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If you skipped the sippy cup

laurapalmerlaurapalmer
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DS is EFF, is there still a point in skipping the sippy if he's already used to the bottle? 

What cup did you start with? What age did you introduce it? How long did it take until LO caught on? Any tips or suggestions?

Thanks so much!  


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Re: If you skipped the sippy cup

  • LouiseB2001LouiseB2001 member
    I don't think skipping the sippy cup has anything to do with BF or FF (I guess because most BF babies get a bottle either regularly or occasionally). I skipped it after advice that it is actually really difficult to learn. DD was a champ drinking from a regular cup from the beginning, around 7 months, the only thing is of course that if she knocks it over, it spills all over. She still doesn't hold it herself without a little support. We started with water and we are now onto different varieties of milk (and lemonade today, thanks to DH ;-) It is always a funny situation at a restaurant where I will ask for a half filled real glass and they will give me a completely full paper cup with a straw. Paper cups are much more difficult for babies to drink from because it is soft and she often squeezes it so water pops out. And I don't see what is so hard to understand about *HALF FULL*. Sorry, rant over, ha ha.
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  • LurkieLooLurkieLoo member
    We used sippy cups but DS can drink out of a cup and could from an early age.  We started him with water in a cup in the bath and outside so if it spilled it wasn't a big deal.  Once he started spilling less and spitting out less (when he tipped in too much) we let him have water in the house.  We started him with a cup in the bath as soon as he could sit up- I think it was around 4 or 5 months.  He couldn't hold it himself but we just tipped a bit into his mouth and he loved it. 
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  • rianalsrianals member

    I usually forgot the sippy, so DD learned to drink out of a 4 oz juice cup. She wouldn't ever take a bottle, so we just cup-fed her expressed milk when we really needed to. 

    I also was shocked with how many waiters and waitresses don't understand the concept of a regular cup with two inches of water in it.

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