My 14months old hates sipper?

Question

Hi ,

My baby boy just turned 14 months today , still drinks from bottle , how do i wean him to sippy cupy ( i tried varieties of sippy and cup with straw none of them worked so far . Whenever i give him he just bite the sipper ... and is it ok if i give him chocolate milk .. And i also need some food suggestion for this age ...

Thanks

Answer 1

Don't give chocolate milk, that's a bad habit.
Just make him desperate enough to drink out of a straw cup...simple.

Answer 2

When my nephews were ready for sippy cups we bought the ones that have a spill proof spout this makes the child still have to suck to get the milk out. It may be that your kid doesn't understand the concept just yet of how a sippy cup works....if he is still breaking out teeth then the rubbery nipple is soothing to his gums because I'm sure he is rubbing his teeth on it too. I agree with the advise of another writer saying to not go completely cold turkey on the bottle either. Try bringing it in only at lunch time and all other times the bottle. He will start to understand that cups are used at dinner and bottles at nap time. Also about the chocolate milk thing, it's cool to give him chocolate milk but do not replace chocolate milk all the time or he will no longer want to take white milk at all. And make sure to get a very low fat chocolate milk as chocolate milk has twice as much fat as white milk and because it contains chocolate I would think it's more prone to cause cavaties. It's like never giving your kid fruit before the rest of his meal he'll never eat the rest of the meal because he's filled up on what he liked best. Maybe that would be a way for your to encourage the sippy cup, have that be the only cup that he gets chocolate milk out of. He might take the sippy more eggerly if he knows it has something sweet in it. I would suggest diluting the chocolate milk though if you do this after the first cup or two with white milk....get him hooked on the sippy then take the enouragement that drove him to the sippy away a little at the time...after a while he won't realize he is drinking white milk again he will just realize it's still the sippy cup.

Answer 3

I run and in home daycare. With my daughter I just took the bottle away at 13 months we had to keep her on formula for an extra month because she was small. One of my children I care for came after her sons 12 month checkup and told me the doctor wanted him of the bottle my 15 months. I told her and asked her permission to go ahead and start today. We still had formula left and I would just mix it and put it in his sippy cup. I returned the bottles to his mom that afternoon. He has taking a sippy cup from that day. I would just make sure that you are not giving him the bottle and then the sippy because he will always know that he is going to get the bottle. I would never offer him the bottle. It will just confuse him. When he becomes aware that all he is not going to get the bottle he will take the sippy cup. This make take one or two days. Good Luck!!

Answer 4

My youngest son was horrible like this on braking the bottle. I know this sounds bad but I used to have to make him get really in need of a drink for him to use a sippy cup. You baby is being stubborn. So start off by bottles ONLY at night and in the bed. And cups during the way he will get frustrated and drink from a cup then after about two weeks stop all together with Bottles tell him the ducks or the neigbors dog got it. Tell him it's a bottle theif. lol.

Answer 5

Here's a revolutionary idea. Have you considered teaching him to drink from a regular cup? My second daughter has been drinking from a regular cup since 13mos. Now, at seventeen months, she can pick it up with both hands and handle it herself. She also hates sippy cups although she will drink from the straw kind when we go out somewhere. You know, sippy cups are a recent invention. Oh, and if you give him chocolate milk, try using ovaltine. It has more nutrition than just regular chocolate milk.

Answer 6

I diasgree with the earlier comment. I think your son should be weaned from it. Have you tried different cups with straws with his favorite character? What about yourself? Do you drink from a straw from time to time? Maybe he'll just catch on. But really it seems that the more you push some kids the more they try to resist. The best thing I could tell you is patience.
I don't know what you have been feeding him but just keep graduating to newer things. Everytime you try a new food wait a couple of days to see if he has an allergic reaction to it.
My 13 month old drinks from a cup, straw, bottle and she's still breast fed. She eats everything from meat to vegetables to fruits and seafood. She's not a picky eater and is very active.
Another thing you should also think about is your boy's teeth, remember that the smaller the straw the higher the risk of cavity.
Good Luck!

Answer 7

some tips:
A) chocolate milk, juice, anything is fine to motivate him to use the sippy
B) take the valve out of the sippy the first few times to help him drink, not just bite the spout. Once he "gets it", put the valve back in.
C) don't switch from one addiction to another--in other words, get him used to several types of sippies, not just one; it's much more practical than to have a toddler who will only drink out of a certain type of cup.

Answer 8

At 14 months just take it away. It's had, He will pitch a fit, but it's the best way to go. If he can drink chocolate milk he can drink anything else out of it. Why not take him on a shopping trip to pick out his own cup. If you need to keep him with a night time bottle, only keep 2 in the house. WHen its time to get rid of them completely let him toss them in the trash.

Answer 9

with me i guess i was kinda mean i took his bottel away during the entire day and only gave him his bottle at night. He learned to drink from his sippy cup real fast that was what was sugeted to me by his DR. He was a year old when he was broken from his Bottle. he is now 2 and does not need a sippy cup. he has learned to drink from a real cup (though if he is running around he still gets sippy.)

Answer 10

You can give him chocolate milk. Just make sure he brushes his teeth at night and dont give him milk at night. (milk sits on their teeth overnight and can lead to decay) I wouldnt worry too much about the sippy thing. He'll probly give up the bottle on his own with time. Just keep offering him the sippy so he knows that its an option at least. Food suggestions-i recommend lots of vegetables and fruit (bananas are good-theyre soft enough for him to eat-I'm assuming he doesnt have lots of teeth yet given his age). You can give him some meats too if you want to. Just make sure you cut it up into bite-size pieces and hes able to chew it. My child (19 months) also loves Jell-O, pudding, animal crackers, and Teddy Grahams for snacks.