So, DS is 9 months and still barely uses his sippy cup. I am nervous that he won't really take a cup. I have been giving it to him since 6months. I am planning on putting all bottles away on his 1st Birthday(as instructed by our pedi). How did you get your LOs to use a sippy cup? I only give water so far. TIA!
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Re: Sippy Cups?
Have you tried a few different kinds? We have one kind with a straw (can't think of the brand name) that I can barely get anything out of. She refused to use that one because she couldn't get anything but she uses others just fine. I have a water bottle with a straw top for myself and my LO loves that one and it is really easy for her to get the water out.
Maybe even try a regular cup. When we're outside, we let her drink out of a regular cup and sure, she spills but she gets the concept and is able to drink out of it. I know it would be hard to make this a permanent solution but at least if he gets the cup concept, he might take better to the sippy.
I would just keep offering it to him and maybe try a few different kinds. I'm sure he'll catch on!
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My LO was the same way. I just got the Nuk training cup:
https://www.diapers.com/p/Nuk-Learner-Cup-Silicone-Spout-25729
It is the only sippy cup he will drink out of. I think it is because the nipple is so similar to the nipple on a bottle. It also might just be the water. My LO doesn't like to drink water out of it, but will drink his formula.
My girls actually like drinking out of a regular cup better than a sippy. Of course they can't carry it around or drink out of it by themselves..
It took us buying a couple of different kinds of sippys before I found one that the girls would semi-drink out of.
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I tested a few to see what she would use.
There is an "intro" Nuk sippy cup that is similar to their bottles. It has a thing that you can clip into that gives it handles on the side. We started using that early on/first. She took to that very quickly because it was similar to her bottle.
Later, I tried a straw sippy and she didn't know how to use that. We also tried the "tilty cup" which I got on amazon. That was great because she didn't have to tilt it and the water would come out.
We also were given another sippy cup with handles on the side. She loves that one and drinks out of it great.
In the last few weeks, we've moved to the Nuby sippy cups and she drank an entire "bottle" out of it.
We really started with water in them to get her used to drinking out of them and then made the transition to formula in it.
I suggest trying a few different things to see what works for him.
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