Sippy Cup Help

I had the same problem with my little girl too...she's just not ready yet...but keep them around for her to look at, touch, and all that stuff...they grow fast!!!

Try the sippy cups with the straw attachments. My now 2 year old would not drink out of the sippy cup at 12 months old, but she loved the cup with the straw (imagine a 2 year old that will only drink out of a straw!) Since then she has adapted to the cups but she still prefers the straw.

Good Luck.

Try Nuby!!!! They have ones w/ nipple like spouts. Wal-mart carries all kinds.

I wouldn't worry about it. In the great scheme of things she will eventually use a sippy, just like she will eventually potty train. Society and dentists have put some huge issue on babies going to sippy cups and regular cups faster and faster. Both of my children were easily two before i totally took it away. I let them try everything, straws, regular drinking, etc. Also sometimes you can get them to drink juice or soda, etc. From it first then try for milk. They associate the milk with the nipple. I wouldn't stress over it. I have two big babies so they looked like four yr olds with bottles but my children are well adjusted and both of us didn't have a stressful transition. Also, when you transition if she won't transition to juice first then you have to cold turkey. Believe me she will get thirsty. Good luck and dont worry about it. This is a easy milestone that society, docs, etc. Are making stressful.

have you tried a straw cup? my kids found a straw cup easier to use when they were younger

Have you tried the cheap rainbow ones from walmart? When you tip them over it comes out. They don't have the stopper in them. Also try putting something in there that she likes. Is she still taking some formula? It might also require some tough love - get rid of the bottle all together so that it's not even a option anymore. Babies know - either you drink out of the cup or you don't drink at all - as long as your daughter knows you'll give in and give her a bottle she'll keep playing that card. Babies know how to take care of themselves if they really want something, like they'll eat if they're hungry and refuse if they're not. She'll get thirsty enough and realize that Mom has put her foot down and she'll take the sippy cup.
J. - 23 year old mom of a 15 month old whose been off the bottle since 9 months. I also spent 2 years working in daycare.

If the sippy cup is her only option, then she will drink from it when she is thirsty. If you truly want to stop giving her the bottle, then toss them and let her know that when she is thirsty she can drink from the sippy cup. It is YOUR decision to make.

Let her stay on the bottle. She will take it when she is ready. Mine took to a sippy cup quick but had older kids around. I have 3 friends who did not get thier little ones to take a sippy until around 2. I use to give mine bottles at night so that is where I started. I would lay them down with a sippy, they would cry for a while then they picked it up. I then gradually replaced bottles through out the day. You just have to be willing to hear her scream for a little while. Goodluck!

There are these cups at Wal-Mart they are 97cents a peice. They are usually in a bin or in rows under the sippy cups hanging on the shelf in packages but anyways they aren't anything special they don't have any kind of designs just different colors...I think Playtex has a more expensive alternative to this cup that has designs and is insulated ect., ect., but it doesnt seem to work as well as this one. I don't even really know if it has a brand name all I know is I had not one problem at all ever of taking my daughter off the bottle with this cup. She didnt cry for the bottle or even fight me against the cup after she relized she could suck the cup just as easy. It's a clear colored cup with a clear rubber lid and has the clear rubber spout. It is the easiest because it is still soft like the nipple of the bottle. My only gripe about this cup is you can only use the same one about a month maybe 2 because the spout hole get stretched and it will leak but at 97 cents you can afford to buy 7 of these for what you would buy 2 of the expensive ones...Then as she gets a little older she won't care about what kind of cup it is and you can change her to a hard spout cup....The only thing is to get her to suck out of it the first couple of times and she should be fine.Hope I could help.

If you really want her to take the sippy cup - do not give her a bottle. She will drink from the sippy cup if she gets thirsty. My daughter is 2 and doesn't like to drink water - I give it to her betw meals... she doesn't drink it sometimes, but other times she is really thirsty and she will drink it!! If she knows you will give in and give her the bottle - she has no incentive to drink the sippy cup. Good luck - every kid has their own timing system. :-)

My oldest refused the sippy until she was about 18 months old. We found a combination of two things helped her. 1) We removed the piece that made the spout spill-proof so that she could realize what was inside the cup for the first couple of minutes each use. 2) We would only give her water in a bottle, and everything else would be in the cup. If she didn't want water, she had to learn to use the cup.

I will say that it takes a lot of patience sometimes. And while many doctors stress that a baby should be rid of the bottle by their first birthday, I was told by two different pediatricians not to put too much pressure on it. Sometimes babies prefer to use the bottle for comfort reasons, especially when they are sick (which is why my second wasn't done with his bottle until fifteen months) or when they are going through a transition (perhaps adjusting to a new sitter or a move to a new house).

Hi J.. I had the same problem. My daughter is the same age as yours. What I did was refuse to give her a bottle and made her drink only out of the sippy cup. She had a water sippy, a juice sippy, aand a milk sippy. I would offer them to her and she would play with them at first but she finally got the hang of it. When she cried from being thirsty, I would offer her a sippy, not a bottle. She got it eventually but it took her a couple days. I give her a bottle at night just to make sure she is getting enough liquid and it is working out great! Eventually here within the next month I will take the bottle away completely. Good luck!!!

Hello! I have a now four year old son who was just like your daughter. I tried every cup out there and nothing worked. Eventually I gave up and he came around on his own. I just kept having a cup available in case he changed his mind. He had a bottle until he was just over two. I think his bottle was a security for him, so I just let him keep it. They're still just babies anyway. Good luck and I hope this helps.

my son never liked sippy cups. He is 18 months, and I pour the water in his mouth, use a straw, or recently, he has learned how to control water flow out of a nearly empty water bottle. It might be different though, since he never had a bottle, that he wanted to immediatly mimick his parents. Maybe she would like to drink out of a straw in your cup, then use a cup with a straw just for her, and ease her in. good luck

Hi, I have a 21 month old girl. I followed my pediatricians advice and went cold turkey when she turned a year. I had used Advent bottles with her so I use Advent sippy cups. As soon as she turned one year I took all her bottles and nipples and put them in the closet. Her DR had warned me it would be rough but she would drink when she was thirsty enough. The first day she was stubborn and would cry every time I would give it to her. The second day she drank from it and has ever since. I worried about dehydration but her DR told me she would get thirsty enough and drink before that happened and she was right. I give her soy milk(she's lastose intolerant) and water. I never give her juice or anything with sugar in it. If they never have juice and sugary drinks they won't know what they are missing. My daughter thinks water is great. Now that she is a little older I do give her a drink of soda or juice from my glass, but that's it, she doesn't get her own. She doesn't get it everyday only if we are dining out. Be strong the first day is the worst but I am so glad I did. I see so many older kids still carrying around their bottle.

Try offering her a cup with a straw. That worked for my girls. It takes a few tries for them to get used to sucking up the straw, but once they get it, they usually like it. You can buy spill-proof cups with built in straws. Good luck.