my 12 month is still on a bottle and he loves it i need some advice to help me get him to start taking a sippy cup
2007-01-11 04:28:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
If he has had juice in a bottle this may be a little bit harder but buy one cup to start gerber has one that has a soft spout and handles or if he can hold his own bottle try one that doesnt have handles kids typically just play with the ones that have handles, beating them on the ground and launching them across the room is easy. The no handles one they cant do that well they can drop it but its not as easy to throw. Offer him some juice or milk in his cup if you are switching from formula to cows milk you may have to mix it like 50/50 so he will take it. Ok so the lady before said they can consume a cup lying down what the hell does she think they do with a bottle they consume it lying down or propped. So if lying down is a concern get a cup that has a straw use munchkin they dont leak as much as other straw cups. You may have to hold the cup for your baby at first and purse his cheeks to help him get a good seal on the cup to get anything out but it works. Just start offering the cup more and more when he would normally have a bottle and save the bottle for emergencies and just be patient.
2007-01-11 05:36:22 · answer #1 · answered by sexy b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to get him to start taking a sippy cup "Monkey see, Monkey do". Get two EXACTLY the same and guess what you are drinking out of for awhile. Also try a few different kinds. The "grab 'n' go"(or whatever they are called) ones are good to start because they leak if you tip them, so the baby gets instant reward.
After they get the hang of it you may want to switch to one that is leak proof. Personally I love Nuby ones.
However, you should also consider that there is little difference between a sippy cup and a bottle as far as dental concerns go. Actually a bottle is probably better as usually dentists consult on nipple shape. Constantly drinking milk or juice is not good for the teeth. And a sippy cup can be consumed lying down, etc.
Also consider that the natural age of weaning in humans is 2-4 years and ask yourself if your son is really ready to give up the bottle or not. If you are only doing it because you are "supposed to" consider that the experts are a) always changing their minds b) not necessarily right. Do what is best for you and your child. Also as an aside many doctors recommend formula until at least 18 months.[1]
Personally I still breastfeed my 10 month old, and plan to continue well past one year. However he has been consuming water from a sippy cup since about 6 months (limited quanitities at first, now he has shown he will not over consume water so he can have as much as he wants. We had an incident at 4 months with water causing extreme diarrhea)
So try to get your son to take a sippy cup. Then see how it goes from there. Don't however, think you have to force the issue before he is ready.
2007-01-11 04:41:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gave my son a cup with a flip up straw..I don't like the sippy cups. I feel the mouth piece is too hard and can effect his growing teeth from coming in properly.
2007-01-11 05:01:40 · answer #3 · answered by whatelsewhatever 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you that with me and my brother on our 1st birthday our mother made us throw all our bottles in the trash can. this way there are no more bottles in the house and we had to learn how to use a sippy cup.
2007-01-11 04:34:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are able to favor to get some pediasure or toddler "go and advance" formula and integrate it a million/2 and a million/2 with milk till she's used to it and then after a week, do 3/4 milk and a million/4 of the different till she's on total milk. it truly is going to probably take her a million can of the go and advance to do it. Make it her in consumer-friendly words option and he or she will be able to no longer have any determination. i doesn't use juice or some thing else till she starts ingesting milk. At a million three hundred and sixty 5 days by way of toddler hood childrens choose 3-4 8 ounce servings of milk an afternoon for bone, tooth and boom progression. stick consisting of your guns about no longer likely on to the bottle lower back because you're accurate, it will be a lot harder to get her off the bottle the second one time in case you let her regress.
2016-12-29 03:16:09 · answer #5 · answered by jeanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would do it gradually, not all at once. start by offering a sippy cup at feeding instead of bottle and one less the next week and so on
2007-01-11 04:38:00 · answer #6 · answered by Maddie and Jacobs mom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My little one was like this too... I don't suggest weaning from the bottle to the sippy cup though, that's like weaning from one addiction to another. Wean him to a regular cup and save yourself from having to double wean. Once he masters the regular cup you can put a lid on it for travel.
2007-01-11 04:34:48 · answer #7 · answered by Gig 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A couple of days will be bad but just do it get rid of the bottles tell him hes a big boy now and let him through them away. It worked with all 3 of my kids
2007-01-11 04:43:42 · answer #8 · answered by goldenhillsgifts 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's still just a baby he'll know when he's ready, just give him the big boy cup with his meals while in the high chair but let him have the comfort of bottle when tired
2007-01-11 04:43:03 · answer #9 · answered by christine z 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
try to find the Right cut that makes him feel countable. I had a hard time finding one that my 2yr old liked . Try introducing him to some cups and once he is ready he will leave it on his own
2007-01-11 04:52:20 · answer #10 · answered by lizeth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋