from feeding bottles to sippy cup!!!

I didn't have a problem with either of my children. With my first child, he was a little harder. I started at 12 months and gave him the sippy cup. He wouldn't drink milk out of it so I gave him pediasure. He loved it so he drank that. After a week I tried milk again (pediasure has the consistency of milk) and he drank it. With my 2nd child I started at 9 months and he drank milk out of a cup right away. Try the pediasure if you have a problem or flavored milk at first. You can always switch back after she's used to it.

I had both of my daughters drinking from sippy cups by the time they turned one year old. You don't have to give your daughter just milk from the sippy cups. My daughters drank water and apple juice from time to time, as well milk. We were told that it was better for their teeth to have them drinking from sippy cups. So once they made the transition, we threw away all of their bottles. Good luck making the change!!

My son is 10 months old and is on a sippy cup for juice. If I were to put his milk in a sippy, he would totally be off the bottle. I introduced the sippy at 6 months so the transistion would be easy. (which it has) So, don't worry, just start with juice and water and whatever else she drinks in a sippy. Only put her milk in a bottle. I would say to do this for a couple weeks and then move the milk to a sippy. If she has never drank from a sippy, it will be a little strange for her at first, but she'll get it. Be sure to be consistent. Good luck!

Maybe I'm abnormally lucky, but I had no problem whatsoever switching my daughter from bottle to sippy to regular cup. I didn't look at it as "weening" persay. It wasn't a phased change. My daughter and I went and picked out two or three sippy cups of her choosing. That day I just handed her the sippy instead of a bottle and she took right to it. That was it. She's almost three now and still uses a sippy once in a while, like when we go out so she doesn't spill in the car. More often than not though she's using a regular cup. As for the milk issue. If you only offer her milk, let's say in the morning and at night, that's what she will drink. You're in control here, not her. You have the final say. She may throw a fit, if that's in her nature, but so what? She'll get over it and eventually drink the milk.

I found it quite a hard transistion for my older daughter. I went through about 6 different types of cup before I found one that she likes. I would advise that if you have any family or friends with cups like this to ask them if you could try them out and see which type she prefers. I found the best way to start is to leave a cup around all the time for them to help themselves to. If they don't seem to be drinking it much then let them have a bottle a few times a day then just reduce the amount of time they use a bottle. If your baby is eating a good range of foods in her diet she probably doesn't really need much milk anyway.

Relax. It's not like she will be off to college with a bottle hanging from her mouth. :) I would start by putting something she really likes into the sippy. You could let her have a bottle of milk in the morning and at night. Then take away one after a week or so. She will get there. :)

She will drink her milk if she is thirsty, if the sippy cup has milk in it and if she is old enough to want to. Don't be worried about the transition from bottle to sippy cup. If she is a normal drinker, do you mean by that that she is eating solids? If her diet is balanced, she may not need so much milk.

Honestly I don’t see the need for sippy cups any way. Why not just teach the children to drink from a glass to start with. It is so easy. I did my granddaughter. When she would sit on my lap. She would want what I was drinking. So depending on what it was I drinking I gave it to her and we skipped the sippy cups. Makes life easier really. Don’t have to worry if it get misplaced or lost. Why do they need to carry them around any way.

ummm. me too

I was very blessed with all my kids too. I've never had any difficulty transitioning them from brestfeeding to bottle to sippy. As a matter of fact, three of my kids never even used a bottle at all. They went straight from brestfeeding to a sippy around nine months of age. Just keep working her and it will get easier. For some, there is more of a learning curve. And this is just my opinion too, but I'm against flavoring the milk to make it more appealing. I truly believe that's the main reason moms and dads can't get their kids to drink regular milk as they get older. I look at it this way. She's probably young enough now that she*can* be convinced to drink it. If that's the only drink option you give her, at some point she will have to drink it. It's a battle of the wills at times. But if she knows you'll cave and give her juice or flavored milk, there's no reason for her to drink the stuff she doesn't prefer.

Thanks for you post, now I know that sippy cups are for toddlers.Everytime I go to the baby store and saw the sippy cups I always wonder when will be the time I can give it to my child to try it.My son is just seven months old,so now I know he still doesn't need it.

same here. my son is 2yrs old already and drinks water and juice from his sippy cup. but when it comes to milk he prefers bottle.

Well I am not a mother, however I am a father. When we switched my daughter to sippy cup she was already drinking water out of sippy cups so we just put a little milk making watered down milk in her cup keeping the bottle going as well and slowly increased the amount of milk until it was all milk and then she had no issues with not having her bottle. It worked well for us.

I am not a mother & so I do not know. However, an advice on this is that you make your baby comfortable & in a cuddling manner ask her to drink her milk. Pamper her & fondle her with affection because at this age it is a must. Surely, your toddler will always like to drink milk then in your fond affections.

My baby is now 10 months old.I first began in sippy cup at 5-6 months.I give only water in the sippy cup.Milk I stillgive in the feeding bottle.Not that my baby cannot drink from cup.He can drink from straw too.This way slowly I will withdraw the feeding bottle.

yes if children are struck to one they will follow the same thing so the girl might not drink her milk

i have not experience it yet but soon, my baby is only four month old now. but in case he reached that age that he will use sippy bottles, i think i should be careful in choosing liquid to put in it. if your baby is not a normal drinker, you should try choco flavored milk or fruit juices,i am sure she will like it. do not worry your baby is so smart,she can do that... goodluck

I would give your child a sippy during the day to see how she does. Call me stupid, but my parents told me of this calendar that had signs on it, like for example knees, heart, head, etc. Well, I was told to take the bottle away from my child when it started out on the knees and keep at it. If it doesn't work before the signs was back in the knees. You would have to wait til the following month. One night of fighting, and my youngest was off the bottle completely.

i had my baby off the bottle and on the cup before her first birthday. its not like she just took the cup immediately and loved it, it took some work. Every day id offer her milk and juice, something she liked, in her sippy. i gave her the ones that have the soft silicone spouts because she didnt have teeth (she was a late teether!) and she liked to chew on things and i didnt want her gums to be sore. once she figured it out, i gave it to her all the time and trashed the bottles :)

yeah, it wasn't easy but we finally went cold turkey. She cried and screamed for a while but realized that if she was thirsty she had to learn to drink from the sippy. After an hr it worked.