Sippy cups

PhillyGal34

Ds is almost 13 months old... How did that happen ??? Random fact... One year ago was our overnight stay with him. Crazy!

Anyway he still loves his bottle. He hates every sippy cup we've tried and doesn't grasp the straw concept. How do I teach him these things?? Is this a preemie thing or just my son being difficult??

Eta he still nurses as well so I don't want to do anything to hurt that either

LnR70707

I think it is just something that happens with some kids, preemie or not.  I have friend that pretty much went from bottle to regular cup at almost 2 years with her son because nothing worked.  She did find one type of bottle that had a sippy like spout attachment.

DS didn't get the straw sippy right away either....but we used the Tommee tippee soft straw and he was able to figure those out after a week or so.

rslhmg

I wasn't able to breast feed for very long so I'm not sure I'm much help, but we let DD play with empty plastic cups for awhile when we were introducing sippy cups. She would mimic us drinking and then we would swap back and forth between a sippy with formula and the empty cup. She still uses her bottles and hasn't got the hang of straws, but getting to mimic us with a real cup seemed to peak her interest in the sippy.

PhillyGal34

Thanks! I hate to always wonder if its a preemie thing but since he was born before suck swallow breathe I wasn't sure if this would need to be taught.

Pips09

We moved to a straw sippy, and Playtex makes one that you can squeeze the liquid up the straw, to help them learn what to do. Just keep offering, he'll get it eventually.

Nita14701

PhillyGal you must be reading my mind. My LO is younger but I have been thinking about sippy cups the last couple of days and how and when we will start to transition. Please keep us updated as to how things are going and what you find to be successful.

punky917

My son always hated sippy cups so much that we had to go from bottle straight to regular cups. Of course, we had to help him a lot until he was good at it but he preferred that much more. We never did figure out his hatred of sippy cups.

PhillyGal34

punky917:

My son always hated sippy cups so much that we had to go from bottle straight to regular cups. Of course, we had to help him a lot until he was good at it but he preferred that much more. We never did figure out his hatred of sippy cups.

 

I think I'm giving up on sippies and going to a straw. He cries whenever I get a sippy in his mouth, he hates them!! I've tried like 10 cups.

 

ETA I just realized I've only tried to offer milk in them a few times... maybe water isn't interesting enough for him to want to try ... duh

 

jehprb

We skipped sippies entirely - I didn't see much point in teaching him to drink out of a new thing that I'd just have to get him to stop using eventually.  We went straight to open cups (we used the Doidy - do they still make those??) and straws - I filled 2 straw cups with milk; one for each of us.  Then we sat on the couch together and just hung out with him watching me take drinks until he figured it out.  

megs2011

I don't think it's a preemie specific issue either. My girls have been using a sippy cup since they were 6 months old and learned to use the straw sippy a month later and actually prefer the straw one now. We just kept trying. I heard the best time to try new things is first thing in the morning when they wake up. I read it somewhere... I think it has to do with them being happiest and more willing to try something new. Good luck! LO will get it eventually.