What does my daughter have against sippy cups?

moonfaerie · July 2010

L will nto drink from a sippy cup and I'm afraid she'll be the only kid in first grade drinking from a bottle. I have tried all sorts of sippy cups, different spouts, with handles & without, bottle-shaped & not, with the flow control valve and without. She just thinks they're toys and makes a big mess playing with them. When I force her to drink like a normal person (holding the cup for her) she looks at me like Im trying to poison her. It's just water, which she drinks like a champ out of a bottle.

DH says not to stress and that one day she will just get it, but this is getting ridiculous. Anyone else's LO act this way?

DanielsWife · July 2010

DD hates sippy cups because, even without the valve, the flow rate SUCKS.

We tried straws to see what she would do, and told her to suck like a bottle. She got it down fast. She only drinks from straws now.

MrsBeckO · July 2010

Have you tried straw cups?

It took DD a while to figure out sippies because it was harder to suck on, and when she did she would get a big mouthful of water and choke. She's got it down now, but it took a while of getting used to (we've been offering sippies of water since 6 months).

Lizard2022 · July 2010

DS caught on to the straw cup way before he mastered the sippy. We let him practice on real straws first and once he got that the no spill straw ones were easy for him.

moonfaerie · July 2010

Thanks ladies. I will try straw cups and see how that goes.

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