My 9 month old twins will not drink from a sippy cup at all. Im trying to transition them away from the bottle, but i am fighting what seems like a losing battle. So far the only thing either of them will do with the sippy cups is launch it across the room or hit their sibling ( and it seems to be funny to both of them) I have tried cups with handles & without. I have tried several brands including Avent & Nubby's ( i think thats what its called) Any recomendations on brands? Any ideas on how to transition from the bottle? My daughter is a great eater of solid foods, but my son will not eat more than 2 bites of anything.
Thanks mommas! I kinda thought it was too early but i keep hearing that weaning off the bottle before 1 is best. Well i dont think its best for my kiddos.
Nine months is pretty young, most babies still want bottle or breast until at least a year. Their behavior is a pretty clear indicator that they are not ready :)
i agree with the moms that say it's a little early yet to be forcing it. from your title i thought we were talking about 4-5 year olds who were too old for them and had just started pelting them at each other or something lol. at this age though i think they're just not "getting" it, and that's fine. hang in there mom!
9 mos is still pretty immature for a cup. Best to shoot more for a year, 3 mos makes a big difference in their dexterity and understanding how to drink from a cup.
My daughter would never drink from a sippy cup, she hated them! So she drank from a bottle and then at 14 months learned to drink from a regular open cup at meal times. At nine months, her main source of liquids was still me, with a bottle used at daycare.
Sippy cups are a recent invention, and are no better than a bottle for their teeth or mouth. They are not necessary. If nothing else, I would just wait a while before introducing the sippy cup again.
Put them away for awhile. Your kids are telling you they aren't ready!!! If they aren't ready, they just aren't~ Give it a few months and then try again.
M
I would let it go & revisit it later, personally. They're babies, they don't HAVE to use a sippy cup.
I don't understand why everyone's in such a rush for their babies to grow up. It seems like a new thing, and it's really unnecessary (the comment is just a general one, not directed at OP at all.)
too young. don't set yourself up for this battle. let it go for a few more months then reintroduce it.
khairete
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They are a little young yet. Even at 12 months my kids weren't thrilled with the sippy cups. Sometime between 1 and 2 they each got the idea. Also for my kids straw cups they had trouble with until about 2 as well. You could also try them on an open cup with maybe 2 sips of water at a meal. I read in a Montessori book to try that starting around 9 to 12 months but I didn't try it that early with my kids. My 2 year old likes to practice with a regular cup in the bath tub (with drinking water, not bath water).
I would agree that 9 months may be a little early to try transitioning to a cup...the only thing I could suggest is to possibly try working with each twin individually, introducing the cup to them and being right there where you can keep them from launching it.
Try using straw cups (take and toss are cheap and hold up for YEARS even through the dishwasher!). Using a straw helps develop their speaking muscles and won't coat their teeth in whatever they are drinking like sippy cups do.
I introduced a straw to my son at 6 months and it took him until past his first birthday to finally figure it out, so you have to be patient. Just keep offering at meal times and at some point they'll get it.
I skipped the sippy cup altogether and went right to a regular cup. Daycare started working with DS at about 8-9 months and he picked it up pretty fast. You have to start with small amounts of liquid and expect some spills. But why teach them that there is no such thing as gravity and have to reteach it later. DS only had (still does at 5) a cup at the table. If he is thirsty he asks for water or milk and drinks at the table. So he was always supervised with a cup. When yours start to play with the cup, I would take that as a sign they are done drinking for the moment and take it away. I would not be punitive about it, just matter of fact. At our daycare, infants were generally expected to be able to use a cup when they transitioned to the toddler room (12 months) and I don't recall any that had a problem with it.
I only have a suggestion about the cup-throwing: sippy-grips. It's like a bink-link. The tether is about a foot long; one end fastens around the cup, and the other fastens around... the stroller, the highchair, the whatever and keeps the cup from hitting the ground (or the sibling).
But when you are introducing the cup, you can get drink tethers that velcro to the high chair. While they are learning, they should only get the cup in the high chair anyway. Something like this
http://www.amazon.com/BooginHead-BLSSG-103-Booginhead-Sip...
