bottles vs sippy cups?

Question

what is the difference????because the bottle have a soft nipple and the sippy cup i buy her has a soft nipple if i buy her the one with the hard top she bites it so whats the difference??????

Answer 1

sippy cups

Answer 2

There is something very soothing and comforting about the bottle's soft nipple.... It can be like a pacifier for many kids---they suck on it not because they are thirsty, but for the comfort it gives them. By a year you want to wean them onto a sippy cup because 1.) Their mouths are now developed to the point where they are able to use one efficiently (with some practice.) 2.) They need to start drinking fluids because they are thirsty---not as a means of comfort. The longer you wait---the harder it will be and the more attached they will get to their bottle. I think it looks ridiculous when I see a 2 year old drinking out of a bottle. Ugh!

Yes, the soft spout sippy cups ARE similar to a bottle, and they are meant to be used as the first step in weaning them. They feel a *little* different than the bottle (the shape) but they are still soft, so the baby isn't likely to refuse them. Once they are taking liquid from a soft spout sippy cup consistently, then move onto a hard spout. Yes, they will bite it at first, but if you remove the valve (or loosen it) they will get fluid out. Let him experiement with it---even if he's biting it---that's fine, he's learning. Keep at it---and for me, I had a rule that only formula was given from a bottle.... all other liquids (juice or water) were always given from sippy cups. I started this around 5 months though, so by the time my kids were a year old they were all off the bottle and were drinking milk out of sippy cups as well.

Answer 3

Here is the difference:

Bottles are designed in consultation with one or many dentists to make sure they have minimal impact on teeth and jaws.

Sippy cups are meant to be a very short term step between a bottle and a cup. They are not generally designed to cause minimal impact on teeth and gums. The soft topped one specifically do not really teach a baby to use a cup. And do not really train kids to use a cup except in that they tend to be smaller and easier to handle.

You *may* try a sippy cup with soft straw as a straw at least is a different sucking motion than a bottle and is a skill often used by older children.

Also you should be aware that the WHO recommends breastfeeding until at least age 2 and as long as mutuall desirable. So really what is the rush to get rid of the bottle?

Answer 4

Your pediatrician will recommend sippy cups for your child after 9 months. Sippy cups are better for dental development due to the shape of the mouthpiece. Check the age recommendation on the sippy cup packaging and buy the right type. Sippy cups come in a variety of types now - hard top, rubbery-soft type, and a rubber straw for toddlers.

Answer 5

Some children have trouble transitioning from the bottle/breast to sippy cup. Some sippy cups have soft nipples to ease this transition. I recommend the Klean Kanteen sippy cup, for its nonleaching quality and ease of cleaning. Plastic sippy cups leach harmful substances into your child's beverage, especially after multiple uses . Sippy cup valves can get really funky and hard to clean. The Klean Kanteen bottle uses the advent nipples, which are relatively easy to clean and easy for children to drink through. The Klean Kanteen is more expensive, but can be used as a water bottle when your child is older. Both of my kids took time learning how to use a sippy cup.

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Answer 6

It is the sucking reflex while using the bottle plus it teaches them how to start drinking from a regular cup. A sippy cup is the next step toward drinking out of a regualr cup. Bottles aren't good for a child that is 16 months or older because of baby bottle tooth decay.

Answer 7

I breastfed my boys and they went straight to the sippy cups. My older boy like to drink from his hard-topped cup at three months and my younger one was lazy and didn't want a hard-topped cup until he was 7months. Until 9-10 months, sippy cups are for practice and fun, at around 9 months then the baby can start to get enough liquid out of them to really use them to quench thirst (they need breastmilk or formula as their primary nutrition until at least 12 months). Let her play with the cups and if she prefers the soft top for now, let her have it but make sure she has some time with the harder tops. Ultimately she will drink without the top anyway. I would let my kids have a small plastic cup with no top and just a splash of liquid in it to practice with at meals. As they got better, they got more liquid. Now they only have sippies when we are in the car and they have the kind with straws because they are older.
Hope that helps.

Answer 8

i bought a sippy cup with a soft spout for my son when he was 8 months old..and was prepared to have to ween him off the bottle...but he took to it first try! never had a bottle again! it's much better for him...i noticed that his speech is more developed as opposed to some children in his nursery class that are same age, but still on bottles...

Answer 9

the sippy hels better accquaint her with the "hows" of drinking out of a regular cup. add in the fact that they're less likely to leak and a heck of alot easier to clean that bottles and nipples are, it makes keeping up with a busy toddler much easier.