Sippie Cup, No No

Try putting a few ice cubes in. My son loves the noise they make and they feel good on his teething gums to boot!

I would try putting water in her regular bottle and formula or watered down juice in the new cup. Then help her to try to get that first drink so she knows what's in it. That's what helped my son.
Best of luck, Jen

My son was interested in adult drinks with a straw when he was under a year old-- I put the straw in his mouth (it was water) and figured he'd just chew on it and wouldn't know what to do. I said- "You have to suck on it like a bottle" and he heard "bottle" and wrapped his mouth around it and sucked on it. Ever since then, he can drink out of a straw so instead of the traditional sippies, I bought the ones with a built in straw. Most of them leak so if you go this route let me know and I'll tell you which ones are best

My almost 14 month old boy will not drink from a sippy. He will take water and milk from a straw cup, though. I made him go cold-turkey on the bottles shortly after his first birthday. Give the straw cups a try. I think they're easier to get the hang of.

With my son, I had the same problem. He just wanted his bottle. Frustrated, I hid all the bottles where he couldn't get them anymore. I told him that if he wanted a drink he had to get it out of the cup. He picked up the cup and drank. She wont let herself go thirsty to long, she may get cranky first, but if you keep to your guns and don't give her the bottle she will drink from the cup.

My now two year old would not drink out of anything but a bottle until we made him give it up (at about a year and a half -- much too late most would say but we were moving around alot when he turned one which made it a hard enough time as it was without battling the bottle to cup transition) We had to cold turkey it when we did and let him cry and cry and cry which by the way broke our hearts. So the next thing he switched to was a particular kind of sippy cup and will now only drink out of that one. My conclusion is he is set in his ways about a few items in his life and his drinking cup is one of them. You may have one of these kids on your hands.

However he likes to drink from juice boxes occasionally and drink water from mom or dad's regular big boy cups. I sorta wished I pushed it a little harder to give him a variety of cups all along but hey....sometimes you have to pick your battles right. Cold turkey was not a fun way to leave the bottle but within three days he didn't ask for the bottle anymore...so will she switch eventually... of course she will. Good luck!

one way is put her normal drink in the sippie and water in the bottle. second is take the bottles completely except maybe at night if she still takes one before bed and put the sippy where she can reach it nothing else. she will not let herself go thirsty and eventually will go get a drink. Nub make a great sports sipster that tranisions into a reg sippy with a soft top in the middle and their cups all have the soft top so once your ready to move to the side its that easy. could be she don't like the feel of the hard plastic in her mouth. i broke the bottle with Nub with my now 3 yr old at a year.

Most sippy cups have the no-spill valve that makes it hard for little ones to understand they need to suck, so with all 3 of my kids, I would give them the sippy with their favorite drink and no valve. this way, the knew what was inside. then I would replace the valve and they would suck to get that juice everytime. the other thing that worked with my third one is the soft NUBY cups. all they have to do is bite down and it comes out, that's a good transition cup. Good luck and don't give up, you don't want your child staying with a bottle much past their first birthday, it really can be bad for teeth.

My daughter is 10 months and won't drink out of a sippy cup unless I hold it for her. She loves to drink out of sippy cups that have straws though. She will hold it herself and everything. Maybe try that.

Mabye if you put formula in the cup it will help. I did with both my girls and thats how I transistioned them. MY first one was easy to take off the bottle, she didnt mind the cup, but I think it was becuase she had a bikki, Which was very diffacult to break, I waited to long to cut the strings on that.My second daughter,she is 2,lets just say she still wants a ba ba.She never took the bikki,and I was greatful for that becuase I had such a roughf time with the firts one.So to break my two year old of the bottle,yes two,I bought a sippy cup that has a top with a long looking nipple kinda. I got it at walmart,maby that will help.good luck...S. Varone

Have you tried various brands of cups? I know that with both of my daughters, they didn't understand the concept at first and part of that was because they didn't quite get what they were supposed to do with it. Try a couple of different brands and see if that helps.

Another option, teach her to drink thru a straw. Recently, we were out to dinner and I was giving my 10 month old water from my glass, holding my straw dropper style (fill the straw, put your finger over the end to keep the water in, put the other end in her mouth). I let the water just fall into her mouth at first, she thought that was fun. Then after a few tries, I would keep my finger on the end and she'd start to suck on it which would draw the water out. After a few tries she understood and I was able to put the straw in the cup and let her drink it as normal. So now, she can also drink thru the sippie cups that have the straw mechanisms. So that may be an option for you.

I put formula in my daughter's sippie cup and she did not take it at fisrt either and then my mom went to wall mart and bought a cup with a straw in it that was spill proof and she loved it after that she started taking a sippie cup. My daughter is 14 months now and she started using one i guess when she was 10 months

first of all don't force it. just because other kids are drinking from sippy cups doesn't mean she is ready for that next step. my kids didn't hold a bottle or cup until practically the day they turned 1. she will be ready when she's ready. is there a particular reason why she has to start drinking from a sippy cup now? just be patient with her and she will do it when she's ready and wants to.

I have three little children. My first child would never take a bottle (I started too late (following the "book" directions -- so I ended up breast feeding for 10 mo.). Then she went right to the sippy cup (at 10 months)-- with formula -- no problem. My second daughter -- I breast fed for 9 months -- and tried to go to the sippy cup - -nope. She wanted nothing to do with it. So we tried a straw type sippy cup (different types) -- yes, that worked. For some reason, my second just didn't like the spout on the sippy cup...she was also the first to drink with a regular cup. My last little one didn't like sippy cups that much either. He'd shake his head or cry.....unless he was dehydrated -- he really didn't like sippies. So we did the straw idea. Nope. So then we did a "big" kid cup -- yes, that's what he wanted to drink out of. (I think he watched the older two like a hawk and wanted to be the same or something?) Three children -- three different experiences. I have a friend who loathed sippy cups & their invention. She made me paranoid about the little plastic things harboring bacteria & the fact that none of us as children drank out of sippies. They are convenient, I think, when you are on the go. But that was one of her points. Drinking, eating and so forth, should be done at a table. So her children went directly from breasting feeding for almost a year to big kid cups. Even at restaurants, she rejects the straws. I tease her that her children are going to go to college some day and hoard straws and be infatuated with sippy cups. There is no "right" way of drinking for a child. Try different cups, different straws, big kid cups.......each child has their own likes/dislikes.

There are 3 areas in which you really cannot force a child to do what YOU think is best... eating, sleeping and toileting. You can only train them... the best you can you do is show them what you think is best and keep re-introducing what you want them to learn. I woudl ease up a little on the sippy, if she's telling you no by sign and body language. The other option is to simply give her formula or milk only in a sippy to make the transition. I did that with my little girl and had NO trouble at all transitioning her to a cup instead of bottle, but I wonder if you starting to try to urge her in that direction 6 months ago hasn't had her dig her heels in a bit. If you truly can give up your attachment to her starting at any moment in time, she will really sense your ease with it and then get along with the program on her own.

Good luck!
K.

The only cup my son would take at first was the nuby cups with the soft silicon spout. He didn't know what I wanted him to do with any others or with straws. I know it can get pricey, but try different types and you will find one she likes! Also, don't push. She might not be ready and the harder you push, the more they resist!

M.,
my youngest would never take a sippie cup. So i bought the cups with straws and she has done with these from day one. I put water at first then moved to milk. She did not reject either. My daughter is amall and i think the sippie cup spout was too big for her.

T.