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Forgot How To Use Straw?

Eitak82Eitak82 member
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Let me preface this by saying that I know I am probably being silly and unnecessarily stressing.

I started offering DS (8 months) a straw cup around 5 months. He didn't seem interested and would chew on the straw for the most part. Between 6-7 months I started becoming a little stressed that he wouldn't learn how to use a straw cup (I really do not want any bottles past 1 year). I made a concerted effort to use a straw to drink when I was around him. All of the sudden one day, he got it. He took a few sips here or there after a meal. I would leave his cup on the floor so he could reach it and he would crawl over, grab it, and take a few sips when he wanted... I was thrilled.

Now he has not taken a drink from it in over a week again. He will bite on the straw (he did just cut his first tooth and the one next to it appears to be on the way), but he will not drink from it. He gets plenty of formula still, so I know he's well hydrated, but I'm just worried he forgot how or is not interested. Is he too young for me to be concerned about this? Suggestions for getting him interested again? I tried offering it when he first wakes up (right before the bottle) thinking he would be thirsty then, but he will cry if I offer it then because he wants the bottle with formula instead of the cup with water (which I promptly give him).

Thoughts or suggestions are welcome!
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Re: Forgot How To Use Straw?

  • Eitak82Eitak82 member
    Thank you for sharing. I don't know too many other moms in real life, and reading on these forums it sometimes sounds like everyone is doing these things already, so I let anxiety get the better of me. 
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  • MrsWindyCityMrsWindyCity member
    I definitely wouldn't worry about it now. Just keep offering it at meals, etc. but do not be concerned if he doesn't drink from it.
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  • Eitak82Eitak82 member
    Thanks, ladies! Somewhere deep down I know he will not be 5 years old and drinking out of a bottle, but I tend to stress about little things.
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