Sippy cups?

Question

Ok so I've asked how to get my daughter to drink from a sippy cup before on here, and it's still not working lol. She's 9 months and we've tried hard spouts, soft spouts, ones with straws-all she does is chew on them! So my question now is-How many times a day did you offer your baby a sippy cup if they were having trouble getting the hang of it? And how long did you make them try before you gave up and put it in a bottle? I know people have said to just leave it in the sippy cup, they'll drink it if they get hungry or thirsty enough-but I don't really wanna do that. I've sat here for almost an hour trying to get her to drink outta one and she just won't. So I give up and put it in a bottle for her. So any advice or suggestions would be great! Thanks!

Answer 1

Both of my kids (now 7 and 4) were on bottles until approximately 11-12 months before they got the hang of the sippy cup.  Just be patient.  And try giving it to her after she's ate something.  The reason she is chewing on the tips is because it probably feels good on her gums where she is most likely cutting teeth.

Sounds like you're doing a great job as a Mom.  Keep up the good work!

Answer 2

don't rush it.. she will catch on when she is ready. Just keep asking her if she wants a big girl glass and keep offering drinks of what you have... thats how i broke my daughter of the bottle.

Answer 3

here's another take on it from someone a little (ok, a lot older!) When I was a baby, there was no such thing as sippy cups. Believe it or not, it was recommended that parents start their babies on sips of juice/milk (no formula back then either!) form a REAL cup/glass at about 4-6 months of age! Yes, it was time-consuming and took a lot of patience and work, but other than staying on the bottle or breast, it was the only game in town at the time. Amazingly, we all learned how to drink from a real live cup at a very early age with not too much hassle and no psychological harm (that I know of-lol!) The trend of allowing kids- not just babies, but toddlers and young children- to use sippy cups almost indefinitley, is lazy and just awful-looking. and not at all what most doctors recommend. If you want her of the bottle and she doesn't wwant a sippy cup, try giving her the teeniest sip from a real cup- use one of those small 4 oz size juice cups. hold it for her and tip it so just a little bit touches her lips (use a bib or towel- it can get be a wet business!) She's old enough to get the hang of it pretty quickly, I bet. By a year, she will probably be a full-fledged cup drinker and you'll never have to deal with that sippy cup attachment that so many kids have nowadays! Good Luck!

Answer 4

She is probably using it to teeth on too. Keep trying and be patient with her. She will get it.

Answer 5

I'm sure that some people will disagree with me, but if she's not ready, she's not ready; and nine months isn't too old for a bottle if that is all that she will take. If you push the sippy cup on her, and she doesn't want it, then it will take her even longer to even try it.

When feeding her, I would hold the sippy cup up to her mouth FOR her and let her have sips. Do that for a while and she will see that, that is where she gets her juice from. After a while of doing that (and don't give up if at first if she won't drink from it even if you are holding it.), leave it on her high chair, and she will drink it on her own eventually. No worries! If you've tried this before...let the sippy cup out of your routine for a week and start again.

Best Wishes

Answer 6

My oldest wouldn't hold a cup for himself until he was at least a year old. He played with them, chewed on them, loved them ... but wouldn't drink out of them unless I was holding them.

My 9-month-old is doing the same thing, with the added charm of pitching a holy fit if I try to put his formula in a cup.

It's really not a big deal. They'll figure it out long before kindergarten, I promise.

Offer her a cup at every meal, and give her all sorts of props if she gives it a try. But there's no sense in forcing it.

Answer 7

Start out slow. Try one meal a day and let her work on it she will figure it out. GOod luck to you.

Answer 8

i personally would not worry to much about it. she is still on the young side for a sippy cup. i work in childcare, and i have seen a lot of kids have trouble w/ sippy cups...and several didnt take the sippy cup until 14 months! she will do it on her own time. but later down the road if you are still having trouble, i would go a day and not offer her the bottle at all, only the sippy cup. sometimes going cold turkey is the only thing that works! good luck!

Answer 9

well im just in love with sippy cups, my oldest daughter, she did everything a little early, she was off the bottle and doing just sippy cups my 10 months, but she only cried once for about half an hour and didnt want to take the bottle anymore, she had been doing sippy cups already since she was 5 months old for mealtime and such. but she was a very easy child and i think 10 months is a little young usually, but  i was onna have a baby in about 2 months and didnt want 2 kids on the bottle. then my second child was so stubborn and was in love with her bottle and hated sippy cups, till she was a little over  a year she saw bigger kids drinking out of sippy cups and just started taking it too and threw the bottle away, never asked for it again... so it was simple enough, but i wouldnt worry about it if hes 9 months, hes still young and one of these days h**l probably get it.