My daughter who already has a mind of her own (god love her; she must get it from her dad's side) will not take a sippy cup. Not with water, juice (I would like to stay away from all juice) and/or formula. I offer it with water at every meal and throughout the day..all she will do is look at it and then throw it to the groud. i have tried several brands...any suggestions?
~mb
Nuby cups worked w/my son great at that age. My daughter on the other hand, decided at 6 mos she wanted a cup instead of a bottle, and I found that the Playtex cups worked the best for her. Its all trial and error!! Good luck!
I use sippys with a silicone nipple, and that seems to work for my daughter. To get her to drink some water, I usually squeeze a bit of fresh lemon into her water, and she loves it that way.
Like the others have said, just keep trying. I found that mine would take it when he played really hard and got really thirsty. The thirstier the better!!! What is all this negative crud about juice. They can have 4 ounces a day. I just make sure it is 100% natural. We were all raised on juice and we are all still here and healthy.
She's 10months right?
She may just not be developmentally ready for a cup yet. Don't push and Don't fret about it. Just keep offering the Sippy at Every Meal. Neither of my kids took to a sippy cup until after their 1st b-day (around 13months or so?)
My only suggestion would be to sit back and continue to do as you have been. I stongly beleive that children will do things when they are ready and she must not be ready yet. If you don't push her and just continue to offer it to her, she'll catch on and take a hold of that sippy cup.
Good Luck, S. T
M.,
My son just turned a year and he just started using a sippy cup. He was not interested before either. I tried several brands before too. I think they are just ready when they are ready.
I finally just waited until I switched him from formula to milk (a suggestion I read on Mamasource previously), so that he would just assume that milk had to be drank from that kind of cup. Then I never went back to a bottle.
Also, depending on the type of bottles you use, some of them have a sippy cup lid you can put on your bottle, so maybe if you can put that on her bottles, she will get used to drinking out of that kind of top first.
Good luck!
to get my daughter to take a sippy i got her the cheap dollar store ones with the big holes so she didnt have to work hard to get the juice or water out of it. then when she was used to that i got her a regular one. but, if shes not ready i guess youll just have to wait a few weeks and try again.
Hi M.,
Have you tried just giving her a regular cup without a lid and helping her? I know she is to young to just have at it with no lid, but with help she might like that instead of the sippy. My oldest tried to drink from my cup at 5 months and I have been working with her ever since. She is now 2 and does drink from a sippy, but at meals and throughout the day I give her small amounts in the regular cup.
Our son never took to sippy cups. He's 21 months old now and still won't do sippy cup. He took to a Nuby (found it at Walmart) which is a cup with a screw on lid that has a plastic flexible straw at the top which flips down. The Nuby is a bit of a pain to disassemble and reassemble at first, but you can become a pro at it quite quickly. He also took to the plain old plastic cups with the lids and straws that you can get at Target or Babies R Us in like a five pack. We did not get him to start using any of these until he was approx 1 year old though. The gravitational thing still happens quite often and it's not just with cups. Our dog is a very happy guy.
Hello M.
Sippy Cups.. suggestion for the sippy with a straw that
bend over to close the lid.
Plastic cup with straw on lid.
Straw is durable.
Good Luck,
C.
I agree with the advice to try using a regular cup. Actually, I help my 13 mo old daughter drink water out of a shot glass! It's just the right size for her, I just put a little spash of water in it and she drinks right out of the glass. It was messy at first, but it didn't take long for her to catch on. It's more time consuming, cause you have to sit there and keep putting more water in it (out of a water pitcher/bottle-easier than running back and forth to the sink) but it's fun!
My daughter also didn't like sippy cups at first-we used the Nubby and a Gerber cup, and she just eventually "got" it. She won't drink a whole lot if we're just around the house, but as soon as we get in the car she'll guzzle it. Who knows why!
I sometimes put a little juice in with her water too, but the problem with that is sipping on sugary drinks for a long time contributes to tooth decay. I guess the best way is to offer a little juice and then follow with plain water to rinse the sugar off of their teeth. Plus, it's good to get the kids used to drinking plain water...it's so much better for them! If you don't offer juice, then they don't expect it and will drink plain water when they're thirsty...
Hi M., i hate to say this but i think it's a very common problem. My son does the same thing. I didn't want to be giving him juice all the time either so what i did was just filled the cup most of the way with water and then added a tiny bit of juice enough to flavor it and then he would drink it. he was off of formula by this time. i introduced the cup a little before a year but it took him some time to get used to it. he drinks milk just fine from it. but i def mixed the juice with water so i knew he was getting enough water. most of the time if it's water he'll taste it and realize what it is and then throw it or give it back to put something else in it. now he will drink plain water if he is really, really thirsty but that's about it. i've seen alot of babies do this. hope this helps. Jen:)
M.,
My daughter (how is 17 months) never took a bottle or sippy cup. We just went straight to the cup. We put a bib on her with a turned up end - to catch the water - and helped her drink from it. She started when she was about about 9 months old - and she is doing well. We need to watch her - but it works! Another option is using a sippy cup without the stopper - so that she can pour the water into her mouth.
GOod luck!
S.
Hi M.,
Not sure if you tried this yet or not...You know how most sippy cups come with a non-spillable valve? Try removing that valve and giving it to your daughter like that at first--this way, she will realize what a sippy cup is actually for!
When my son was a baby, I had breastfed him until he was 6 months old. He used to take a bottle really well when I had to leave him, but when he reached 3 months old, he suddenly stopped taking the bottle (I learned that it is a very common thing for breastfed babies to do.) This made it very difficult on me when I wanted to leave him. So, when he was 4 months old, I had my babysitters (i.e. mom, in-laws, sister, etc) feed him his milk in a sippy cup! It was messy in the beginning, since they had to slowly pour it into his mouth, but it always worked because he always got just enough milk to hold him over until I got home. He was drinking out of a sippy cup (WITH the valve in place) by the time he was 6 months old. So I say just try removing that valve so that your little girl will know what it's all about! ;)
try the nuby brand cup with the soft spout. or just wait.. maybe she isnt ready for a cup --
I held the cup for my duaghter for a long time - until she figured out how to hold it herslfl and drink .
I am not sure how old my duaghter was.but it took a while.l
Hi~
She'll get it eventually, just keep giving it to her. I also echo the juice advice. We give a splash of juice in a cup of water for flavor. My 3 year old now asks for water even when there is juice around!
~L.
