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myLot reputation of 77/100. angelface23 (2067)   ranked 296 out of 3,704 in had children 5 years ago

our pediatrician said that our daughter has to be off the bottle by a year. A few months ago we had gotten sippy cups which she did use but now she won't use them, she just chews on the tip. We even tried to get a different kind of cup that has a mouth piece similar to the nipple but she won't use that either. Any advice on how to get her to use the cup. She's not ready to hold a cup without a lid though. She's 9 months, if that helps.

 

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1. myLot reputation of 96/100. Bytemi (591)   ranked 285 out of 3,704 in had children   5 years ago

I got my daughter the cups that had straws, they are still sippys with handles, but the straw made a huge difference. I hope this helps.

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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. nelly5 (705)   ranked 164 out of 3,704 in had children   5 years ago

If you are no longer giving her a bottle, she will eventually drink from the cup when she is thirsty enough. If she is allowed to have the bottle at the same time of trying to get her to drink from the cup, of course she will most likely refuse the cup. So I say be done with the bottle and just offer the cup to her. Have a good day. =)


myLot reputation of 88/100. sarah22 (2785)   ranked 131 out of 3,704 in had children  5 years ago

this is so true, get ride of the bottle completly. she might cry but eventy she will use the cup. you too can put her milk in there so she gets enough. make the cup fun. like others have said get the strews.


myLot reputation of 94/100. sedel1027 (12989)   ranked 5 out of 3,704 in had children  5 years ago

That is exactly what I was going to suggest. The other thing is that she may not just be ready. We introduced my son to a sippy when he was 9 months old and he was sort of interested. When he was almost 10 months he just rejected a bottle.

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3. myLot reputation of 86/100. racheldarcy (2399)   5 years ago

It took my twins quite a long time to learn to us ethe sippycups. I left them around all the time with water in so that they could play with them. Occasionally I put milk in them to see if they would drink it but they usually just cried for their bottle. Every few weeks I would try them with milk in and give them the cups in place of the bottle. Once they had been using the cups for a few months I decided to try them on the bedtime feed as well. Now my one son is fine with that. My other son takes his milk at bedtime from the sippycup but then cries for his bottle as he likes to have it in the cot all night (with water in). So he is still having the bottle at night and he is 19 months. He uses it as his comfort blanket - his brother has a cloth that he sucks instead. I have toyed with the idea of stopping him having it but it seems mean in a way. We only just got him sleeping through the night at 16 months and this was by letting him have the bottle for when he wakes up so that he can settle himself. he still wakes up quite a bit but doesn'y cry all the time anymore so i do not want to take away the bottle for a while yet.

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4. myLot reputation of 88/100. fluffyfrog (2612)   5 years ago

Weaning her off the bottle at a year is a good idea but it doesnt HAVE to be that soon. I would keep trying, get her one with straws and see if that helps. Otherwise, you are just going to have to get tough as she gets closer to a year of age. She will eventually drink from it when she realizes that she wont get milk any other way. My daughter put up a fight but it only lasted a few days as we continually gave her a sippy cup for each time she was thirsty.

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5. myLot reputation of 97/100. sunshine4 (6293)   ranked 3 out of 3,704 in had children   5 years ago

give it time. she will get use to it. my kids all chewed on the tops of the sippy cups. just keep introducing it to her and she will get the hang of it. you still have plenty of time to get her off the bottle.

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6. myLot reputation of 95/100. mrsturner (463)   ranked 995 out of 3,704 in had children   5 years ago

Why does she have to be off the bottle by a year? I'm sorry if that seems nosy, but I've known people to give their children bottles till they are around three. In the next three months though there will be a big difference in what she will tolerate. My son wouldn't take any type of sippy cup until around ten months old and he was off the bottle by a year. I gave him his formula in a bottle and then when he switched to milk he got it in a cup. I have an 8 month old who wouldn't take anything but a bottle, but I keep trying every week or so and now sometimes she'll take a little water or juice from the sippy cup.


myLot reputation of 77/100. angelface23 (2067)   ranked 296 out of 3,704 in had children  5 years ago

Our pediatrician said for her to be off by a year. I guess it has to do with tooth decay issues and he not using the bottle as a comfort. I just gave her some juice in the cup and she took some of it but only a little bit.


myLot reputation of 77/100. angelface23 (2067)   ranked 296 out of 3,704 in had children  5 years ago

we bought her a different kind of sippy cup last night and I decided to take her off the bottle cold turkey. It is actually going okay. She had the cup last night and once already today with her formula in it. I will keep everyone posted.

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