Cup or Bottle

However hes going to drink the most is the best way!
Will he take the bottle from someone else?
I breastfed my daughter, and she WOULD NOT take a bottle from me. She would, however, take it from hubby or my mother in law if I wasn't anywhere to be seen (or smelled).
People have told me that that sort of reaction is pretty normal.
Good luck to you, I know how frustrating and confusing it is trying to work through it.

Maybe try a different type of bottle. There are many out there that are supposed to be shaped more like the breast. I would just keep trying until you find something he likes. Since he is going to be in daycare I would pick one feeding and only give a cup or bottle no matter what. Your provider isn't going to have any other choice.

I would recommend going straight for the cup. I would put little amounts of liquid in the cup so he gets used to how to drink out of the sippy. Gradually add more and more.

Good Luck!

Hi M.- I was in the same boat with my 2nd (a teacher, a nine month old who would never take a bottle) I started with breast milk in the sippy with meals and that is what she used until a year. I just kept on pumping and leaving it for while I was gone( then we went to whole milk) I would definitely start with pumping and giving the breast milk because the transition to cup and formula together might turn him off to the sippy. It worked great for my daughter.
Good Luck
B.

Go for the cup = kids, even as young as six months are astoundingly adept at learning to drink from a regular cup... also, it might sound crazy, but using something like a clear glass votive candle holder for a cup (please not swarovski crystal - more like a $.10 Marshalls/TJ Maxx variety) really helps kids learn more quickly... being able to see the liquid move as they pour it into their mouths and move it around helps them understand what they need to do to get at the tasty goodness inside. : ) Going with the cup now also means you get to skip the bottle weaning - always a nice thing upon which to miss out. I skipped the sippy cup thing entirely and have never regretted it.

If he does well with a cup just go with it. That will be one less transition when he is older. You could also use a sippy without the plastic piece to make the flow faster like a cup. If you are determined to use the bottle just have the daycare person do it. When mom isn't around he will do what he can for milk. My son wasn't great at the bottle but once he started day care he adapted fine to the bottle, he didn't really have a choice.

I agree with the others, one less transition. My daughter transitioned well from the breast to a cup at 9 months without a problem. I used the avent bottles and put the sippy cup attachments on them first and then to the sippy cups themselves. She also took to the playtex sippy cups right away without a problem too. Any other kinds forget it but these two she was fine with.

I wouldn't say there is any harm in going to a cup if he seems most receptive to that. I agree with the sippys without the valves, that way he gets immediate results. There is also a Nuby sippy, which is kinda like a bottle, has a soft sillicone top. You can get them very cheap at Walmart. I know my son would only take milk from a cup if it was warmed beforehand until he was older.

If you haven't tried other types of nipples, that might be worth a shot too, just cause it will be less messy to deal with at daycare, esp if you are using frozen/expressed BM. Good ones that work with breastfeeding are Playtex natural latch (latex not sillicone), I think Dr Browns makes a nice wide nipple, Avent (but those are very hard and don't give like a breast would) or they have a new one called Second Nature that has mutiple very small holes in it that express milk more like a breast.

You might as well stick to a sippy cup and aviod the drama. I think around 10-11 months is when we introduced one to my daughter. I don't see the harm in it!

Here's something to think about....
My daughter would watch me drink out of my water bottle, which had a straw as part of it, everyday. One day she took it from me (about 10 mos.) and sucked up the water through the straw. I had no idea she could do it. I guess she wanted to try and do what Mommy does. I was unable to breastfeed but I thought it was helpful to hear to learn that only the bottle would deliver fomula and the cup with a straw was for water. This may not help you out right now but might be something to think about for later. If your son can drink through a straw you could use a sippy for breastmilk and a straw for all other liquids.
M. P (mom of 2 cutie pies)

M.,
You might just want to give up on the bottle so that you don't make yourself crazy! I breastfed my daughter until she was one, and she did the same thing. She just started to cry and push the bottle away. When I left her, she would only drink milk from a sippy cup. In the end it was much easier because I didn't have to worry about weaning her from a bottle! She took her first sippy cup at 6 months, and it had handles on both sides to make it easier to grip. The more she practiced, the better she got. Try giving your son water from the sippy cup during the day, too so that he gets used to it.

Good luck.
A.

I would just go with the cup, since your pediatrician will probably suggest you do that soon anyway. If he is doing well with it, why not? Avent sippys are good for transitioning. As far as how to introduce it, we let my daughter try it a few times, so we knew she could do it, and then put her on the cup cold turkey (except her nighttime nursing). If he is hungry and that is his only option, he will do just fine! :)