Are you still using bottles?

jen83mn · October 2016

And if yes, when do you plan to stop?

We've tried to make the transition, but LO will only drink 1 oz or less from a sippy in one sitting, making it impossible to get his 16 oz of milk in a day.

momofsweetps · October 2016

Yes and he will drink some from a silly, but like yours, not much. I'm trying to get him to stop sooner, rather than later, because it gets harder to cut things the older they get, but he's so attached since I weaned him from bfing.

dmbfan46835 · October 2016

Just at night. Unfortunately I think we have made this a big part of his bedtime routine. And daddy loves to bond with him over that last bottle every night. No idea how to cut that out.

yellow1daisy · October 2016

I voted yes but she gets the bulk of her milk from sippies and only gets a bottle if she wakes up MOTN. It takes her longer to drink them which contributes to making her more sleepy and will go down more easily I think. Just a theory. One day we will do sippies MOTN too and I have a feeling she would be fine.

She's been waking up regularly for the past month I think she's getting a ton of teeth at once. She likes to chew the bottle nipple more than drink it's contents. So hopefully once this round of teething is over she'll sleep better and we'll make the switch.

rachelkawesome · October 2016

He doesn't use them at home, because I nurse and he otherwise uses sippy cups, but he is still using them at daycare, to my frustration. I'm impatient and my husband says to give it time for them to transition him there. If anyone has any thoughts or tips, let me know!

Growingapepper · October 2016

We're trying to transition to soppy cups. She will drink water from one all day long. We try to put milk in but as soon as she tastes it she wants nothing to do with it and will cry for a bottle

vibarra27 · October 2016

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babycreel · October 2016

Still using bottles for milk here. We tried sippy cup when we started transitioning from breatmilk to whole milk but she doesn't drink much milk that way. So we stuck with bottles for milk for now. We will try sippy cups again soon though. She knows how to use a sippy cup and drinks water from one daily, but I guess milk is better in a bottle, lol. Iv been looking into transition cups that are in between a bottle and a sippy cup but haven't decided on one yet.

nicolelynn915 · October 2016

No bottles here. Haven't had one since she was 11 months. I can't say I did anything in particular but just continually offered it all day. My LO pretty much was off it during the day easily. Mostly because she didn't want the bottle because she didn't want to fall asleep. Then eventually we switched the last bottle to a sippy cup for about a week or two and now she doesn't even want that before bed. I just always try to make it available and we have no problem getting her to drink her milk. She loves milk and water but hates juice!

jen83mn · October 2016

nicolelynn915 said:

No bottles here. Haven't had one since she was 11 months. I can't say I did anything in particular but just continually offered it all day. My LO pretty much was off it during the day easily. Mostly because she didn't want the bottle because she didn't want to fall asleep. Then eventually we switched the last bottle to a sippy cup for about a week or two and now she doesn't even want that before bed. I just always try to make it available and we have no problem getting her to drink her milk. She loves milk and water but hates juice!

My LO will chug water out of a sippy, but a few sips of milk and he's done! But of course he loves milk out of a bottle. We'll figure something out!

And probably good she hates juice! Water and milk are much better nutritionally and for her teeth hygiene anyways! Smart girl!

missliz53 · October 2016

We are doing a very slow transition too because otherwise, there's no way she would drink 16 oz of milk. We offer the sippy first and then put the rest in a bottle. After we have success with the soft spout sippy and the bottles are gone, we'll start transitioning to a rimless sippy since that's what her Dr wants her on.

tlc11934 · October 2016

None of my kids would drink milk from a sippy. She drinks a bottle in the morning and a bottle at bedtime. Will probably take the morning bottle away sooner than later

hlb8179 · October 2016

We switched to all sippies around a year. Like others, she drinks less milk this way. But my ped recommended that building up to drinking more milk from a sippy is better than the negative ramifications of drinking from a bottle for too long, so we're going that route.

paine0925 · October 2016

We are totally stuck on bottles - she hates sippy cups that have milk in them but loves them if they have water in them. I'm stressing over it!!

jen83mn · October 2016

hlb8179 said:

We switched to all sippies around a year. Like others, she drinks less milk this way. But my ped recommended that building up to drinking more milk from a sippy is better than the negative ramifications of drinking from a bottle for too long, so we're going that route.

That's good to know! I'm just so stuck on getting those 16 oz in that it's hard to just get rid of them!

We've been working on getting him to drink more in a sippy (the 360 rim one) and today he finally learned to drink out of a straw one and he seemed to love it (with milk in it too!). So I'm hoping that sticks! I'll probably try to get rid of the mid-afternoon bottle this week first, then the mid-morning the week after that.

Are you all feeding your LOs a small snack along with the sippy in between meals now?

missliz53 · October 2016

At some point the desire to be a big kid and do things just like the grown-ups or the big kids has to kick in, right? DD's OC reminded me last week that nobody goes to kindergarten still using bottles or diapers. Eventually they'll all get there. I have this feeling that in 14 or 15 years, we are going to look back on this wistfully and say, "remember how tough I thought it was to get rid of bottles or diapers or pacifiers? That stuff was easy compared to dealing with a teenager."

hlb8179 · October 2016

jen83mn said:

hlb8179 said:

We switched to all sippies around a year. Like others, she drinks less milk this way. But my ped recommended that building up to drinking more milk from a sippy is better than the negative ramifications of drinking from a bottle for too long, so we're going that route.

That's good to know! I'm just so stuck on getting those 16 oz in that it's hard to just get rid of them!

We've been working on getting him to drink more in a sippy (the 360 rim one) and today he finally learned to drink out of a straw one and he seemed to love it (with milk in it too!). So I'm hoping that sticks! I'll probably try to get rid of the mid-afternoon bottle this week first, then the mid-morning the week after that.

Are you all feeding your LOs a small snack along with the sippy in between meals now?

We give her the milk only with meals and snacks. That was our ped's recommendation and it's also how they do it at her daycare so that helped. When we took away her bedtime bottle we started by moving the bottle to the very beginning of her bedtime routine so she wouldn't miss it as much. Plus once it was in a sippy she didn't want it at bedtime. I was nervous about her being full enough to continue sleeping 12 hours straight but it hasn't been a problem since she's eating enough throughout the day. We also make sure she gets a little yogurt and cheese throughout the day for the dairy nutrients.

LoveLee85 · October 2016

I just introduced him to tiny Montessori cups. I put about a teaspoons worth of water. We are working on using both hands, sipping water and gently putting it down. He LOVES it. I'm going to really push sippy cups this week and keep 'working' on tiny cups lessons. I'm so over cleaning and storing bottles! Hopefully by Thanksgiving we will be 100% over bottles. Hahaha

christina4436 · October 2016

We started straw sippys around 9 months probably. With water for practice. Then weaned just after a year to all straw sippy throughout the day. I have always given 1 bottle at night and want to get rid of that soon, but since she only drinks 6-8 ounces of milk from sippy during day that's where she gets another 6 or so. Since she was a preemie doctor doesn't want us to drop it until she's taking more during day. Unfortunately it hasn't changed in the past month. Maybe we can try sippy at night and if she doesn't take a lot finish with bottle. At least to start to get her used to it at night ?

jen83mn · October 2016

christina4436 said:

We started straw sippys around 9 months probably. With water for practice. Then weaned just after a year to all straw sippy throughout the day. I have always given 1 bottle at night and want to get rid of that soon, but since she only drinks 6-8 ounces of milk from sippy during day that's where she gets another 6 or so. Since she was a preemie doctor doesn't want us to drop it until she's taking more during day. Unfortunately it hasn't changed in the past month. Maybe we can try sippy at night and if she doesn't take a lot finish with bottle. At least to start to get her used to it at night ?

What brand of straw sippies are you using? Do you like them?

LoveLee85 · October 2016

As of two days ago, zero bottles have been used! Finally, finished with bottles. I think something clicked after I just wouldn't give him a bottle? Idk. I don't think it's anything I did?? He just really started taking to sippy cups two days ago so I ran with it.

PinkPrincessPiper · October 2016

We are still using bottles for when Piper wakes & before bedtime. She wouldn't even accept a bottle until 6 months, and we ended up having to get ridiculously expensive comotomo bottles (that are honestly awesome). So, I really don't mind getting a year's use of them!

We made sure our sons were weaned from a bottle by 2, and that's our goal for this little one too. Also, no pacifiers after 2 for us. My middle kid hung onto his for way too long!

We introduced a sippy with water at 5 months, and now Piper drinks juice & water from her sippy, but not milk. Milk she has to have warmed in her bottle.

When I go to buy new sippys (prob for stocking stuffers), I'm going to go with the Munchkin 360 cups instead of anything with a spout.

jen83mn · October 2016

PinkPrincessPiper said:

We are still using bottles for when Piper wakes & before bedtime. She wouldn't even accept a bottle until 6 months, and we ended up having to get ridiculously expensive comotomo bottles (that are honestly awesome). So, I really don't mind getting a year's use of them!

We made sure our sons were weaned from a bottle by 2, and that's our goal for this little one too. Also, no pacifiers after 2 for us. My middle kid hung onto his for way too long!

We introduced a sippy with water at 5 months, and now Piper drinks juice & water from her sippy, but not milk. Milk she has to have warmed in her bottle.

When I go to buy new sippys (prob for stocking stuffers), I'm going to go with the Munchkin 360 cups instead of anything with a spout.

My little guy loves the Munchkin 360 cup - he started with it at 6 months and found it was easier to use than any of the spouted ones. Problem is we started with just water in the cup, so now he refuses to drink milk out of it!

He finally figured out how to use a straw cup so we've been using that for milk and it's been going well the past few days, so we'll stick with the straw cup for milk and the 360 cup for water. Funny how they associate certain things!

amp61470 · October 2016

Chase would touch his sippy cups with water. I've tried countless brands. Just yesterday he drank milk from his munchkin 360! Not a lot but enough.

christina4436 · November 2016

We use munchkin brand straw sippies. They work but leak out top straw sometimes. The ones with handle and weighted straw is nice because they can get every last drop no matter angle. And then we got the insulated paw patrol ones which she loves and fit in cup holders better. Use both and as of a few days ago no more bottles. She batted it away at night and wanted her sippy before bed! She doesn't drink as much before bed now but hoping bc she just doesn't need it.

jen83mn · November 2016

christina4436 said:

We use munchkin brand straw sippies. They work but leak out top straw sometimes. The ones with handle and weighted straw is nice because they can get every last drop no matter angle. And then we got the insulated paw patrol ones which she loves and fit in cup holders better. Use both and as of a few days ago no more bottles. She batted it away at night and wanted her sippy before bed! She doesn't drink as much before bed now but hoping bc she just doesn't need it.

We tried out the same Munchkin ones with weighted straw and they were the ticket! My LO loves them and it was the only way he would drink more than a few sips at a time. We have the leaking out of the straw issue too, but only when he throws it on the floor, haha. We've been down to two bottles a day now for a few weeks, morning and night, and I'm cutting out the morning bottle starting today. We'll cut out the before bed one next week and then no more bottles!

He just wasn't ready right at 12 months since he wasn't quite ready for a straw cup and refused to drink enough out of any other kind of cup. But one day it just clicked!

momofsweetps · November 2016

jen83mn said:

christina4436 said:

We use munchkin brand straw sippies. They work but leak out top straw sometimes. The ones with handle and weighted straw is nice because they can get every last drop no matter angle. And then we got the insulated paw patrol ones which she loves and fit in cup holders better. Use both and as of a few days ago no more bottles. She batted it away at night and wanted her sippy before bed! She doesn't drink as much before bed now but hoping bc she just doesn't need it.

We tried out the same Munchkin ones with weighted straw and they were the ticket! My LO loves them and it was the only way he would drink more than a few sips at a time. We have the leaking out of the straw issue too, but only when he throws it on the floor, haha. We've been down to two bottles a day now for a few weeks, morning and night, and I'm cutting out the morning bottle starting today. We'll cut out the before bed one next week and then no more bottles!

He just wasn't ready right at 12 months since he wasn't quite ready for a straw cup and refused to drink enough out of any other kind of cup. But one day it just clicked!

Can you link the cup you got? We've been trying a lot of different ones and he still screams for his bottle.

jen83mn · November 2016

momofsweetps said:

jen83mn said:

christina4436 said:

We use munchkin brand straw sippies. They work but leak out top straw sometimes. The ones with handle and weighted straw is nice because they can get every last drop no matter angle. And then we got the insulated paw patrol ones which she loves and fit in cup holders better. Use both and as of a few days ago no more bottles. She batted it away at night and wanted her sippy before bed! She doesn't drink as much before bed now but hoping bc she just doesn't need it.

We tried out the same Munchkin ones with weighted straw and they were the ticket! My LO loves them and it was the only way he would drink more than a few sips at a time. We have the leaking out of the straw issue too, but only when he throws it on the floor, haha. We've been down to two bottles a day now for a few weeks, morning and night, and I'm cutting out the morning bottle starting today. We'll cut out the before bed one next week and then no more bottles!

He just wasn't ready right at 12 months since he wasn't quite ready for a straw cup and refused to drink enough out of any other kind of cup. But one day it just clicked!

Can you link the cup you got? We've been trying a lot of different ones and he still screams for his bottle.

https://www.target.com/p/munchkin-7oz-weighted-straw-sippy-cup/-/A-15300763?sid=1831S&ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Baby+Shopping_Brand&adgroup=SC_Baby&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=m&location=9019583&gclid=CMSry8ORodACFYRGXgodplkF2w&gclsrc=aw.ds

jen83mn · November 2016

It's the Munchkin Weighted Straw Sippy Cup. It took a few tries for him to get the hang out of sipping from a straw, but I just kept sipping from a straw in front of him so he could mimic me, and then one day it clicked and he just got it.

He also likes the Munchkin 360 Trainer Cup, but we started him out with that at 6/7 months with water so he associates it with water now and won't drink milk out of it. That was the easiest cup for him to use at 6/7 months.

momofsweetps · November 2016

jen83mn said:

It's the Munchkin Weighted Straw Sippy Cup. It took a few tries for him to get the hang out of sipping from a straw, but I just kept sipping from a straw in front of him so he could mimic me, and then one day it clicked and he just got it.

He also likes the Munchkin 360 Trainer Cup, but we started him out with that at 6/7 months with water so he associates it with water now and won't drink milk out of it. That was the easiest cup for him to use at 6/7 months.

Thank you. He drinks water ok out of his cups, we have the munchkin 360, wow and even a thermos trainer, but will not drink milk out of it, but just a couple of sips. He really wants a bottle when he's tired and will not settle with just a cup. Trying to break that though. He will even drink water from the bottle, it just has to be the bottle.

jen83mn · November 2016

momofsweetps said:

jen83mn said:

It's the Munchkin Weighted Straw Sippy Cup. It took a few tries for him to get the hang out of sipping from a straw, but I just kept sipping from a straw in front of him so he could mimic me, and then one day it clicked and he just got it.

He also likes the Munchkin 360 Trainer Cup, but we started him out with that at 6/7 months with water so he associates it with water now and won't drink milk out of it. That was the easiest cup for him to use at 6/7 months.

Thank you. He drinks water ok out of his cups, we have the munchkin 360, wow and even a thermos trainer, but will not drink milk out of it, but just a couple of sips. He really wants a bottle when he's tired and will not settle with just a cup. Trying to break that though. He will even drink water from the bottle, it just has to be the bottle.

I would try when he's not tired and incorporate milk throughout the day instead at meals and snack time. When we dropped the day time bottles, we introduced a morning and afternoon snack (cheese, crackers, something simple) with a straw cup of milk, usually about 15-30 minutes before nap time. Now, instead of giving him a bottle when he wakes up, we plop him in the high chair with some puffs (like Cheerios) and the straw cup of milk and he has that (then has his actual breakfast about an hour later with another straw cup of milk). When we stop doing the bedtime bottle, we'll probably just give him a straw cup of milk as we read him stories before bed. Catching him before he's tired and crabby should hopefully help!

My LO was also never really tied to bottles though - as long as he gets milk he doesn't care as much where it comes from, so your LO may have more of an emotional connection to the bottle than ours did. I've heard it only gets worse as they get older and more attached, so I think it's good you're trying to find a solution now!

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