My two and a half year old will not drink from any sort of a cup. Tried everything available even resorted to bribery to no effect. Is there a cup out there that anyone knows off thats similar to a bottle. My heart is broken. She will beg for bottle until you give in. All suggestions greatly received. Thanks.
2007-08-13 05:23:01 · 44 answers · asked by Michelle B 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
get the child to "bin" the bottle herself, that way you can remind her that she threw it away & theres no way mummy can get it back
then keep introducing a cup eventually she'll be so thirsty she'll drink it
good luck & dont give in!!
2007-08-13 05:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason that she is still on the bottle is simple...the problem is you.....
you said yourself that she begs for a bottle until you have to give in.....
she knows she is going to get it eventually ...like everything to do with child rearing you have to be persistant and say no...
make her throw the bottles away or even better put them into a bag and give them to a new born baby or a child younger than her.....
they are babies she is not.....
then just offer her milk or juice in a cup... if she is thirsty she will drink and she will get the message that begging will not get the results that's she is hoping for......
don't use bribery either because this will lead to her wanting to be bribed for everything that you ask....leads to more problems
big tip.....if she is pestering you don't respond just walk away or start up an activity to distract her.....dont discuss it with her, just say
you are a big girl now, you use a cup....
hope you get some guidance out of every ones answers...
good luck
2007-08-13 08:53:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has given good advice, but I would add that I would skip the sippy cup altogether. She's really too old for it now and you'll have something else you'll need to wean her from in a couple of months. Go right to an open cup or a straw cup without a valve. I like the "Take & Toss" straw cups at home. I don't use the hard straws it comes with, I use a bendy straw. She should have the motor and oral motor skills necessary to drink "like a big girl." Let her take sips from your drink, sometimes that's more enticing than drinking from her own cup. Don't turn it into a power struggle. Simply take away her bottles and give her the choice of drinking something from a cup (yours, hers, dads, anyone's) or not having a drink. She'll be fine. If you are worried about fluid intake during the transition period, give her plenty of watery fruits or broths to eat.
2007-08-13 07:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by Ann W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter was stuck like glue to her bottle but at 18 months I decided that enough was enough. I'd tried every sippy going and she was having none of it. One afternoon my friend brought her daughter round and my daughter kept picking up her cup. It was an avent cup with a soft spout. So I took the leap and went out and bought one. I binned her juice bottle and she protested for about an hour and then picked the cup up and drank from it. As many people had said "if she is that thirsty she will drink from whatever you put in front of her". I gave her lots of praise and she never asked for her juice from a bottle again. I let her have her milk in her bottle at night for a couple of months and then we went out and bought her a cup for bedtime milk. This one has a straw and she feels very grown up with it.
She is three now and bottles or dummys don't entertain her I think sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind. Take the bottles away and bring in a cup if she is thirsty she'll drink!!
2007-08-14 04:54:33 · answer #4 · answered by niccog26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 2 1/2 he should be off the bottle and pacifier. Take every bottle in your house and put them in a box and throw them away or give them to a friend who has a new baby. They objective is for him to see that the bottle is for babies and that a little baby need them because he is not a baby any longer. be prepared for a few days of discontent and crying. He will drink out of a cup if he is thirst enough. Transitioning to another infant type container will put you in the same position in 6 months. At the preschool in our town , even sippy cups are looked down on past age 3.
2007-08-13 07:17:32 · answer #5 · answered by Mama Mia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried the Nubby cup? You can find them at WalMart, Target, probably Kmart...just about everywhere. The spout of the bottle is basically a nipple. I would try that and once she seems to be OK with it give her a couple weeks before you try a harder spout cup.
When you buy the Nubby cups take her with you. Tell her you're buying "big girl bottles" and let her pick out a few colors she likes. When you get home have her help you bag up her bottles and throw them away. You can always get the bottle out of the trash later and hide them up in your closet if you want to save them for future children. Just do it when she's sleeping so she doesn't know they are in the house.
When she cries for her bottle tell her she has to use her "big girl bottle".
Good luck!!
2007-08-13 06:25:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jacob's Mommy (Plus One) 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a 3 and 2 year old, and since I was a single mother, I gave in to the bottle. Finally I got tired of people putting us down since they were still on the bottle. I went to wal-mart and let them pick out their own cup, and When they woke up the next morning, the bottle was gone and they had their cup in its place. They cryed for a while, but got over it and they havent had them since. And they are 4 and 3 now, and I am now trying to get them off the cup at night now, that is the only time they get thier cups. Which I am putting water in them and they don't drink it. You can try that with the bottle too, but water in the bottle and her fav. drink in a cup.
2007-08-13 05:35:05 · answer #7 · answered by blebert2002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 2.5 it is time to just do it. Take her to the garbage can and tell her she is big now and let her watch you throw all the bottles away. If she gets thirsty enough she will drink from a cup. I know it sounds mean but she has you all figured out! I am not one to preach about babies having bottles, my second youngest is 16 months old and has a bottle, but I have a 2 month old and I just didn't have the heart to take it, her world had changed enough already. and honestly, I needed her to be able to soothe herself somewhat after baby was born. It is down to 2 bottles though, one before nap and bedtime. It will be gone within the month. I think your daughter is old enough that you probably just need to do it cold turkey, don't give in!! It will be a rough two or three days but it will be the easiest.
2007-08-13 05:31:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
We used a Nuby cup. It has the same soft silicone top but it is shaped like a spout - they have it at Asda, Superdrug and Mothercare I think. Its not the nuby bottle, it looks just like a cup. We used that for a few months and then by the time he was 3 he just wasnt bothered anymore. Realistically the older they get the less they want milk anyway. I was a bit freaked out about my little guy still having a bottle but in the end he grew out of it by 3. I have put the link to tommee tippe on the bit below.
2007-08-14 00:57:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from reading other answers sound like you got great advice already. my son put me through hell as what started off as a bottle going to bed soon became a bottle every time he woke up, which was nearly every hour during the night. I often tried hiding them only to give in when he cried and wouldn't stop, i'm afraid the only way is to go cold turkey and throw them all out. give whatever story you wish, fairy, other baby, and give her a unspillable cup that she can bring to bed, maybe with a picture of a favourite character or one an older friend or relative has so she can be a big girl like her. when my son screamed in the morning for his bottle i just told them they were all gone and i let him rip out everything from the cupboards to show i was telling the truth and that i couldn't give in like i always did and once he realised this, after a few hours, he accepted it! one major worry is teeth development and speech. don't want to worry you but my son is 7 now and seeing a speech therapist for some words than he can't say properly and one of the first questions i was asked was how long he had a dummy and/or bottle. good luck and whatever you do pick a time that suits you, like a weekend when you have no work, or not having to be someplace, this battle is better off fought at home where you won't be under pressure to give in for peace sake or because your embarassed as your in company, good luck and remember your the adult!!!
2007-08-13 07:02:16 · answer #10 · answered by bubbs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have her throw them all away or give them to a different baby. One solution would be to say that the bottle fairy is coming and replace all of the bottles with new cups and a toy. Tell her that the bottles are gone and there's no way to bring them back because the fairy came. Don't give in to her when she begs. Let her scream and cry--she'll get the hint eventually. The Nuby cups do have a silicone top, but they aren't leak proof. Try getting her the spill proof cups with the straw coming out of them. Kids like straws.
2007-08-13 05:49:01 · answer #11 · answered by Sit'nTeach'nNanny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋