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If your LO never took a bottle...

Jilybean17Jilybean17 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

Will your LO drink enough from a sippy for a full feeding now? If so what sippy did you have the best luck with? We have been working on this but DD will only take a few sips here and there and doesn't really seem interested. We have been trying our best to offer BM in a sippy every day but I haven't seen any improvement.

I work 2 afternoons a week and DH has to bring her in so I can feed her. I'd really like to not have to do that anymore (as much as I love seeing her!) Do I just leave DH with a BM sippy and hope that she gets hungry enough to drink it? She isn't that great with solids either. WDYT? Thanks! :) 

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Re: If your LO never took a bottle...

  • lckytabby3lckytabby3

    DD isn't picky what sippy we use(We started with the cheap Take and Toss ones).  We tried bottles and sippy and it was the same.  She doesnt sit still for either.  I walk around behind her and offer it till it is gone.  I fell like am force feeding her but it is the only way I have found to get the min. 16 oz in her.  I find it easier if I offer every few bits when she is eating.  I usually do 4 oz breakfast, 4 oz for lunch, 4 for dinner, 4 before bed.  Some days I can sneak in an extra 2 oz after her nap before dinner, but some days I can't get in the 4 at breakfast.  

    DD eats lot of solids.  I cut back some so she would drink more.  Are you doing baby food?  DD like bits so much better. I dont think she would even eat baby food if I tried now.  Try more flavor in her food if she isn't eating it.  Nothing says she can't have seasoning.   By 9 months DD was eating what we were eating for the most part.  I tend to make her and extra veggie. 

    Hope that helps.  Good luck!

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  • honeybee111honeybee111 member

    We introduced the bottle at 4 weeks and DD was fine up until 3 months when she decided she didn't want it anymore.  We battled it for 2 months(with assorted bottle, temperatures, people, times of day, etc.), and then gave up and went to the sippy.  It took her about about 2 weeks to get up to a full serving.  I went back to work, so she didn't have a choice.  The first 2 weeks were rough - especially the first few days - lots of fussing and crankiness.  However, once she got used to it, it was fine.  She's 9 months and will drink 6 oz out of the sippy now.  We use the Nuby ones. 

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