my 18 month old speaks, walks, eats, but wont, wont wont use a sippy cup. will not give up his bottle. the dr. isnt too worried, but suggested i wean him. its not working. am i the onlyone out here like this?
2006-11-20 04:52:54 · 22 answers · asked by becbrett@sbcglobal.net 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I have 4 kids (ages 27, 25, 22, and 9) plus I have done daycare in my home for 20 years. One of my own children plus several of my daycare children have clung to the bottle and resisted drinking from a cup. Several different things have worked for different children. Some children find the most common sippy cups hard to use because it requires quite a bit of sucking to get any liquid from it and it is a different sucking than a bottle requires. Some children benefit from using the more old fashioned type of sippy cup. The kind that is not as spill-proof, has the lid with the built in spout that has holes in it, but there is no internal valve that prevents leaking. I also have had several children who do not use sippy cups but use a small cup that has a lid with a built in straw. I had one child in my daycare who only drank from a small cup with no lid at all beginning when she was 18 months old. I started giving her 1 ounce less in her bottle and offering her 1 ounce in a tiny plastic cup at meals and snacks and she drank with little spilling at all. My own son, who is now 25, had a bottle until he was 3. We tried a lot of things, but what finally worked was I gave away all of his big bottles and kept only one 4 ounce bottle. When he was 2, I began only giving him water in it and offered his milk at meals and snacks in a Tupperware sippy cup (the old kind that isn't spill-proof). At first he wouldn't drink from it, but I was insistent that he could only have water in his bottle. When his older sister went to the dentist for the first time, he wanted to sit in the chair, too,and have his teeth counted. The hygenist said he showed signs of baby bottle mouth and was developing cavities so I knew I had to do this even though he pitched a royal fit everytime I told him no milk or juice, only water in his bottle. I think he didn't drink anything but a few sips of water from his bottle for days. But, I made the decision as his mom that I had to be in charge here and refused him anything else in his bottle, but always gave him juice or milk at meals/snacks. It seemed like forever, but I think it was only really about 7-10 days later that he was drinking from his cup and mostly carrying around his bottle of water, but rarely had it in his mouth.
2006-11-20 05:37:43 · answer #1 · answered by sevenofus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have an 18 month old that is still on the bottle. She only uses it at nap & bedtime though. And I'm in the process of weining her off of it completely. I had problems getting my daughter to initially take to a sippy cup too. Just keep trying... maybe let him pick out a cup at the store. That might get him excited about it.
My parents are the ones who got my daughter to take a sippy cup. My mom had me send my daughter over with only a cup, no bottles. She used the theory that when she's thirsty she'll take it. and she did. She said it took a couple of tries, and a couple cries for her bottle and a tantrum or two, but my mom persisted. Once she got home I did the same and (still a tantrum or two, but..) it worked. Bedtimes are another story though... still working on that.
I have two more suggestions... First try using the sippy cups that have the flexible rubber nipples/tops. Nibby sells some at walmart. They're more similar to bottles than the hard plastic ones and might make the transaction smoother.
and second. .. also at walmart, they sell nipples for bottles, that replicate drinking from a sippy cup. it might help to use those for a little while.
2006-11-20 13:10:59 · answer #2 · answered by lv82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are going by the he will give it up when he is ready stop worrying. If you are worried remember you are the mom you have the power to make him give it up. Make a big deal about him being a big boy or girl. Have a ceremony where you throw out the bottles and make a gift of the new sippy cup. They will eventually get the idea/
2006-11-20 12:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by bramblerock 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Nuby sippy cup the part where they drink from is much softer than most sippy cups & maybe this will help the transition. My daughter still has a bottle at bedtime & some naptimes. I am not too worried about it yet because she drinkes from a sippy cup all other times. I hope this helps! :)
2006-11-20 16:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by Ang 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took all my son's bottles out of the house at 13 months old and he hasn't had one since. At first he didn't want nothing to do with the sippy cup, but he couldn't see a bottle to cry for one, therefore he gave in and took what he was given. You are the boss. Let your child know that this is how it is going to be. Good luck!
2006-11-20 13:59:02 · answer #5 · answered by tricksy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cold turkey is the only answer that I have found to work! My 5 y/o cntinue to drink from a bottle until his fifth birthday. Ofcourse, this was only at night, but he did drink from a bottle thhroughout the day until he was 2 1/2. We have 3 other sons, and when they turned one, we took that bottle and gave them a cup. I thought for sure they were dehydrating, because it took 3 days before they would actually drink from it as they would have the bottle. On day 4, they had forgotten all about the bottle. We learned the hard way with our first child, but now we know that cold turkey is what was needed.
Hope this helped
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2006-11-20 13:10:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son was about that age when he got off the bottle take it from him during the day (out of site out of mind ) throw all of them away and be encouraged you can do it and then allow him to drink a sippy at bed time he might cry for the first few nights but he'll get over it.
2006-11-20 17:02:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you not the only on out there trust me! My 18 month old is still on the bottle but only at night it took him a long time to get used to sippy cups i had to buy just about everyone out there they make and we then found one he liked and now he likes them all but will not drink milk out of them only juice and water. I say and tell people when he is ready to get of the bottle he will i'm not rushing him were down to just haveing one at night so i pretty happy with that!
2006-11-20 14:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would do one of 2 things. Throw away my bottles so that I don't have one to offer or slowly start to water things down you give him such as half milk half water so that its not as good as what you offer in a sippy cup. I would slowly increase it by the week. Perhaps do 1/4 water and 3/4 milk and increase as you go on. Hopefully that helps. I know how hard it is to see your little prince upset. My princess is only 8 months and it drives me insane.
2006-11-20 13:12:23 · answer #9 · answered by Kennedy & Kevin's mommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son is two and a half year! he still wont give up bottles! I am confused as well. But try to give him atleast water in sippy cup! That is what i am trying to do to red rid off his bottles! Good luck take care
2006-11-20 12:57:59 · answer #10 · answered by kiran123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋