How to Get a 10 Month Old to Switch to Sippy Cup from Bottle

At first, mine did the same thing. We put it on the floor with her toys with a little juice (diluted). When she picked it up she got a treat. Soon she wanting the cup. We would never hold it for her.

He is still so young. I would just offer it, if he doesn't want it, oh well. He'll get it eventually. He'll be independent soon enough...savor the baby days!

I didn't switch my daughter over until after a year just because she had no desire to hold the bottle either. I didn't know what to do. I ended up just holding the sippy cup for her and then she got to the point where she was trying to hold it too and finally did it herself. My suggestion would be to just hold the sippy cup for him and he'll learn in time. I splurged on a 2-pack of Advent sippy cups (without the handle) and they are great. They have caps for them so you can put liquid in it and take it with you without it spilling. There is a plastic part underneath so the child has to suck on it like a bottle and then you can take it off to wash and remove it when they decide not to spill it all over the place. I really liked it. I only used the two and then when she did well, i used other sippy cups too. I personally decided to use one without the handles because she was going to have to learn how to drink without them anyway.

Do what you feel is easiest for you. Good luck. I hope this helped a bit.

Our daughter wouldn't hold her bottle but took to the sippy once we found the right one to start with. She did really well beginning with the take and toss cups. They are easier to suck from and much lighter than many of the other sippies. Once she got used to those (holding, drinking, etc) I was able to move her to other types.

Good Luck.

My daughter didn't hold hers early on either. I got the soft spout Nuby with handles. She finally started to drink water from it, but not milk during a feeding. But soon she started turn it upside down and squeeze it, emptying its contents on the floor. So we switched to the playtex ones that are rubbery but though soft, its not a squeezable spout. She drank from these a few times but then quit. I was really frustrated. All this taking place while she's drinking milk from a bottle most times.

Well we got rid of the bottles and I bought more nuby soft spouts without handles to replace the bottles. That was a challenge, she's scream and throw a fit, sometimes I'd have to feed her a banana first so she wasn't so starving. But the key was to throw the bottles out so she HAD to drink from the nubys. She finally gave in and it honestly took a day or so. (she was probably 11 months old) Once I gave her the handled ones again she forgot how she used to squeeze them and we haven't had much of a problem since.

She finally started to pick up her sippy cup without the handles at about 14 months. At this point she was sick of cuddling to feed and wanted more action. That might be the reason your son isn't interested in holding it, he's craving more cuddle time with you... We've noticed this with our daughter, she now is 18 months and loves to come sit in our laps for stories. She was never cuddly before AT ALL, but did want to be held for eating. So we're enjoying her new personality.

Hang in there, he'll do fine. He'll probably wait until a stage where he's more independent and suddenly one day will do it. Best wishes!

you already know the answer! be patient :) BUT keep offering a sippy cup at every feeding or at least the ones where he isnt super tired.... at least for us the transition was easier during the non tired feedings :) and a sippy cup with every meal. Eventually he will take it every feeding. I was surprised when my little guy did :) we started at about 10 months and before a year he was off bottle (but still on breast for night time or weekends :))

May be try skipping the sippy cup. My kids didn't do well with them either. Just put a little in at a time. Then he will be more like who is is watching in his social circle. They take their cues from us and they want to be like us. If you all have the same cup he may try it . That may mean you, dad and sitter may have to drink out of little kids cups for a bit, but hey, if it encourages him it's really not a biggie, right? I also wouldn't completely take out the bottle at this point. Just do it at meal times. He still needs comfort and snuggle time and sucking is a big comfort to babies.

He seems too young. Don't be in such a hurry or let anyone make you feel like you need to be. Around one year or so is a better time; he'll run with it, believe me! Keep giving him a sippy cup, and he'll get the hang of it in a couple of months or so. Both of my boys were the same. They were capable of holding their bottles/cups, but just wanted/needed that time to be close to mom until they were a little older. Enjoy it!

Have you tried using a cup with a straw? My kids started on those at about your sons age, they seemed to like them better then the cups they had to tip up. It might take a few tries to get sucking out of a straw, just stick with it! Good luck!

as far as a cup with a straw, tupperware has some great cups with lids that have holes for straws.

Some other people have already suggested it, but I recommend trying a straw cup. My daughter who is almost 9-months can drink from a straw cup by herself, but not a sippy cup.

(I also have a 3-year-old son, so my daughter being able to hold and drink from the cup by herself is a big deal. It's really hard for me to constantly hold her cup for her the whole time she's drinking from it and still take care of the older one and be able to eat myself.)

With a sippy cup, my daughter couldn't get the hang of tipping the cup up, so I always had to hold it for her. When I first tried the straw, she couldn't get the hang of sucking from the straw. So for about a week or so, I would hold up the sippy cup to help her drink from it. Once she did this for about a week, she could figure out the straw. (My 3-year-old son was the same way about figuring out the straw.) It seemed that something about the sippy cup helped them figure out how to suck from the straw. I could then use the straw cup which they can hold and drink from all by themselves. Figuring out how to suck from a straw has seemed to be easier than figuring out how to tip up the cup for both of my kids.

Nuby makes some nice straw cups that do not leak. They're my favorite!

Hey just wanted to let you know that he will hold his cup! My son took awhile too, infact you are doing well to start now with the no botttle. I was afraid my son would never hold his sippy cup, but he finally did I think he was between 11months/12months.

Good luck

R. L

My son never ended up holding his bottle. At 1 year old we switched him to a sippy cup one feeding at a time. Of course, he resisted at first and I worried that he wasn't drinking enough, but once he realized it was either the sippy cup or nothing (and that I wasn't going to hold it), he eventually started drinking out of it. It did take about a month to completely transition though. I also used the kind with a straw like someone else mentioned. And I flavored the milk with soy milk to entice him to drink it. I'm sure it will eventually work out for you!

Hi N.,

My kids had a lot of trouble using a sippy cup, we just went to straws with cups that had an opening for a straw. It was a snug fit so the straws didn't pull out. Hope this helps!

i started by having a sippy of water on the floor while she was playing and she would pick it up and look at it and try to figure out what it was. after a few days, she would start taking sips from it and each day she started drinking more and more from it. hope this helps...

Can he drink from a straw? My daughter mastered the straw-cup long before she mastered the sippy cup. Even now at 15 months, she sometimes plays the "you hold it for me game", so I just sit it down in front of her and say "you do it". She will usually pick it up right away. When she first started using the cup, I would help her position her hands then just let go. He'll get it eventually. I, too, was surprised that the transition to sippy cup was so difficult. I thought she'd pick it up right away! Just give him some time and keep practicing! Good luck!

Wow, 10 months, really? I sure was behind on that transition!

S.