My 10 month old has never like sippy cups. Since 6 months old I've looked for one she actually liked to no success. her bottle is her lovey and sometimes she uses it as her pacifier as well. never liked binkies either. I've tried soft tops and hard tops and nipple like material or hard plastic. she hates her cups she pushes them off her highchair she gets frustrated too i can see it in her face. or She's mad how do i GET her to take formula from a cup? go cold turkey? She's never rlly liked juice and water she likes but only in her bottle she will take sips at first from cups wit formula milk but figures out its not her bottle i'm desperate i need any help all help please any advice is greatly appreciated
Too young - wait until she is at least 12 - 14 months. Only give her the bottle when it is time for her feedings. Then around 12 months, try again.
My daughter was a big bottle sucker. Had to have it to fall asleep. Our process to eliminate the bottle was very slow. I personally believe that it is ok to go beyond the recommended one year with the bottle. What we did was allow milk in the bottle until 1 year. Then half milk and half water in the bottle until two. Then at two she was only allows water in the bottle and only at sleep times. By three and one week she decided on her own to give them to the new babies. Although we talked about it with her a lot she decided when she was ready. Now at 3 1/2 she doesn't even think about it.
The only thing that was my concern was the milk on her teeth but just using water did the trick. My daughter used a sippy during non sleep times and now drinks out of a regular cup. Good luck mama and don't stress.
I never even attempted a sippy cup until our daughter was 1. I tried to make it seem like it was only for "big kids".
I did allow her to have a sip of milk out of a regular cup.. I pretended to drink it so she would want to try,., I also let her sip juice from a regular glass or a straw.. I would always hold it.
A few weeks before her first birthday I took her to Target and let her pick out a sippy cup and told her she "could not drink out of it until her birthday"..
I purchased a couple like the one she chose and placed them on the kitchen counter.. at each high chair meal we talked about the sippy cup. I let her hold it.. I also told her "big girls do not use bottles". So on her birthday, they would be "all gone"..
The night before her 1st birthday, I threw away all bottle stuff.. In the morning I asked her if she wanted milk or juice in her cup.. and we never looked back. At her birthday party that day, everyone gave her a sippy cup, so she had a ton to choose from every day..
Have you tried a straw cup? My pedi suggested that with my son as it is a natural feeling for a baby to suck from a straw. Other than that, you could just have her drink from a regular cup and help her with it. My son never liked a bottle, and it took awhile to find a sippy that he liked but couldn't take apart, lol. I think you'll just have to get rid of the bottle and she'll eventually get it that if she wants milk/juice/water then it comes from a cup. Good luck!
Why the big rush? She is still a baby. She needs her bottle. She needs you holding her bottle and her and staring into her eyes. Wait until well after one and then start thinking about weaning. Just do not let her walk around with a bottle. How you feed your baby is more about emotional needs than how you get the food into them.
Get a regular (plastic, non-breakable) cup. We never did sippy cups and DS started using a regular cup at 6 months. Just put a little in it at a time so you only have a little to clean up. We just started switching from formula in a bottle to milk in a cup 1 meal at a time. We worried a lot about that last before bed feeding and when he was a year, we just stopped the bottle and gave him the cup. Turned out is was a big deal to us and no big deal to him :)
My son was more resistent than my daughter. She didn't care where she got her formula as long as it came into her mouth! ;) One day my son just finally decided to drink from the cup. I offered it all the time and he threw it on the floor time after time. One day he started drinking from it and I capitalized on that moment! LOL! Just keep trying, I bet she starts pretty soon, keep working on it. At 12-13 months if she still won't take it, I'd go cold turkey.
Oh I was also going to suggest trying using some of those sport bottles too. My daughter uses them and her little brother was so interested in them! We use the stainless steel ones and even though he makes a terrible mess, he loves it! I just put water in it, but maybe if you try it you can help transition her!
She is telling you that she is not ready to give up the bottle. Try again in a few months.
You still have a couple of months. I had one who had trouble with a cup, and at 12 months I sat her in the high chair, and gave her a bottle of water and a cup of milk. She picked the water, and she had her bottle with water for a long time, but it was her lovey, so I did not worry about it much. We never put milk in the bottle again. After a while, she took milk from the cup, but still had her bottle of water. Try a straw too. She may like that better, but for now, you have another two months before it is time to push it. She should still be on formula now anyway, and make the switch to whole milk at 12 mo, unless your doctor has already told you to switch her.
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10 months is a bit young to wean off the bottle. Don't stress about weaning just yet. ONce she turns a year and is feeding herself and is more independent it will be easier to wean her. So I would suggest to take a break from the sippy cup for a while.
Good luck!
At 10 months, I would wait another month then start only giving the bottle as w/ the first am and the last pm feeding. Offer a cup at other times. If a sippy cup won't work, try a straw-style sippy cup.
