what goes in your sippy cup?

knoxbride72107 · March 2010

We are getting ready to let DS start practicing with a sippy cup, but I have no idea what to put in it. Do you start with water, juice, BM? How often do you let your LO practice and how much should the actually drink?

MrsPreK · March 2010

Formula or water for DD. She gets it at meal times to practice with.

courtneyaok · March 2010

Just water. On a rare occasion, I flavor it with a bit of juice. It doesn't really seem to make much of a difference to them, though.

A*Bride · March 2010

Only water. My DS doesn't care for juice at all so he just drinks water and loves it.

alli&pat · March 2010

we do water only...i only want him to associate BM/formula with his bottle. then cow's milk will only go in a sippy once he hits a year.

zeesbride · March 2010

So far I have put about an inch of water or water with a tiny bit of apple juice in it to let her practice at meal times.

MrsBatty · March 2010

alli&pat:
we do water only...i only want him to associate BM/formula with his bottle. then cow's milk will only go in a sippy once he hits a year.

This.

sju · March 2010

Just water. We give her the cup daily and daycare asked to send a cup so they can start practicing at "snack time". She does not get a snack yet but mid-afternoon they sit them to practice with the sippy cup.

egsquared · March 2010

Just water. I give it to her to practice with at her two solid meal times. So far, she doesn't really get it. When she does get any water, she's startled and lets it all run out of her mouth. lol.

Joey Amanda · March 2010

just water since 6 months... i just now began adding a tinge of juice to it...?

Mrs.C042807 · March 2010

DS gets it during his lunch and dinner. We only put water in it.

We're holding off on juice as long as we can since the nutritional value of it is not great and sugar content is high.

WyoGal · March 2010

Mostly water, sometimes prune juice if he's a bit stopped up. Since he won't do bottles I've been trying to get him to take BM in a sippy just in case. We'll hold off on regular juice as long as possible.