My son is 5 and a half months old. He currently takes 3 (5 oz) breast milk bottles daily as well as nursing 2-3 times per day. He eats 1/4 cup of cereal twice a day and is starting on vegetables.
When will he start using a sippy cup in addition to the bottle and what does a baby drink in the sippy cup? I'm not a big fan of sugary juices and I've heard a baby can get too much water.
2007-01-16 06:03:45 · 24 answers · asked by alibaby 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I started my children at 6 - 8 months. I would put some milk from their bottle in the sippy cup and let them bang it around and play with it as I fed them in the high chair. Of course you have to use a sippy cup that doesn't leak milk. Eventually they put the sippy cup to their mouth and discovered there was good stuff in there just like the bottle! Mission accomplished. :)
2007-01-16 06:13:01 · answer #1 · answered by Vida 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine started with the sippy like a month ago, at six months. Mind you, he's far from independent with it b/c we use the kind that is literally a "sippy" cup - the liquid just pours out, they don't have to suck through a straw or other device. This actually teaches them a new skill, drinking like a big boy! I've read they have to use different coordination and different muscle groups to sip. Otherwise, what's the point? If they have to suck, they might as well be using a bottle - I don't see how it's such a transition that way.
As for what to put in it, I do very diliuted apple juice..at first this was to alleviate some constipation. Now that he's eating a lot of solids, I worry about him being thirsty, but I also have heard too much water can thin their blood, so he just gets a little bit and not even every day. Just when he seems bored because it's a fun activity. Good luck!
2007-01-16 06:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by mandygirl78 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wal-Mart sells a fantastic sippy cup that has a silicon spout. It is clear and feels just like a bottle's nipple. My daughter started drinking from this cup when she was 6 months old. And was bottle broke by the time she was nine months old.
As for what a baby drinks from sippy cup, the nutritionist suggest putting juice or water in it. If you are not a fan of juice, you can dilute it so that she is not getting so much sugar. Also, you don't have to actually fill the cup all the way up when you are fixing your child something to drink. Another thing is that we always gave our daughter her formula in the cup since we were trying to get her off the bottle.
Best wishes!
2007-01-16 06:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by †♥mslamom♥† 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started my son on a sippy cup between 6 and 7 months. It took him a while to really get the hang of it. We just practiced every day with meals. My doctor told me not to put formula or breast milk in a sippy cup. This way when it is time to switch to milk, he won't be confused. Sippy cups are for water, juice, or when the time comes, milk. I usually put water in the sippy cup (he usually doesn't drink that much and certainly didn't at first). If I give him juice, I water it down considerably
2007-01-16 06:36:04 · answer #4 · answered by mlee1277 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All children differ and yours will too, I started giving my daughter a sippy cup at about 8 1/2 months for the first time. I would sit her in the highchair and put a few cheerios and a cuppy on her tray.
Holding it to their mouth until they get that first taste is a good way to start . Then let go when he reaches for the cup and gets his grip. He is not going to hold it or like it at first but leaving it there for hime to see is a great way for him to grow interest in the cup. I also had no problems taking my daugter off of the bottle at 12 1/2 month using this strategy.
**** But since you nurse*****
My best friend nurses.... she said it was so much easier to go from nursing straight to the cup and skipping the bottle all together. Versus using all three.... I hope this helps...
2007-01-16 06:21:53 · answer #5 · answered by stephanie1101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use a sippy cup from 6 months.
I used to put water in the sippy cup for road trips or days at the park. I never gave juice until my kids were about 1 years old and enjoyed drinking their milk and water.
My friends used to take the single packets of formula for their littles ones to the park and would mix water and formula into their sippy cups when they were out and about.
2007-01-16 06:09:53 · answer #6 · answered by fizzents 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mine started at 6-7 months. My kids' pediatrician recommends not giving juice before 9 months and watering it down then but so far my son has just had water in his sippy cup. I never heard that a baby can get too much water.
2007-01-16 06:08:55 · answer #7 · answered by Miriam Z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all started at about 6 months or so, regardless of the indisputable fact that it took her a lengthy time period to get the dangle of it. Now she's a year previous and makes use of a cup like a specialist, she will use a sippy cup, a cup with a straw and an wide-spread cup if she's sitting down (if she's not sitting she thinks she will basically dangle the cup through her aspect and walk round, lol)
2016-10-17 01:42:51 · answer #8 · answered by christler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started my boys with a sippy at 6 months. I gave them water. It took them time to really get the hang of it but when they were a year old the bottles were gone.
2007-01-16 06:46:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started giving my daughter a sippy cup at 7 months. You can on the sippy cup once your baby is able to sit on their own.
2007-01-16 09:25:18 · answer #10 · answered by tigereyes19806 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋