Tips from Moms who had a hard time going bottle to cup?

BabyBebe1 · November 2010

DS is just one now but has been bottle fed from the start (I first EP'ed and then FF'ed from 6 months on). I am having a VERY difficult time switching from bottles to cups. My LO is still on formula because he has kind of been a late eater and he has some kidney issues so the doctors want to make sure we keep giving him lots of nutrition. But everyone wants me to get over to the cup. He will drink water from a straw cup but when I give him formula in one he throws it down and then cries until he gets a bottle. I'm sure I am not the first person to have a hard time with this, so any tips from you ladies who are beyond this lovely issue?

Much appreciated...thanks!

sarahns80 · November 2010

I might have the only pedi on here that said as long as they dont go to bed with it, it's ok to keep giving them a bottle. He said a sippy is just a glorified bottle and it's more important for them to get their milk than to drink from a cup. DD still takes 2 bottles a day. She will drink her water or juice fine from a sippy, but not milk. I have tried every sippy on the market and flavoring it to get her to. She will drink those Horizon milk boxes but those kinda freak me out since they don't have to be refrigerated and they aren't whole milk, so i just give her one of those when we are on the run maybe once a week.

PokeBride · November 2010

I agree with the PP, a lot of sippy cups are might as well be a bottle. I didn't push my LO at all. He took bottles a couple times a day until around 7 months. I didn't even try to stop until he was taking all drinks fine from a straw cup also. When I did there was no issue with the transition, as I wasn't pushing him to do something he wasn't ready for. Also, as the PP mentioned by pedi was not in a hurry to get my LO off the bottle.

Mama Jan · November 2010

We switched both boys at 12-13mo and both had a really hard time. It took about a week of tantrums before they finally caved. The key is to NOT give in. They learn quick that if they throw a tantrum, they'll get their bottle. Your LO is not going to starve himself. Eventually he will realize that if he wants to eat, he's going to have to accept your sippy.

It's not fun, I KNOW. But in the long run, it really is just a few days... a week or so maybe.

We use a different sippy for milk than we do for water. They get water in straw sippies but for milk we use the soft spout Sip n Smile cups by Gerber. With DS2, I learned he does not like having a stopper in his. So one boy has a stopper, one does not.

Good luck... be persistent and know that the tantrums do end if you don't cave.

Emilia0101 · November 2010

We went formula to milk at 12 months then sippy cups 13 months now we are dropping that last bottle at 15 months. My motivation is that it is much easier to drop bottles at an early age than try to take one away from a 2 year old.

weelass24 · November 2010

My DS will not drink milk out of a sippy. Drives me and DH bonkers. My pedi said off the bottle by 2 so we aren't pushing. He only gets milk in the bottle. Any juice or water is strictly in the sippy, so we are getting there. We'll try to go hardcore on it after the new year, because he turns 2 in the will be off them before then.

We have about 5 different types of cups and all were a big fat FAIL with the milk. Hard spouts, soft spouts, somewhere in between spouts, handles, no handles. Nothing worked.

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