How do you do this? My daughter only knows breast and bottle. She needs to get other fluids. We gave her a cup and all she does is bang it and play with it. I tried sucking on the thing to see how it works and you really have to suck hard, too. She just doesn't get it. She does "drink" out of a regular cup but doesn't know how to hold it.
2007-03-07 04:40:14 · 10 answers · asked by MomofOneSpnkyGrl 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
1) Monkey see, monkey do: get two identical cups you drink out of one she drinks out of the other.
2) She may not be ready for a cup. She also probably does not need any other fluids and water can also be offered in a bottle. She definitely does not need juice.
2007-03-07 04:51:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a little cup with a handle (some have two handles) and a lid with a spout. Look for a cup with no anti-leak valve or a removable valve. The point of drinking from a cup is letting the liquid pour into your mouth, not to suck it.
Fill the cup 1/3 to 1/2 full so it's not too heavy and demonstrate how juice comes out when the cup is tipped. Then show your child how you can drink from it (use your mouth or hers). Then put her in a highchair and let her experiment with it. You may have to do this for a few days or weeks before your child can drink, in the meantime, just let her play with it.
I only used the anti-spill valves is the car. You can teach your child to drink and eat at the table, it's healthier and your house will be cleaner.
2007-03-07 14:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes time for them to get the hang of it and yes it is hard to get the liquid out. They do use sippy cups for drums, bats, clubs, whatever they can think of. Just keep introducing it to her. Hold it up for her so she can see how to do it. Some sippy cups have bigger holes so it comes out easier. I don't think they make them any more but I loved my son's Pur set. It was a graduated sippy cup. You first started with a nipple, then moved to the sippy part, then it went to a regular cup. I have 3 children and none of them had to work too long or too hard to figure it out. If you keep giving her breast and bottle with the sippy cup it will confuse her. SO you need to make sure you really work on it with her.
2007-03-07 12:46:09 · answer #3 · answered by Melanie A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i just filled it with water and handed it to my daughter she banged it around of course but like all babies she wanted to see what it tasted like and started biting on it well one time she bit the spout and liquid came out and now she is starting to get the hang of it though sometimes she still tries to suck on the wrong part dont worry about it just let your baby explore and if you are really worried about her getting other fluids put her juice in a bottle and give it to her that way till she catches on to sippy cups
2007-03-07 18:06:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I did was flip the lip upside down and take the white thing (not sure what it's called) off. It's job is to make sure it doesn't leak. If you take it off it flows very easily. I also hold it for her and put it up to her mouth. She has been drinking form a sippy for a few months and she is nine months. Also I give her drinks of my water out of my cup and she loves it.
2007-03-07 12:47:56 · answer #5 · answered by April O 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1: get her a transition cup. They have soft spouts, you dont have to suck as hard, and they have big handles on them. They are also spill proof, like most sippy cups.
2: fill it with plain water, and give it to her. let her play with it for a while. thi sis how she will learn what it is. She will get the idea soon.
you didnt mention how old she is. if she is under 10 months, dont even try a sippy cup.
2007-03-07 12:45:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't mention the age of your daughter. One year is a good time to wean from bottle. If she is drinking from a regular cup, just hold it for her. If you are trying to teach her to hold a spill-proof cup, put something she really likes in it, hold it and let her sip from it. Eventually she will want to take over and will hold it herself. Patience! Let her play with it for awhile. :-)
2007-03-07 12:51:14 · answer #7 · answered by Kiddie Doc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what brand cup you're trying to introduce. When we first started I tried the Gerber, the spout was rock hard and it was hard to get the liquid out. Eventually we discovered the Nuby brand (Walmart $1.50 each). The tip is made out of the same silicone as a bottle nipple and its made the transition so much easier.
2007-03-07 12:46:43 · answer #8 · answered by Heather Y 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How old?
Breastmilk has plenty of water in it, babies dont really need other fluids.
That said, it took my son a good 3 months to figure out the sippy. We started giving him one when he started solids around 8 months and he didnt really get it down until about 11 months.
Just keep giving him one with water in it and he will eventually catch on.
Until then, breaskmilk should porvide plenty of water.
2007-03-07 12:53:03 · answer #9 · answered by Mommy to David 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to introduce the sippy cup around nine months old. It`s just about the age where they start to self feed. PLEASE stop using them after three as they can start using a normal " Big kid " cup. They do promote decay when they travel with it in their mouths.
2007-03-07 13:01:31 · answer #10 · answered by lost2day 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋