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When/how did you introduce a sippy cup?

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Someone told me once L would never need a bottle, since I was going to be home with him till 5 months and at that point he could learn to use a cup, but even at 6 months I'm not sure he's ready for the cup.  I've tried giving him a cup (a couple of different kinds) and feel like he'd rather just bang it around than drink from it.  When he does try to sip from it he just gets air, cause he doesn't get that he has to tip it.  We try to help him, but he pulls down on it and it makes it hard.

When did your LO start learning to use a cup?  How did you teach them to drink from it?  What did you put in it (water, BM/formula, juice)?

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  • xKimxxKimx

    I started giving him one around 4 months, really just to play with while we ate.

    I'd say he started practicing with it around 6 months, really got the hang of it around 8 months (daycare actually ditched the bottles then & put all his BM in a sippy).

    Usually we just used water until he got the hang of it. I was not going to risk wasting BM! lol

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  • mads181mads181

    We started a sippy cup at 6 months..it took a little while for her to get the hang of it, but she's getting really good with it at 8 months now. She definitely has to wear a wateproof bib though bc she spits it out all the time..I think she thinks it's funny. We use a Nuby cup bc it has a soft silicone top so she can't hurt herself with it and it is spill-proof.

    So far, we only put water in it or 1 part juice diluted with 3 parts water bc she has a hard time going to the bathroom most days since starting solids.

     

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  • sunnygirl05sunnygirl05
    I think we started at 6 months.  He used to just bite it but eventually he got the hang of it.  We always just put water in it.
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  • CuteminCutemin
    I took the advice I read from wholesomebabyfood.com and started a sippy cup at 6 months when I started solids.  It suggested not using a spill proof to start off since they can be tricky, a cup with handles, and only use water to start.  We did this, I used a cheap $1 cup from Baby Depot that has handles.  It really worked out for us.  I would offer it at every meal time.  We didn't start using cups with spill proofs until he weaned from breastfeeding and needed to drink more liquids.  So around a year?  Now he only uses a sippy when we go out of the house, at home he drinks from a small, regular cup at the table.
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  • MrsWhiteonWhiteStMrsWhiteonWhiteSt
    We started around 5 mths. We tried several and finally he "got" the one with the straw that he still uses today. He drinks like 3 or 4 sippys of water a day.
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  • wendyjwendyj member
    I started at 7 months with water. I gave it to him at meals and snacktime so that he could get used to it. I tried several cups before he latched on to one. Eventually he just figured it out.
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  • orangeluckorangeluck

    DD still doesn't totally understand how to work a sippy cup, I see kids her age at daycare use sippy cups and they definitley have different skills.  Even for bottles she doesn't reach to hold on to it- she would much rather have the cup/bottle held for her.   

    She did take to a straw cup very easily though- around 7/8 months.  We always filled the cups with water but now I'm trying to introduce milk (which she refuses most of the time no matter what I put it in). 

     

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