sippy cup. she just doesnt seem that interested in it. She gets frustrated and throws it. Shes 15 months. any helpful advice would be appreciated. Thanks! :)
2006-07-05 05:35:27 · 23 answers · asked by Bride2Be 8/30/08 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
quit offering her a bottle. the problem might also be that she can't suck hard enough to get anything out of that particular sippy. I'm pretty sure you can find something at walmart to help her transition that it in betwee the bottle and the sippy
2006-07-05 05:39:33 · answer #1 · answered by Katie 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I got my youngest who is 21 months old off the bottle at age 1 by throwing away all bottles and getting 2 cups with soft tips and the rest of the sippy cups had a regular hard tips. Use the regular cups all day long unless she gets really fussy then switch with a soft tip cup. Or use regular cups at meal times and a soft tip just before napping, but dont let them sleep with it.
Another idea is to put plain water in the bottles and milk or juice in the cups, you can also try a little sprite or 7up or something of that sort in the cup to get her use to drink out of a cup.
It comes down to an attachment issue and all kids go through it. Eventually it will switch to a blanket or a doll or if she is like my oldest daughter a red headband that she has to wear with everything (blue, green, purple, pink, yellow clothing). Anyways you just have to be patient my oldest didnt get off the bottle untill baby sister was born.
If she throws it pick it up, put it away and dont say anything else until she finally realizes that she will only get a cup. It will be awhile before she is use to it. Hope you have ear plugs at night!!!
2006-07-05 12:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by Shannon C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She probably finds comfort in the sucking motion that a bottle affords. I found with my stepdaughter that telling her that she needed to use the "big girl" cups during the day eased her frustrations during the day. At night, she was still given a bottle for the comfort motions but once she was comfortable with the sippy cups, out went all her bottles. Unfortunately, it's one of those situations where you have to be more patient than she is and kinda wear her into using the sippy cups. Good luck!
2006-07-05 12:42:53 · answer #3 · answered by cgspitfire 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, don't push it too hard, because eventually she WILL want to change over. If you are willing to deal with a few drips, take out that valve in the top of the cup that regulates the flow, which will let more milk flow out, she might like that better. Also, you could try putting something special in the cup that she never gets in a bottle. like, I don't know, chocolate milk? Or is that bribery. I guess with my daughter I sort of tried once a day putting out only a cup and not a bottle with meals, and after awhile she usually used a cup and bottle only before bed. Even at 18 months she still had her bottle at bedtime, but it didn't go much longer than that.
2006-07-05 12:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by surlygurl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just a battle of wills. My son was the same way. One day he was very thirsty and kept telling me he wanted something to drink. I handed him a sippy cup. For 10 minutes or so he refused, but he became thirsty enough he drank the sippy cup. After that I introduced sippy cups more and more and eventually stopped giving him a bottle completely. Don't give it, she's just trying you. It's about being her being in control of herself. Just hang in there, you're doing great!
2006-07-05 14:28:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, after four children (one being autistic) the best thing to do is buy a few sippy cups she may like and throw all (every one of them) bottles away. It is more your frustration than hers, because you are the one that will give in first! To eliminate this, throw them out! Sucking on a bottle at this age can ruin her teeth by bringing them forword. Then in a few years you will be on here asking advice for braces :)
2006-07-05 12:42:00 · answer #6 · answered by Miki M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son went from the bottle to using a cup that had a straw attached to it. I found them at Wal-Mart in the baby section. Also some of the sippy cups we had bought seemed a bit hard to get the liquid out, I found some at the Dollar Tree that worked better for getting liquid but they're not totally spill proof. Hope this will help.
2006-07-05 19:43:42 · answer #7 · answered by Karla A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well she's getting kinda old for bottles. Just keep offering her the sippy cup. If she rejects it- oh well. Don't give her the bottle. She needs to learn. If she really was thirsty, she'll eventually drink from the sippy cut. Be firm!!
2006-07-05 12:45:27 · answer #8 · answered by Angel Eyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say perhaps cold turkey. If you give her a sippy cup, and she throws it, just let her wait...eventually she'll discover that there's not going to be any more bottles. When she gets thirsty enough, she'll drink from the sippy cup : ) Good luck!
2006-07-05 12:40:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she may not be ready. Do you have a soft top sippy cup? There are so many different cups out there....buy a couple differnt kinds. You can also throw all the bottles out, and show her they are gone. Some kids react very well to that, and dont fight it!
2006-07-05 12:39:30 · answer #10 · answered by bangbanks72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start watering down her milk in the bottle and give her strait milk in the sippy. Don't give her juice or water in the bottle. only in a sippy. She will get the idea that the good drinks are now coming from the sippy and will choose that drink. Just keep watering down the milkin the bottle until she doesn't want it. Good Luck.
2006-07-05 12:38:49 · answer #11 · answered by not the mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋