2007-01-30 08:45:45 · 8 answers · asked by jeanie1983 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
She may be hesitant to give up the comfort of being held by you while she feeds. One way to ease her into the transition is to encourage her to hold her bottle while you're holding her. If you're trying to give it to her while she's lying down, she may be trying to tell you, "No. I want you to hold me."
This may be a bit awkward at first, but while you're cradling her to feed her the bottle, place your hand over one of hers and put them both against the bottle so that you're both holding it. Gradually, after a few feedings, she'll get the hang of putting her hand there and holding it herself in your arms.
Once she knows how to hold the bottle, you'll have to transition her into taking it without being held. Lay her on a bed and snuggle up next to her before you give her the bottle to hold. Slowly move away from her, and she should be able to adjust with relative ease.
Biting the sippy cup may just be a side effect of teething.
2007-01-30 09:57:25 · answer #1 · answered by Scheming Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you hate when people tell you to not worry about ! I get this all the time :) I went through the same thing. My son finally held his bottle and sippy at 11 months old.
Here is a trick. If you have a newer highchair lean her back in it as far as it goes and practice holding the bottle with her. This was the only thing that encouraged my son. Once he gained enough confidence the next week he started holding his bottle/sippy sitting straight up.
I wouldn't lay him on his back and let her drink.
2007-01-30 11:54:10 · answer #2 · answered by BabyQuestions 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel your agravation. My daughter just started arround 10 1/2 months to hold her sippy cut and drink properly. Although she still won't dring her bottle. Reason being is that I held her everytime I gave her a bottle or a sippy cup. So what I did was lay her on the floor on her back and gave her the sippy cut and bottles. She learned. she will drink her bottle on her own as long as I'm no where to be found. Otherwise she wants to be held and for me to hold the bottle for her.
2007-01-30 08:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by rnavarro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is very normal. It takes some children longer to adjust to change. She is probably just playing around with it now but she will eventually get the hang of it. Try filling the sippy cup with tasty liquid such as juice and the bottle with strictly milk. She will soon take up with the sippy cup. Good Luck!
2007-01-30 08:53:21 · answer #4 · answered by kris10 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, maybe she is still used to when she was younger/first born that you used to hold her bottles, and maybe she is still used to that. I wouldn't say that biting your sippy cup would be normal.
2007-01-30 09:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by Brianna Anzley 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi. Like everybody else suggested, that is commonly used. My little boy might placed his palms around the bottle, yet he won't be able to fairly carry it up whilst he feeds. I used a small 4oz bottle the different day to offer him some juice and he held all of it via himself the full time so, that is that the bigger 8oz bottle is basically too enormous for her to hold up on my own basically yet.
2016-11-01 22:03:13 · answer #6 · answered by hinch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are all different!
I would say at 10 months she shoud be showing an interest in taking control and holding the bottle herself but I wouldn't worry about it.
Just encourage her and show her what to do!
2007-01-30 08:50:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is normal...there's nothing wrong with her. Just be patient, she'll get there soon
2007-01-30 08:53:20 · answer #8 · answered by Punky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋