Babies: 6 - 9 Months

Should I??

Should I be starting LO on a sippy? She 6 months 1 week old.  I hadnt' thought much about it but it seems like a lot of people are starting their babies!  What do you think? Are you/have you started?
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Re: Should I??

  • I tried with my LO but she just gets mad at it and ends up crying and banging it around. I try every month or so, but don't force the issue. :)
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  • We tried too, but we're not forcing it.  We offer it with a little water each day when eating a solids meal.  Some days she is interested and some days she is not.  We don't push it.  When she does drink from it we clap and get excited etc but when she doesn't, we just sweep it under the rug and I say, that's okay.
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  • I would always see posts of people starting at 4 months, and I just thought that was early.  But the sippy cups I had bought from my registry started at 6 months, so I figured I would start then just for practice.  But with starting veggies then too (we started cereal at 5 months and veggies at 6 months) I didn't actually do it.  So our LO will be getting his first sippy this week at 7 months.  I figure that is fine, especially since he doesn't get a bottle as often because I nurse when I am home from work in the afternoon/evening and on the weekend.  But I think all LO's will develop the interest on their own, and I'm not going to stick to a set thing where he "should" be getting the sippy now or "should" be good at it by such and such month.

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  • We tried a sippy cup for the first time last night.  He loved drinking from it when I was helping him drink.  Otherwise, he just mainly poured the water all over the highchair tray and himself.  But he was having a great time doing it.
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  • Our ped said to try him on the sippy starting at 6 months. He still doesn't really get it...he will drink from it if I am holding the cup but won't pick it up to drink from it himself. He also tends to get water on him when drinking from it, so I give it to him after meals and it helps to wash his face off. Smile
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  • imageJaneBeam:
    We tried too, but we're not forcing it.  We offer it with a little water each day when eating a solids meal.  Some days she is interested and some days she is not.  We don't push it.  When she does drink from it we clap and get excited etc but when she doesn't, we just sweep it under the rug and I say, that's okay.

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  • We started around 6 months. I thought DD should have water with her solid meals. The first couple times I took the valve out so the water just poured out so DD would know what was in it. Once the valve was in, she mostly just chewed on the spout until she accidentally sucked it once and water came out. It took a few accidental sucks for her to learn suck=water, and by now she's a pro (well almost - she holds it but I have to help her tip it up).

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  • We started at 5 months because she just loved taking sips of my water. Now her sippy cup is her favorite thing. She maybe drinks like 2-3 ounces of water but boy does she have fun doing it. Last night she discovered that she could get water on her head by banging the nipple on her forehead.


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