My daugther is 11 month. I have tried since she is 6 month to drink from the zip cup but she didn't want and push the cup or use it up side down like a toy.
After a couple of month I gave up. I encouraged her to drik from a plastic cup. She drink from it but I have to help her, she doesn't do it by herself.
Next month she will be 1 years. I try to teach her with a straw, but she still doesn't get it. It ok it's take time. . I forget something to tell.
Since I tried with the zip cup, she drink not enough in one day. Before whe I used bottle she drank a lot of water but now since I tried with zip cup or a cup she doesn't drink alot.Have anybody experience with this?
My son also drank less once we switched from the bottle. We had a lot of luck getting my son to drink from a straw when we used the iplay straw bottle.
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Dear C.,
Your daughter is very young to use a "zip" cup for all her liquid needs. It is perfectly fine to give her a bottle till she is two years old and even beyond. The main problem with bottles is if children carry them around all day, drinking juice or milk or formula which will decay the teeth if they are continually bathed in the sweetness. And of course, going to sleep with a bottle containing anything but water is very harmful to the teeth. Water cannot hurt the teeth. The other consideration is related to thumb-sucking or pacifier overuse, which can deform the jaw. But if your baby doesn't suck on the bottle continuously, that is also not a problem. I am a dentist and would be glad to discuss this with you if you have further concerns.
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Drink some water with a straw in front of her and then offer her some. Hold the water in the straw and then slowely drip the water into her mouth. She will think this is fun. Then stop dripping it as fast she will begin to suck on the straw. Once she gets the hang of sucking the water out of the straw offer her the straw with the cup. It may take awhile but she will get it. If if helps, keep offering to hold it for her. She will eventually become more confident and do it herself. Remember to keep a cup of fresh water around the house in her favorite places. You may find her drinking some without assistance!!
We started with a straw when my daughter was probably 6 months. We would put the straw in the cup of water, suck on it so there is liquid in the straw, then put a finger tightly over the top of the straw. Lift it out of the cup, put the bottom end of the straw in the baby's mouth, and take your finger off the top. She gets a drink that way, and it doesn't seem to take much to go from that to sucking on a straw the regular way. However, there's nothing wrong with just teaching your little one to drink from a regular cup from the get-go, either. Try letting her have some bottle feedings, and giving her a cup of something to drink with meals. My 20-month old still nurses at nap and bedtime, but drinks out of a sippy cup or a straw cup the rest of the time (or out of a regular cup, but she still spills a lot).
To teach her to use a straw, use a juice box - put the straw in her mouth and then squeeze the box to force a little juice up the straw until she gets a taste of it, and she will automatically suck on it.
When my daughter was one, we were making the transition from formula to milk. Same problem, the sippy cup was too much work. We tried the removal of the valve as well. She still didn't have to suck to get the milk out that way. What finally worked was putting the formula in the sippy cup but taking a medicine dropper of it out. When we put the sippy cup in my daughter's mouth, I put the tip of the dropper in as well and squirted a little. In order to swallow the milk I squirted, I guess my daughter sucked a little as well which gave her the milk from the sippy cup. She finished off the cup completely. Two days of this and we had her switched over.
Good luck!
My daughter is now 14 months. She didn't like the sippy cup either, but she loved to drink from my cup. When she saw me drink from straw, she showed insterested in it. And she learn drink from straw within one or two try. My conclusion is she loves to do what i do. So, if i want to teach her something new, i just do it in front of her to get her attention, then she pick up very fast. Maybe you should try that with your daughter, be her learning modle.
Good luck.
My two kids both wanted to just chew on the sippy cup spout. They never took to the bottle, so I guess they didn't realize they were supposed to suck on the thing. What we did was get a sippy cup with a removable insert (a Gerber). Then we took out the insert so the liquid flowed freely. Once they could taste that there was something good in there, it was easier to learn to suck it out. Then we put the insert back in so it wouldn't leak. Hope you find something that works for you, but in any case you'll probably have to help her for awhile until she gets the hang of it.
She's very young still....let her have her bottle, but offer her sips of liquids from small cups like Dixie paper cups. you hold it for her. They come in handy for snacks too. Try the sippy cup and or straws every couple months until she takes to it. I like a straw better than a sippy cup. I 'd try to skip the sippy cup all together. What's the difference from a bottle really? There is nothing wrong with a baby having a bottle til she is two or more. Keeping the liquids in the baby is more important. I would NOT use a pacifier however, but the sucking from a bottle is natural and I read somewhere good for them until they're around 2.
I just dont believe in pushing a baby......enjoy the baby time. I have two girls, one is 2 1/2 and the other 5. My littlest one still likes 1/2 a bottle at night , we cuddle and she drifts to sleep so peacefully. She can drink from straw cup and sippy cup and regular cup, but so what if she wants to suck a bottle for a couple of minutes at night time. She's happy and smart and well hydrated. My other daughter I dont remember when exactly she dropped the bottle, but it was about two or so. When they turn two it's a time for a lot of growing and changing. Enjoy the baby time and let your child bond with you and be comforted by you and yes, that bottle if necessary. It really wont be too long and they'll want the big girl stuff and bottles will be a thing of the past....just like diapers.
