Question for all moms please???

Question

when is the right age for your baby to start with a sippy cup? my daughter just turned one and i have tried them with her and she does not want it, shes stuck on the bottle... ahould she be drinking whole milk now too?

Answer 1

As with most topics involving infants and toddlers there are no clear cut answers. My son was off the bottle at nine months old. He couldn't figure out how to sit and drink it, he would always fall over. But if I gave him a sippy cup he was just fine. So out the door went the bottles. As for the whole milk, rule of thumb has always been to give them milk once they turn a year old. I never actually gave my kids whole milk, we just used 2% like the rest of the family was using. I always find it amusing that they want our babies and toddlers to be cute and "chubby" and then complain that they are overweight as adolesents. Whole milk is high in fat and could cause your child to not want 2% or skim as they grow older.

Answer 2

Every child is different. My first daughter used the sippy cup exclusively by 9 or 10 months except for her after dinner milk which she continued to have in a bottle until she was well over a year. My second daughter is 10 months now and doesn't want anything to do with the sippy cup. I just keep trying her every couple of days..the best bet is to try and introduce it at the middle of the day feeding using milk and also throughout the day with water inbetween her bottle feedings. The bottle is a comfort to her also so I wouldn't suggest doing it cold turkey, just slowly.

Also, whole milk usually starts at a year old...I added a bit of milk to every cup of formula and just weaned down the amount of formula over about a 2 week period of time until it was all milk.

good luck!

Answer 3

As far as whole milk goes, I was told that the only concern with formula (if that's what she's having) would be too much weight gain; and if a child was not in danger of getting fat it didn't matter much if they had formula for a while longer.

Sippy cup: They usually just have the cup occasionally (maybe when sitting at a table when people are having dinner, for example) and use it part-time for a while. If I recall correctly, somewhere between late in the first year and around 18 months they get pretty skilled with the sippy cup.

As long as they're skilled enough with it it is usually just a matter of getting rid of the bottle.

Most babies love those bottles. I think if you treat the sippy cup as something she has a "treat" drink from (juice or water or even strawberry milk), separate from her "usual" milk she'll come to see the cup as an extra treat rather than something to replace the bottle she loves right now. Later, once she's as used to the cup as she is a bottle you can make the switch.

NOTE: Your really should ask your pediatrician about when she should have whole milk. To the best of my understanding, toddlers still need WHOLE MILK because of the rate of development of their brains and bodies. I am under the impression lower-fat milk may leave them nutritionally deprived, so ask your doctor about that too.

Answer 4

I started my son on a sippy cup around a year too and also on whole milk. It took us awhile to find a sippy cup he would like at first but most parents make the mistake of giving up and giving in and handing over the bottle out of frustration. I found a bottle that came with a rubber sippy cup attachment that you could switch out with the nipple, once he was used to that bottle i switched it with the sippy top, he was a little frustrated at first but thirst/hunger wins out eventually and they realize its not so bad. You may have to buy a few different types til you find one she agrees with but definitely keep the bottle hidden because she will always prefer old faithful to the strange and new. And you can always keep the other sippys for later that dont work right away, my son will be two next month and now he doesnt care which cup i use.

Answer 5

I am a mother of four and my youngest just turned one a few days ago. I was told to start her on whole milk when she turned one, which I have and she's doing great on it. I actually started the whole milk a week shy of her first birthday. Her poopies were different but we learn to expect that. As for the sippy cup, I was told by physicians to start her on the sippy cup for her juice when she was 9 months but I decided to wait and she didn't like the cups. I think the problem was the nipples on the cups. They're too hard and they like the soft nipples on the bottles. I then found a sippy cup with the soft nipples. It's called Nuby and you can find them at Walmart or Target. My daughter loves them and has been using them for about a month now. The tip is soft like a bottle nipple and I haven't had many problems with leaks. It also has the ridges so it's easy for little hands to hold. I would recommend this cup to anyone!! Good luck.

Answer 6

My kids never did the bottle thing, (breastfed from me, wouldn't take a bottle) but we started water in a sippy cuptype thing, from a playtex nurser top that was shaped like a sippy cup instead of a nipple. I don't think they still make them, but I'd suggest looking for a soft top sippy cup. Avent makes some, so does Playtex and some other companies. Going from a soft nipple to a hard plastic top can be a tough transition for them.
It's comforting for them. So look for some soft top sippy cups or maybe even try the straw type, but they are a pain in the butt to clean.
I'm not much help on the milk thing. My kids are lactose intolerant, so I don't give them non cultured milk products. If your child is already on regular formula, then she is already getting milk, so adding a sippy cup of that isn't going to hurt anything.
We have always made them what we call yogurt shakes. Plain yogurt, and some fruit juice concentrate, shake til well blended. They are thicker than milk,so they don't spill as easily, and the acidolpholus in the yogurt is good for the kid's digestive system, and my kids LOVED them--they still do at 6 and 9 yo..

Answer 7

My daughter transitioned from bottle to sippie cup at 20 months old...she started drinking whole milk at around 11 1/2 months old. I would like to tell you that even though the child gets a sippie cup they shouldn't have it a lot at night because the milk can still stay in their mouth and cause cavities like a bottle.

Answer 8

My daughter is 8 months. I started her on the sippy cup at about 6 months. She still takes her milk in a bottle but she drinks water and juice in a sippy cup. My doctor said by the time they are one they should be drinking whole milk from a cup.
I think every child is different and I would work with her on the cup everyday. I would offer her the cup before the bottle and eventually she will take it. Hope that helps.

Answer 9

I am having the same problem. my son will be one years old feb 3rd and he chews his sippy cup and will not hold it upright. I learned in time he will do it....I did not want him on the bottle past one years old as when my daughter was a baby(she is now almost 9 yrs old) she took the sippy cup at 8 months...but i learned all kids are different. Just put whole milk in the bottle and dont worry about it...and keep giving her the sippy cup as well..eventually she will get the hang of it.

Answer 10

We slowly started introducing whole milk to my daughter right after she turned 1. At first my daughter wasn't big on the whole sippy cup idea either. We ended up getting these sippies from walmart called "Nuby" they are almost bottle shaped but with a soft silicon sippy instead of the nipple. They don't leak and are much cheaper then normal sippies. She LOVED it...it didn't have any handles but was shaped to accomadate little hands. It was a great transitional cup...after she got used to that we started in with more traditional style sippies without any trouble.

Answer 11

she should be ready for a sippy cup any time now, and yes i think its time for whole milk (of course check with you doctor first though). maybe try a sippy cup with a softer tip, they have ones that feel more like a nipple instead of a hard top. another thing you can do, when you decide enough is enough, is only put water in her bottle and when she wants her milk enough she will drink out of the cup. my son was off the bottle shortly after one, i started to wean him off, then he just lost interest in the bottle all together. I'm not one of those crazy moms, that judge everyone, but i think that you should consider getting her off the bottle sooner rather than later, the longer you wait the harder it makes it to get rid of the bottle for good.