Drinking

MelissaS29 · April 2012

My son is a year old tomorrow. He stopped taking the bottle months ago. I have been trying to use the sippy cup and give him water but it isn't working so well.When he holds the sippy cup he will chew on it but not drink. The only drinks I get into him are the ones I give to him with the sippy cup or my cup. Even when I try to give him drinks with the sippy cup he fights it. But when I use a normal adult cup and have him drink out of it he drinks more.Please give me all of the suggestions that you can to help me to get him to drink more. Right now he is only getting the liquid from his food and the little that I dump into his mouth. Sorry it is so long. Please Help me thanks.

Twirple · April 2012

Have you tried different types of sippy cups? Some kids do better with a hard spout, some with a soft spout, and I've heard there are spout-less sippy cups as well. I've also heard that some kids do better from a straw, so you might try that.

One of the girls at Chase's daycare only likes warm milk, so maybe try the liquids at different temperatures to see if that would help?

Good luck!