2006-10-05 15:30:17 · 19 answers · asked by gym junkie mummy 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
With my daughter, I got her a sippy cup with handles because it seems like when they are that young it gets kinda hard for them to grip a plain cup with their little hands. Another idea is this cup called a Nuby...they sell them at walmart and they have the rubber spout which also controls the flow of the milk and it also might soothe your child's gums if they happen to be teething. It seemed to work best with my daughter, who was also breastfed.
2006-10-05 15:35:33 · answer #1 · answered by ♫Joshua's~♥~Girl♫ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My first (breastfed) child took (meaning actually drank from) a sippie cup at about 5 months old, so you should be able to get your 10 month old to fairly easily.
I used a Gerber's fun grip soft starters sippie cup. They have two handles for easy gripping and an extra soft spout.
I started out giving him just water in the cup, and then went on to the milk.
2006-10-05 22:58:49 · answer #2 · answered by Theresa C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son started drinking from a cup at about 4 months because no one could get him to take a bottle when I wasn't around to nurse him. At first, I would use a spoon and spoon breast milk from the cup into his mouth. Once he got used to that, I simply put breast milk in the cup and held it up to his mouth and let him drink it. He caught on right away. It was pretty easy to do.
2006-10-05 15:36:55 · answer #3 · answered by Faith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first try putting juice in the cup.. they will do almost anything for juice at that age.. just use baby juice and water it down..
after a while of that.. he will want the cup, and you can use milk.
He is really too young to drink only from a cup.. you will still need to breastfeed for a while.. but it is good to introduce a sippy cup about now.
2006-10-05 15:35:55 · answer #4 · answered by Tiffany P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make it fun.. offer it in a situation where it's OK for him/her to make a mess, like in the bath tub. start with just water.
The more active your child is and the less often they want to stop to nurse the more opportunities you will have to offer various eating solutions.
With wee ones cups are for emptying. the first few cups of anything got turned straight upside down before the realized that if they wanted to keep what was inside they had to be careful.
Babies really are brilliant!
2006-10-05 16:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by lesbianmommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try a soft spout cup, w/ expressed milk, or even formula or juice. the biggest thing is to get him used to the cup itself, rite now he's accustomed to milk from you, so it may take quite a few tries... also, depending on his preferences, he may be more likely to accept an alternative (the cup) either when he's the hungriest, or less hungry... dont give up, sweetie!!! i had some probs w/ my 2 toddlers taking sippies, and now they wont dare spend a waking min w/out one!
2006-10-05 16:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the sippy cups that have the soft like nipple. And tell him its his big boys cup. When he drinks out of it reward him
2006-10-05 16:13:39 · answer #7 · answered by tiffanydeannabney04 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I breastfed my 5 years old until she was two years. It was impossible for me to remove her from the breast, but, my sister did it first with a bottle, then the cup.
2006-10-05 15:35:47 · answer #8 · answered by Janet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start with breast milk from a bottle cant expect a baby to learn a bunch of new things all at once try pumped breastmilk in a bottle then homo milk in a bottle THEN homo milk in a cup. One step at a time
2006-10-05 15:34:08 · answer #9 · answered by Brandi D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well you could try a few things like one day u cut one of his/her feedings out and replace it with a cup or u can try and make a game out of it till he/she get use to the idea of a cup
2006-10-05 16:04:47 · answer #10 · answered by angelbaby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋