My 1 year old daughter, Maeve, refuses to drink anything from a sippy cup. I have a couple different types, but each time I give her one, she has absolutely no interest in it. What would you suggest?
2006-08-23 07:18:54 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
You have to be consistent. Give her ALL her beverages in a sippy cup. When she gets thirsty enough...she'll drink out of it.
2006-08-23 07:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by virgogirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eeeek! Don't give her CocaCola or any type of soda for that matter but you could but a drop of vanilla in the milk that you put in the sippy cup and not in the milk in the bottle. Or you could also take her around some other children who are drinking from sippy cups and ask her if she's ready to drink from the sippy cups like the other kids.
Is there some health reason that makes it really important for her to get off the bottle right now? My experience has shown me that it is much easier to persuade children (people in general) to make changes rather than forcing it on them.
Praise is a wonderful thing too.
2006-08-23 07:33:14 · answer #2 · answered by Not Laughing w/ U 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that she has no idea that there is something to drink in the cup or how to get it out. Sometimes little ones are interested in drinking whatever mom and dad have. Try giving her a small amount of water in a tiny cup, such as a 3 oz. plastic bathroom cup. She'll make a mess with it and dump it all over, but she'll soon get the hang of realizing there is something great about drinking out of a cup. Several of my own children and the children I do daycare for preferred a small cup with a lid that has a straw built in to it over the sippy cup. At my house, I prefer the kids to not walk around all day with a sippy cup. Most kids that do don't eat well. I move them pretty quickly to a small tumbler at meal times with milk in it, usually by 3 years old. I mop up a lot of spills, but I have plenty of paper towels ready.
2006-08-23 07:35:52 · answer #3 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the soft large nipple sippy cups from Nubbie worked for my son...
And to my surprise just the other day he drank directly from a cup without a top? Of course, it got a bit messy but I wasn't even aware of this ability...
Don't be shocked that your daughter might like colorful cups, so try some more there's plenty to choose from out there... Also, if you disappear the bottles then she'll see that the sippy cups are the only choice to go with...
Good luck.
2006-08-23 11:32:25 · answer #4 · answered by Cynthia -SAB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try substituting the sippy cup for the bottle, when she asks for a drink. And don't give her the bottle. But don't force the cup on her, she'll get used to using it. Also she might not like the hard tip, try getting a sippy cup with a more flexible tip.
2006-08-23 08:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you need her to drink from a sippy? Are you trying to wean from a bottle? Have you considered offering a real cup (the kind adults use)? She may need help at first, but it's not really that hard; my son mastered a real cup at 15 mo.
What are you offering in the cup? My son is huge water fanatic, espcally when he's teething. Maybe try offering really cold water.
I never had to do this with my son, but I have heard that it helps sometimes to remove the spill proof valve so the baby can get the liquid easier; it's actually pretty difficult to get anything out of most sippies when the valve is in.
2006-08-23 07:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by doxhaelend 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok, i had the exact same problem with my oldest son. When I took his bottle away, he refused to drink out of a sippy cup too, even though I had introduced the cups months before. I even called the doctor hysterical b/c I was afraid he'd get dehydrated! I told her he didn't know how, and she said that he did know how, he just was more comfortable with the bottle. Cups are just so foreign to them after breast or bottle, it is natural for babies to be suspicious. If you used a bottle before, simply take it away. Totally. I know it sounds mean, and you will have a rough couple of days, especially if she is used to falling to sleep while taking a bottle, but it works. If you are breastfeeding, it may be harder, but try to give her breastmilk in a cup sometimes, such as at night, so that she learns to fall asleep on her own. Hope this helps!
2006-08-23 07:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by taylor619 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So you're saying that she still wants the bottle? Simple. Throw all the bottles out AND tell her that there's nothing else but sippy cups. That will take care of it. She will refuse for a while, but with no other choice, she'll go for it. Also, you can't give in since you won't have anything to give in with. Sometime tough loves works better.
2006-08-23 07:22:20 · answer #8 · answered by Private Account 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
throw the bottles away. Fin
maybe she doesnt want to use a sippy cup. Try giving her a real cup. You might be surprised how grown up she really is.
There's cups out there for parents also. You know, the ones you use for when your driving, the ones for your coffee.
Show your daughter that you also use a sippy cup and she will want to be like you.
2006-08-23 07:34:20 · answer #9 · answered by Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many different ways to go about this change. The way I suggest is almost always to remember who the boss is.
Put all of the bottles away and only offer her sippy cups. Eventually she will be forced to try it because she will be thirsty. Offer it to her with love but explain to her that she is getting bigger and bigger girls drink from sippy cups.
Good Luck
2006-08-23 07:23:08 · answer #10 · answered by MoMattTexas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid of the bottles, tell them they went bye-bye. Go to your local department store and find a sippy cup with a soft top like a bottle has. Those seem to be the easiest thing to transfer them too right off the bottle.
2006-08-23 08:53:41 · answer #11 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋