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When to Introduce the Sippy Cup

planetzeroplanetzero
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When do you introduce sippy cups?  Any recommendations for a particular one to get?  DH recently bought DD a nalgene one which is huge and so far I've been letting her use it as a play toy - but its gotten me wondering about actually letting her trying to drink.  She's totally fascinated with watching DH and I drink currently.
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Re: When to Introduce the Sippy Cup

  • adamsbabbleadamsbabble member

    We introduced it somewhere between 6-7 mos. with no big expectations.  We always filled it up all the way so she didn't have to tilt it as much to get a drink, but didn't actually let her drink a full cup (not that she would have anyway).  She was doing pretty well with it by 8-9 mos. and was drinking from cups exclusively (no more bottles) around 10 mos. 

    We use the Nuby No Spill Gripper.  We started out with the Avent sippy cups, but they were leaky and she didn't like the spout.  We then tried the Nuby sippy cups because they have a soft spout and no valve (which I preferred), and we all ended up liking these better.  She also always seemed to not like the handle cups.  Nuby's have some with and some without.  We used the ones without.

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    ETA: Thought I would clarify about when I said she was drinking exclusively from cups at 10 mos.  We started out by practicing with water a couple time day from like 6-9 mos. and then when she had the hang of it around 9 mos. we started offering milk (formula or BM) in the sippy cup.  At 10 mos. we put the bottles away and just let her drink all of her milk from the cup.

    Ava Caroline 8.27.07 I Charlotte Grace 5.18.09 I Lila Katherine 1.20.11

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  • RXjennaRXjenna
    We started trying after 6 months with Mason, but he didn't get it at all and definitely wasn't ready yet.  Finally at around 10 months or so, we tried a straw sippy cup (THESE) and he took to those right away. It was a lot of trial and error...I have quite the collection of sippy cups in my pantry! :)  Good luck!
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  • becca070707Kenbecca070707Ken
    We started putting water in a straw cup made by nuby at 6 months. He took right to it with no problems. It wasn't hard for him to hold it or lift it up like you do with a reg. sippy cup. He didn't get the reg. sippy cup until around 10 months.
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  • doodlebug914doodlebug914 member
    We use the same Munchkin straw cups as Jenna posted.  We were out to dinner when Ethan was 8 months old and they brought him a regular kiddie cup with a straw.  He took to a straw cup right away.  We had the Avents with a spout and he never used those.  He just recently started drinking out of the other sippy spout cups.  We still prefer straw cups.  HTH!
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  • planetzeroplanetzero
    Thanks so much for all the advice!
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