My daughter won't use a sippy cup.?

Question

She just turned1 and the Dr said to wean her off the bottle and onto a sippy because over time the bottle can be bad for her teeth. She throws it on the floor and would rather drink nothing than to use the sippy cup. The only time she'll use one is if we're at the pool and it's water in it. She refuses it any other time and ALWAYS if there is milk in it. I never had this problem with my older boys, they were using a sippy by about 7 or 8 months. I end up giving her the bottle because I want her to get enough milk everyday. Does anyone have any suggestions or things that worked for you? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Why not just try giving her a regular cup?  I know, I know, she'll spill it, but if you give her just a sip at a time in a regular cup while she is sitting at the table, she will probably love the novelty of having a big girl cup...after a few weeks of this, give her a choice between the bottle and the cup...she'll probably pick the cup on her own.  After you get her off the bottle, you can train her to use the sippy cup when she won't be at the table.

Answer 2

It sounds like your daughter knows what she wants and what she doesn't want!  Mine is the same way.  Maybe you should try something totally new!  Give her a regular cup (plastic of course since she might throw it too).  Show her how to hold it and tell her she can use it just like mommy and daddy and her brothers since she's a big girl.  Developmentally, she should be able to do this, but it might take a little practice.  If you don't like the idea of her drinking straight from a cup, try a plastic cup with a lid and a straw, like the kind some restaurants give to kids.  

One last tip... you can put her "new" cup in a package when she's not around.  Then have her watch you put all her bottles in a box and tape it up and tell her the bottles are going "bye-bye", but here is a new box for her.  Let her open it with your help and take out her new cup.  Pour milk in it and maybe she'll go for it.

Good luck!

Answer 3

get her a sippy cup with the little lids on it that reasoble bottles. and act a huge deal about how shes a big girl and big girls drink from sippy cups. and if she takes a sip act like its a milion bucks, say wow shes growing up and throw up your hands and twirl her around. shell start to feel special.

Answer 4

My son is exactly the same way and even still at 18 months old, he will use it for a little while but then he doesn't drink enough fluids so i have to keep giving him the bottle, i have a cupboard full of different style/brands of sippy cups, i kept introducing them then taking them away, re-introducing them etc it was/is a long on-going battle, in the end i figured, he will grow out of it eventually and have a "big boy" cup! Best wishes, and if your daughter isn't as stubborn as my son and DOES use one soon, please, let me know how! :D

Answer 5

experiment with sippy cups. invest $$ in about 10 different kinds and just explore two a week. eventually she'll find one she likes. they make ones with disney princesses. as for the best sippy cup that is similiar to the bottle, the avent brand is great. i nursed all my kids, but my youngest was weaned at 5 mos to get on medication.  i used avent and she loved it.

Answer 6

You have to be consistent and giving in to her does not help. Only give her a sippy cup even with milk. If she refuses it she doesn't drink anything. Eventually she'll be so thirsty she'll use it. It may seem mean but you have to do what's best and not be a push over for her. It also helps if she's around other kids and sees them using sippy cups rather then bottles.

Answer 7

Try holding your daughter like you were giving her a bottle, then start her off with her own bottles, the next time, use a

sippy trainer cup (small with handles, link below) and to get her to start holding the sippy cup on her own. You just put her hands on the bottle, when she moves them away, just put them back on the handles. Repeat until she walks around holding her cup! Then get rid of the handles!!

Answer 8

As you already know, they will feed when theyre hungry. if she throws it on the floor, put it next to her. If she really is thirsty, she will drink it. but if you keep giving in to her, she will know how to get her own way. You can't be soft at times like these otherwise you will get no where. also when she does drink out of it, give her lots of praise and attention (maybe even a treat!) that way she will drink out  of it more and more.

Answer 9

Don't make a power struggle out of it.  Getting stressed over it, and letting her see it will just make it worse for you.  Try different cups.  Only give her cups.  Sooner or later, she'll get thirsty and drink.  Kids that age will NOT let themselves starve or dehydrate.  You may need to experiment with a few different types of cups, but you'll get there.  You may have good luck by going with a cup line that's a "next step" from your bottles.  Avent and Playtex definitely do this, others probably do as well.