Can't drink out of a sippy cup

Juli108

My son will be 10 months this week and still can't drink out of a sippy cup! I have tried a 100 different types and all he does is bite the nipple part. Anyone else have a LO like this? How did you teach them to drink from one? It seems so similar to a bottle, I don't understand why he is having such a hard time...

bmqcmg

Have you tried a straw sippy cup? Juliana took to those kind right away.

snansley

Straw sippy cups work better for us.  Have you removed the valve? It makes it easier to drink from and easier to learn.

seahorse102410

We did the straw too.  It drives my husband crazy because he thinks the straw is messier but I think it's a lot more convenient.

Ness365

We use a straw sippy. Works perfect and really convenient when were out at restaurants I accidently leave the sippy at home! She uses regular straws like a champ.

zrb1212

My DD is 11 months and won't do it either.  She was never interested in holding her own bottle either so i think that is part of our problem.  I can usually get her to do a few drinks, but then she just chews.  I'm just planing to keep offering and eventually I hope she'll figure it out.

Temp994124375009771

We are in the same boat.  DD is almost 10 months old and I've been trying to give her a sippy since 7 months.  Her pedi some kids never take a sippy and just drink out of  a regular cup.  She said there is no reason that a kid needs to drink from a sippy except it makes our life as a parent easier (you don't have to be there holding the cup so they can drink).

I tried one with a straw but it was really hard to suck out of.  I'm not sure if it is worth trying a different straw one or not.  I'm kind of over trying out different sippy cups!

PeachyKate

DS wouldn't drink out of a sippy cup either, he would just chew on the spout.  Someone posted right around the time I got fed up with buying different brands that their child  went right to the straw so I bought that next.  He took to a sippy straw cup right away so we just use that now.

historychick79

C has tried Playtex (with and without membrane) and Nuk sippies, and the Playtex straw cup; at almost 11mos with over 2mos of trying he still doesn't 'get' it. In about 2wks, we'll begin transitioning to WCM, and I think I'll also start changing a bottle every few days to a sippy, and hopefully it will click once he realizes he's not getting the liquid any other way.

ltate_8

We had the same problem, but DS eventually took to the take and toss sippy cups.  They are the only ones he will use.

LeanneCM

Our LO isn't great with a sippy either, but he likes to drink out of a regular cup (it's messy, but he  loves it) and he also uses a regular straw.

reneepruitt

Our LO will drink out of a sippy but only about 1 1/2 oz - In a bottle she'll take 7 oz.  I want her to have the liquids, and I end up going back to the bottle. 

sillypit

We never had great luck with a regular sippy, we use these and she does great with them.