Won't Take a Sippy Cup - Hoven,SD

did he sputter and cough when he actually drank from the sippy? if so, its likely he scared himself and doesnt want that to happen again.

try a real cup. it wont be something he can do alone for a long time yet, but if he wont take a sippy, try just a regular cup and see. i had a 1 year old in my care that loved that more than a sippy (though he WOULD take a sippy.)

no matter what, wean him off the bottle. he will get the idea quickly that the bottle doesnt exist anymore, and he has to take the sippy to drink. try different kinds of sippies that might slow down the flow. we had a 2 handled cup with a soft spout that we got at target; my son and the boy i had in my care both loved those sippies. they have a plug so the flow is slower.

good luck!

I also recommend the Nubby brand of sippy cups. You can get them at Target. That's the only thing that worked for my son when he was about the same age as yours. Good luck!

I would skip the sippy cup altogether. My daughter who is 11 months went right to a regular cup. She started doing it herself about a month ago. We introduced it probably around 8 months, so it took her a few months to figure out how to hold it and bring it to her mouth by herself, but now she has the hang of it. It's a lot messier, but I've read that sippy cups really aren't good for the developing mouth. My daughter still doesn't drink a whole lot out of the cup, but she does when she's really thirsty. If your son is thirsty, he'll drink. good luck!

have you tried the ones with the straws? or a regular cup with a straw?

My son did the same thing. We finally figured out that his problem was that he didn't know how to drink out of the spill-proof cups, so we got him a couple of the semi-disposable "leak resistant" cups that were easier to use. He figured those out in a fairly short period of time and then we switched him to the leak-proof ones (hiding the others at the same time). One night we put him to bed with a sippy instead of a bottle and the bottles were then officially retired. I think if he has no other option it helps! He won't starve...he'll figure it out when he gets thirsty enough...one day of a crabby baby is worth it in the end!!!

How about skipping the sippy cup altogether? My mom took care of children for years and refused to do the sippy cup thing -- you have to do the work, manually putting the cup up to their mouth (hold a washcloth under their chin to catch the spills), but I remember her doing this with children as young as 6 months old -- just water at mealtimes when they still had the bottle otherwise. I know that the sippy is convenient in that you don't have to worry about spills, but since he's almost 1 already, he may be ready to transition to a cup. You might be surprised! Good luck.

With my daughter, the only way she would take it is if I took the "spill stopper" out so she didn't have to suck on it to work at getting the beverage out. She had to learn to be careful and keep it upright cuz it then leaked, but like I said, that's the only way she'd use it. Good luck! :)

My son would not do the regular sippy cups. I started the munchkin soft spout sippy that was like the bottle then went straight to to straw sippy cups since he would not tip them up without being held laying down. The straws allowed him to drink sitting up without having to lay down. I don't know if this will help or not but it worked for me. l

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My daughter never drank from a sippy cup. The only way she would, was if we took out the "no-spill" valve, so we just went with plastic cups with the covers with a spout. At 14 - 16 months her daycare started them drinking out of regular cups at mealtime - no covers at all. She did great.

"Sippy cups" are a recent invention - they did not exist when I was a child. Now they seem to have become one more thing to struggle to introduce and then take away. I let my daughter drink from a bottle at nap and bedtime until she was almost 3, and use a regular cup the rest of the time. No sippy cups needed - no harm done.

When we were at the same place we got the disposable cups with straws. My son got the hang of that fast and still uses them and will be 2 next week. Helps with spills and you can re-use them for a while. Hope that helps.

I would suggest just skipping the sippy cup. Just go to a regular child size cup and start withd small amounts. My first 3 kids had sippy cups and really in my opinion, they are kind of a pain. They take longer to clean, you have to remember them when going out to eat or other places, because kids get dependent on them, and there is nothing worse than finding that sippy cup of milk under the van seat 3 weeks later. I started introducing my 4th child to regular cups when she was about 6 months old. Dixie cups work great and just give small amounts.

We took the valve out of the sippy cups at first -- helped him get the liquid more quickly, and then put it back in when he has the hang of if.

We also mixed milk with banana baby food - just a teaspoon or so with 4-5 ounces. He liked the taste and would drink that, then we were able to take the banana away after a month or so. I liked this better than using chocolate syrup, since at the time I hadn't yet given him any sweets:) This is more of a trick for switching to milk, but it did help us get him to use the sippy, too:)

Good luck:)

Have you tried the Nuk brand of sippy cups? They have a nipple type spout. If you really want your son to use a sippy I would try this kind. I agree with your other responses that sippy cups can become a pain, but sometimes the convenience of them is good too! He will figure it out especially if he is thirsty and no bottle in sight :) Good luck.