We have a home DCP, and she'll be getting a 3rd baby sometime in June or early July (the mom is due in like a week). I would love for DD to be able to hold a sippy cup on her own by then - around 10 months old. Or if she can at least hold a bottle on her own, that's fine too. I think it will make it a lot easier to manage everyone. Anyway, just curious if you think thats on the early side of being able to do that or is it a common skill by that age?
Re: Can your LO hold a bottle/sippy cup on their own??
He's been holding his own bottle since 5 months. Can use the Tilty sippy cup with ease, but it doesn't hold enough for it to be used to replace the bottle. He hasn't figured out how to tilt with a regular sippy and we've tried just about every kind out there.
The good news is, if she's like DS then she'll only have 3 bottles and she'll be able to feed them to herself. At 10 months she'll also be eating a lot of finger foods too, so even more self sufficient.
My baby boy prefers to bite the sippy cup nipple. He can hold one with handles. He just likes to bite on it as opposed to drinking from it. I wonder if he really gets much liquid out anyway. The cups we have tried seem to be difficult to get water from. Any advice?
And he can't hold the bottle given the weight when full. Thought I might try one of the 4 oz bottles we used a while back.