You're right, he's just being lazy. I've heard that too that some kids find it easier to drink from a regular one--but then again, he'll probably just want you to hold it for him. Just give him the sippy cup and he'll probably cry and scream at first but then he'll realize that he's thirsty and might as well try it out. He'll get it. But don't give him a sippy cup at every meal. Try giving him a sippy cup during lunch each day for a few days and then give him the sippy cup at lunch and dinner for a few days and then eventually give it to him all the time.
2006-08-14 05:03:18
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answered by BeeFree 5
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Your son is not being lazy, he is only 6 months old. Most babies don't use sippy cups until their 10-12 months old. He is not ready for the sippy cup yet. Be patient ... and try agian in a month. Try about every month until he is ready. But don't force the issue. Making him scream and cry because he doesn't want a sippy only discourages him more.
Health professionals state that by the time a baby turns 1 year old, they should be off the bottle on drinking from cups. But, babies develop at thier on pace and do things when they are ready to.
Have you tried the Nuby Sport Sipper? It has a "straw-type" silicone spout and is more like the bottle. Some babies don't like the hard spouts. That is what worked for my daughter and she was going on 2 before I could get her to drink from a sippy. The sport sipper is her favorite and she's 3 now. She drinks from tumblers and glasses also. (and still makes messes with them LOL)
Also, don't put formula or milk in the sippy cups, use juices and water for sippy cups. Save formula and milks for the bottle until your baby is ready to get off the bottle. Sippy cups should hold thier drinks, not their meals.
2006-08-14 05:34:15
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answered by Regina R 3
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I'm thinking he's not yet making the connection between food and the sippy. When I feed my baby (he's one now, so going back a little...) I would feed him most of his lunch in his highchair, then when he starts to play, meaning he's not real hungry anymore, then I'd give him the sippy. He'd play with it and make a mess, but learned to hold it and eventually associated it with feeding time. Keep the bottle hid when the sippy is around. However, still at one, we're trying to wean him from the bottle, and he has a stronger attachment to it than the sippy, but it'll come. By the way, the cheap multi-colored sippys from Walmart are the best, they don't leak a lot and are easy for sucking. Plus if you lose one it's no big deal cause they come like six in a pack for about $2.50. Good luck!
2006-08-14 05:10:25
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answered by Anonymous
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I wouldn't worry too much hun, I started giving my daughter a sippy cup at about 6 months too, and she didn't drink it by herself until she was about 10 months old! He will do it when he is ready. Is he getting anything out of it? I mean, if he isn't sucking hard enough he might not be getting anything so it might not interest him much. Try taking out the little part that makes it spill proof. It will make more of a mess, but he will get something and start to understand what it's all about, then he might be more willing to hold it for himself. Anyway, don't stress, he's still pretty young to be doing it on his own.
2006-08-14 06:09:42
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answered by tiece20 2
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My son is 8 months old now. We starting trying the sipping cup with him at 6 months basically because that's the earliest recommendation. He didn't understand it much at all as far as it being a drink/food source. He's getting the hang of it more and more but we just use it to give him water for now. He knows it's something to drink from now. We also tried the same thing with trying to make him pick it up at 6 months and I think it just takes time. He'll eventually hold the bottle himself. He holds it now a lot more, he protests for a few seconds and then grabs it. It's just a learning process and babies are different with every new thing. Also, we do often give our son his water from a regular cup. We assist him because he'll spill it everywhere and sometimes he swallows a lot of it and sometimes he spills. We always have a towel ready. LOL
2006-08-14 05:39:47
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answered by Henry's Mom 3
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Try the Avent with the soft spout for a baby that young--it is the most like the bottle and won't hurt his gums. Remember that he is only six months and he has to get used to something different. I was wondering if your son holds his own bottle? If he does then just keep trying with the sippy but if he doesn't then maybe he isn't ready yet.
2006-08-14 09:40:30
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answered by confused by court order 4
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I've tried all kinds of sippy cups for my daughter(she's 17 months now and have been trying since she was about 9 months) and the only thing that she will drink out of and hold on to is a Spongebob Cup that has a spill proof straw on it! and it actually doesnt leak! She loves it, you might want to try it but its probally still too young for a straw. GOOD LUCK!
2006-08-14 05:07:51
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answered by sjeboyce 5
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I never tried my child that early. She was able to drink water from a juice glass at 4 months, but she didn't hold it herself. Maybe he's just not ready for it yet. I didn't put my daughter on sippy cups until she was getting off the bottle.
2006-08-14 05:09:40
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answered by angelbaby 7
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we began a sippy cup with my son at 10 months. He by no skill held his personal bottle (i imagine that grow to be regularly because of the particular undeniable actuality that he grow to be regularly breastfed and in uncomplicated words were given a bottle at daycare). He did not even start up to carry his personal sippy cup till he grow to be over 14 months.
2016-11-25 00:36:51
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answered by ? 4
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Instead of sippy cups, try the Rubbermaid "juice boxes" with the straws. My kids all did better with these than with sippy cups. I think they are especially good for breastfed babies who aren't used to getting bottles so they don't get the whole idea of needing to tip it up. Another advantage is that you can give it a little squeeze to squirt some liquid up the straw to get them started.
2006-08-14 05:21:15
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answered by momma2mingbu 7
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