2006-12-05 03:49:45 · 19 answers · asked by jessie_ann2 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
There are different types of cups for different ages! I think the lowest there is out there is 6 months at that's when you can start your infant on water and apple juice and then gradually switch cups and give more liquids they can digest!
2006-12-05 04:13:44 · answer #1 · answered by rkonkin226 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started putting a sippy cup on my daughter's high chair at around 5 1/2 months... just so that she would reach for it and get a feel for holding it. I started putting juice in it at 6 months and giving her little sips but still holding it for her, I did that for a few weeks and then let her start trying it on her own once she understood how it worked a little more and now at 9 months, she's a pro. Always use your own judgement though, you'll know when your baby is ready.
2006-12-05 12:12:01 · answer #2 · answered by Mel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My children started on a sippy cup at 10 months, just so they could get use to it, I put formula in the sippy and let them carry it around, they also continued to get a bottle. By the time they were a year old they knew how to use the sippy and were off the bottle in the day time.
2006-12-05 11:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by thelogicalferret 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I started my daughter around 5 months. She did great and transistioned from bottle to sippy at a year old. Now she's taking most fluids from a cup with a lid and straw and we only use sippys for morning milk and when we're out. She's 18 months old
2006-12-05 13:14:55 · answer #4 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"When should I introduce a sippy cup?
Some babies enjoy a sippy as early as 5 or 6 months, and others aren't interested until after their first birthdays. Most babies seem ready around 7 to 9 months, though."
2006-12-05 11:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by Niqabi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started all of my kids around the 6-7 months range. Usually when they could sit up by themselves and hold the cup pretty well. And I only let them have juice or watered down Sprite in the cup. My youngest will not use the cup with handles on both sides. I have to give him the same cup his2.5yr old brother uses!
2006-12-05 12:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by Heather B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's safe to start them at any age really. My kids never had a bottle. I breastfed then when they needed juice or water, around 4 months i started them on a soft spout sippy cup without any problems. its never too early to start using sippys. Then you can just gradually move on to a harder spout sippy cup.
2006-12-05 12:30:42 · answer #7 · answered by pixiehopes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as soon as he masters holding the bottle on his own. avent has several types of sippy cups for different ages starting as young as 6 mo
2006-12-05 11:51:53 · answer #8 · answered by Lori C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter will be a year old on Sunday and I statred her on a sippy cup around 10 months.She will not drink formula,water or tea out of it though only juice,koolaid, and pedilite.But she will drink her formula out of her bottle and tea and water out of a regular cup.
2006-12-05 12:27:39 · answer #9 · answered by Dixie H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start at 6 months. I gave my son one at 4 months empty just to play with. That way he would get use to holding one. Now he is 6 months. He still hasn't mastered it yet but sometimes it just takes time.
2006-12-05 13:34:27 · answer #10 · answered by Lisa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋