I've been giving my daughter water in her sippy cup for the last 2 mos. When she drinks it, so much water spills out of her mouth! I hear her swallow but I dont know how much actually goes down. Is this normal?
Because of this, I dont know if I should add milk to it (she just turned 1) b/c I fear she still is not drinking water the right way from it. I know they need to switch to a cup by now.
My son does the same thing with some of his cups. It could just be the cups. I got him the Gerber ones with the hard plastic lids so he cannot drip the water all over him and with those cups he does fine.
I have a 1 year old too and he does the same thing. He is getting better at it though. Sometimes he does it to be funny. It seems with time he will be fine. I wouldn't worry. Put a bib on her when she drinks.
You might want to try a different cut that has a slower flow... I used the evenflow sippy cups that have the handles for my daughter when I was transitioning from the bottle... they do flow differently.
Hi! This is not what I would call "abnormal" but it isn't really necessarily "normal" either! Each child is different...Avent makes a sippy cup with a soft "spout" that is a little longer than regular sippy cups, and is a great transition to a regular hard sippy cup. There are also sippy cups that have a "fast" and a "slow" direction on the valve on the inside. Nuby makes one that we like, and bonus, it's only like 97 sents at WalMart. They really have to actually suck on it when you have it on "slow". Great for transitioning as well. You could also try a straw with her....
My son, 11 mos., has been drinking water out of a sippy cup since he was 6 mos. He almost always 'drips' water down his shirt. He does it on purpose, when I watch him, he's drinking, but then begins to play and push the water out. I just leave him and change his shirt after. He also soaks his bib doing this.
R.
Is there a reason you do not want to give her milk?
and is she having trouble swallowing?
My son sometimes would just let the juice, water, milk... spill out of his mouth on purpose, because I would react to it. If she is just doing it for the fun of it try to ignore it and she will realize it is not that fun anymore.
Water is a thin liquid. Our son had the same problem with his sippy cups. It would pour into his mouth so fast, he could not keep up.I suggest trying milk. Its a little thicker, and doesn't seem to overwhelm them like the water can. We gave our son about 2 ounces at first, and he did better. We have also found that it depends on the type of sippy cup that you have. Some just work better than others. Good Luck. If you are still worried, you can always call her pediatrician and ask her.
Moring,
Yes this is very normal, children (all) of them lose a certain amount of liquid when they first start using a "sippy cup". Then after they get the hang of it you will be ok.
My nephew now plays with his and makes it a game purposely not swallowing all the liquid that my sister puts in his sippy cup.
not to worry.
J.
Arlington heights
Neena,
It might be the type of sippy cup. Make sure the plunger is in the right way. They also make ones that have reversible plungers that can slow down the flow. Check which kind you are using. The playskool kind has ones that have kind of clear plastic plungers and my husband was always putting them in backwards and the water will leak. Hope this helps.
Y. R
Mom of 3 boys 10,7,4
Hi Neena,
It might be that she needs a different type of sippy cup. We liked the ones by playtex.
I know you're supposed to do the transition to sippy cup around one but we still let our son use both the sippy cup for water and the bottle for milk until he was two. Then at two we let him use a sippy cup and a regular cup for water. This just worked out best for all of us to avoid sticky spills.
Diana
Hi, H. again, hehe! This is also something that a dentist can look at. Dentists aren't just concerned with teeth, they are concerned with the whole mouth. By one she should be able to drink from a cup. Try giving her one in the bathtub with about half an inch of COLD water in it. She will drink it and become more careful with it after she spills it down the front of her. =) And if she isn't thirsty, well, she can play with it.
H.
my daughter loves the sippy cup, too--- it may be that the liquid is coming out too fast for her which is why so much is spilling out of her mouth and not down her throat. Have you considered trying a different type of cup maybe?
hi i have a 2year and he stopped dringing water from his sippy cup so i started to buy those sports bottles (made for kids, there like 5oz) and they work real good, you can open it a little or if she might want it to flow faster,
but if you want to stick with sippy cups you should try the one that don't needa plug on the lid to keep it from spiling , they have them at target there insolated and the lid is plastic with a small clear plastic opening that is spill proff and she can't put her finger through it( my son has, since he was about 6mo learned how to make all his sippy cups spill, either puting his finger throught the opening , like the nubi cups or he'll bite the others that use a plung on the lid.
i don't have the name to the cup but i think you can find them at target (pretty easy to spot)
