2007-03-16 16:29:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Now would be a good time to start trying and getting him / her used to it; i gave both my daughters sippy cups early ( 4 oz size so he / she and hold it her / himself eventually) and then started only giving formula in the bottle: juice, water ect... in a cup then i started formula in the cup after they were used to that the bottle disappeared, they were both off the bottle by about 12 - 14 months old works like a charm!
2007-03-16 16:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make sippy cups for babies learning to get off the bottle. The part where the liquid comes from is soft and smewhat resembles a bottle nipple, but still a sippy cup. You can get them at wal mart for like $2. I work at a daycare and lots of paretns try rthat when they are about 8 months,s itting up and opening their mouths for the food.
2007-03-16 20:17:03 · answer #2 · answered by scandalousxsgv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to start your six month on a sippy cup I would look for the ones that have a soft nipple not the ones that are hard because the ones that are soft are more like a bottle and it's easier for them to drink out of that one than the ones that are hard.
2007-03-16 17:40:35 · answer #3 · answered by JG78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just asked my Mother this question yesturday...lol..
I tried my little girl ( who is 6 months old ) with a sippy cup yesturday. It will not hurt them to try. She chewed on it more then anything really. Once in a while she would suck and get a little bit out and the face she would make was PRICELESS.....I would recommend you get the sippy cup that does not flow unless sucked upon....which I am SURE that you know...sorry...
Again it wont hurt her and it gives them something new to play with...
2007-03-17 04:12:18 · answer #4 · answered by BEAK72 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOW! Start giving him/her a cup of water with every meal, if he/she is having solids. My baby is almost 8 months, and just like her older brothers, loves taking sips of water from my glass. It really helped encourage them to drink out of regular cups and I found it was easier to give them regular cups, rather than sippy cups at first, or at least give him/her a regular sippy, not a spill-proof.
2007-03-16 16:42:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest to the families that I work with that they start at 7 months. Just put water in the cup and try seeing if your baby will take it. If in a couple of months your baby wont take it then you can add some juice in with the water to see if that will work since sometimes the juice will incentive for the baby to drink from it. Babies really dont need the juice, so that's why I dont suggest starting off with it.
2007-03-16 16:35:43 · answer #6 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you start giving them juice.. I started giving my daughter juice at 7 months! She's now 10.5 mos and drinks from her sippy cup by herself.
2007-03-16 16:45:09 · answer #7 · answered by billy b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's always ok to try...it's not going to hurt them! I have heard if your baby is on a bottle to move the nipple size up so that the baby can get use to the fluids coming out faster since with asippy cup the fluid comes out fast!!! I trying to get my baby started with the faster flow nipples right now and he is 5 1/2 months old!!!
2007-03-16 16:55:45 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan's Mom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i gave my son the gerber training sippy cup at 8 mo.
2007-03-16 20:41:33 · answer #9 · answered by patty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they can hold the handles and tip it up to get a drink. Unless there's some reason for denying your child a drink that I don't know about? They are going to put stuff in their mouth constantly for the next year or so anyway, might as well be something you approve of.
2007-03-16 16:42:23 · answer #10 · answered by John Boy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋