I have tried giving my baby something apart from milk to drink, but she is not interested in the cup, she just bites the bottom of it or fusses when I try to get her to drink from it. I have given it to her to play with so she's familiar with it but it's not working, please help! Is water that important at this stage that I should be persisting with this?
2007-12-11 16:12:59 · 8 answers · asked by Lucy G 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Don't worry, just keep giving it to her, especially at meals when she can see you drinking too! Put it to her mouth sometimes and make a huge fuss at what a big girl she is! You could even drink from one, when you have more time to "talk" to her about it. When you do this, make a big fuss about how yummy it is! I would not worry about getting her completely off of the bottle yet, but I started at about the 10 to 11 month time frame, took my time, eliminating one bottle at a time. When she is thirsty, she will drink. Also, once you feed formula through them, you could give it to her at bottle time, just like a bottle (rocking in you arms).
I used all of these things combined and all three o my boys were completely on the sippy cup by the time they were 14 to 16 months old. Just be patient and persistent, without worry. It'll come!
2007-12-11 16:23:54 · answer #1 · answered by Barefoot Chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy different cups and try them. Don't give up, eventually she will drink from a cup when ready. I have a rule I try things with my kids that are new every other day. She will be fine not having the water.....milk is most important right now. If she is in the thick of teething, the sucking action on sippy cups is much stronger than that of a bottle(in most cups) this could be bothering her teeth to suck the cups. Hang in there, she will like the cup soon!
2007-12-11 16:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter would not drink out of a sippy cup either but, she caught on to a straw cup very quickly. But, not one of the no spill cups they were too hard for to suck the water up. If your daughter is eating mostly solid foods it is very important that she have water. Milk does not hydrate people as well as water. It is also full of calories and could cause her a lack in appetite. You also might try introducing her to a regular cup. At this age she could probably do it with help.
2007-12-11 16:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by BeauLovesMe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just persist and let her see you drinking from a cup. My little girl turns one next week and drinks a little bit from a cup, but not a whole heap. She very very rarely has bottles though, only if I have to be away and her dad needs to calm her down. Is your baby used to bottles? I would just praise her through the roof for even just putting it near her mouth to begin with, yell and cheer and clap. Anything I want to encourage I use that and it has worked so far. Good luck.
2007-12-11 17:11:15 · answer #4 · answered by Mel J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way for me and my kids was to offer ONLY the sippy cup during the day. Once its time to give up the bottle, I just take it away. Its as simple as that in my household. Eventually they realized that it was the sippy cup or nothing (usually took less than a few hours). I always start them off with the sippy cups with the built in handles that teaches them how to tip the cup for a drink. I also buy the ones with the soft tip rather than the hard one. It seems to be an easier transition. *shrug* That's what works for me.
2007-12-11 16:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
a number of issues: a million. I consistently had to pierce the holes with a knife because of the fact they does no longer pass very quickly. Milk is thicker than water. attempt ingesting out of the sippy your self and notice if it comes out particularly or no longer. you need to widen the holes. 2. that isn't any longer cautioned feeding milk with a sippy cup because of the fact they're complicated to bathe except you're vigilant, rinse them good away, and wash with a dishwasher. Milk has fat in it, and that's fairly much impossible to hand clean the oils out of the spout, so that they harbor germs. 3. Sippy cup feeding isn't cautioned by potential of pediatricians and different baby progression professionals. My daughter is sixteen months, and we provide her a cup in any respect nutrients. She makes use of a sippy cup in user-friendly terms in between nutrients to quench thirst as she performs so water is on the marketplace to her in any respect cases with out the mess. 4. My older daughter persisted to drink her total milk from a bottle until she exchange into approximately 2 a million/2 whilst she took a snooze and until now mattress, yet something of the time she used popular cups at nutrients, or sippies for different beverages. Use your suitable judgement.
2016-10-11 02:51:37 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She'll figure it out when she is ready. Some babies prefer different types of cups/spouts. Some do better with a straw at first. You can keep offering, if you want to, but there's no need to push, particularly if it is frustrating her.
2007-12-11 16:18:53 · answer #7 · answered by daa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't force the issue. She'll use one when she's ready. Water is not important yet as long as she's staying hydrated.
2007-12-11 16:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by Elaine 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋