I've noticed now she's not inclined to tip the cup at all and that is a huge struggle of MANY aged children that they still want to tip the cup. Give it a try, yes you have to hold the cup and supervise and yes we use a sippy cup from time to time but for the most part its worked REALLY well for us! And everything has not been a piece of cake in her path so far so if it worked for her it could easily work for others!! Good luck!
~T.~

B.,

I would reccomend that the first and last drink of the day still be in her bottle. Those are the most 'important' and routine was. the child knows that first thing in the morning they get a bottle and right before bed. For the rest of the day put ALL bottles out of sight and only offer sippy cups. (Maybe put a drink in a few different types and see which ones she decides she likes) Do NOT give in and give a bottle during the day. (Also remember that if you break, you just start over again after that). Take away a.m. bottle next. last but least ex out the night time bottle. Let baby help throw bottles in trash to explain they do not need anymore.

My son just turned 15 months, and really just started to accept milk in a sippy cup. I think you should just keep trying and give yout daughter some time. I really don't think there is a need to force the issue. She will take it when she is ready. Just like any other developmental milestone, a child will do it when he/she is ready. You can't make them sit-up, crawl, walk, etc. She probably still has a strong need to suck. My son still nurses several times a day as well because he still has a need to suck. I know that he will give that up eventually in his own time. Good luck!

At a 11 months I introduced the sippy cup to my youngest and he wasn't interested by all means until I introduced him the nuby cup w/straw and that's all he was interested in for awhile as far as cups go.
I still gave him his bottle 3 times a day, when he woke up from the night then I would put him in the high chair w/breakfast and a sippy cup of diluted juice or water and a sippy cup of diluted juice or water for his morning snack and at lunch time I would then put milk in his sippy cup and what he didn't drink I would put it a bottle and he drank it when he went down and for his afternoon snack yogurt drinks in sippy cup and dinner sippy cup w/milk and then when he went down for the night he would have milk in bottle.
At about 15 months I weaned him from his bottles. I would give him less and less ounces of milk in the bottle and I would warm his milk in sippy cup until one morning instead of me giving him his morning bottle I put him in the highchair w/warmed milk and he fussed a little but it wasn't as bad as I thought and the rest of the bottles were easy.

I suggestion to you is gradually wean her away from the bottle and there is nothing in written in stone that says that at one year you should take the bottle away. That is her comfort zone so why take something awy from her that makes her happy.

I personally would wait a few months, she is still a baby.
Good luck on whatever you decide.

M.

B.,

My Pedi said that with her kids she would tell her, "I know you want a bottle, but all I have is this sippy cup with warm milk sorry." She wouldn't offer water or juice in the sippy until the child agreed to drink milk. She said they will not dehydrate themselves and the child may only get 3 oz for a few days, but she will drink it eventually. My daughter is 13 months and though that sounds easy enough, I still give my daughter her bottle at morning and night. I went down gradually. 4 bottles one week then 3 for 2 weeks and now we are at 2. Next week I will only do a bottle to bed. Maddy is drinking some milk from a sippy and that is okay, but I still do offer water and juice in a sippy. Do what you think is the best thing to do. You are a better judge of what your daughter can handle than anyone else. Help her throught the transition, but also try not to hinder her. Good luck!

My first one gave up the bottle in three days. We offered both. You can have warm milk in a cup or ice water in a bottle. Worked like a charm. With my second, not a chance. We did the same thing and she quit drinking all together. Four days later she was dehydrated and screaming in pain at 4 in the morning. In come the bottles. She will be three in September. I finally gave up at about two years old. I was convinced she was taking it to Kindergarten, and frankly, a kid on a bottle is much better than a dead kid, so I was very ok with her still on the bottle in kindergarten :) I even got my Dr to agree.

Just last month she gave it up. They spent a week at grandmas house, two hours away, we left her house close to bedtime. When she asked for a bottle we told her grandma forgot to pack them, but we did have a cup for her. Since we were in the car she was ok with that. The next night at home she asked for it again we said remember grandma forgot to send them home. She fussed for a while, but with the promise of Strawberry Milk, she was happy to use the cup. By the third day she "hates my bottle" I a big girl and I use a cup. It was all on her own and she was happy with it! So much easier than I ever expected.

So, my advice, try to take it away, but be willing to know you kids CAN be more stubborn than you are!

Hi B.,

Is there some reason you don't want her drinking her bottle anymore? You are saying for a while now she has been trying it for juice and water...........continue to do so, but let her have her bottle...she is still a baby.

My son is now 4, but he was a child that took his time to transition to any other milestone. She apparently is not ready to give up her bottle and is there something written in stone that says she has to give up her bottle at 1? I have never read that anywhere, I have had several folks advice me, but I politely tell them that when Matthew was ready he would give it up and he did. One night he handed me his bottle and that was the end of the bottle. No fuss, no fight. I had introduced the sippy cup to him and he drank his juice and water out of it and continueed to do so.

If you are feeling pressured from other MOMS or your own self, why? If you baby is not ready, give it to her. Babies need that security and she may associate her bottle w/that feeling of well-being. Who says that the countdown is 1?

I am sorry, but I don't agree w/that and it is my personal opinion that if we give kids a chance, they will come to their own milestones by themselve.

Btw, my son gave his bottle up at 15 months. I did not hurry him one bit and it was a breeze. Every milestone that I have pushed for has been met w/resistance and so I backed off and figured out that this is the best way he learns. He told me when he wanted to quit being rocked and just wanted in his bed, he gave me his pacifier, he gave me his bottle, he transistioned from his crib to his toddler bed all on his own, potty-training was that way as well, so some kids that is the way they learn.

Don't feel pressured by whatever standards you or someone else has told you, each child is different and will do things in their own time.

Good Luck. Learn to pick your battles.

G. B.

My pedi gave me some great advice...never put formula in anything other than a bottle. Put water or juice in it. When we weaned my son off of the bottle we started early and water it down until it was practically nothing but water by the time we hit the year mark. We started him on whole milk in a sippy on his first birthday and never had any issues. We had started him on a sippy cup with water at 6 months and we have already had my six montth old on a water sippy.