When to introduce sippy cups?

Question

do you wait until baby can hold their own bottle or do you just assist a little with the sippy cup?

Answer 1

i brought the cup into play at 9 months i used both then at 1yr i got rid of the bottle and just used the sippy until they started saying words then i got rid of the cup to improve their speak and save their teeth

they have sippy cups with handles and sippy cups require the same sucking and handling skills as a bottle if you introduce the cup early the transition is much easier  

Answer 2

You can introduce the sippy cup at any time.  If your baby doesn't want it, wait and try again a few weeks later.  I gave my daughter water or watered down juice in a sippy a couple times a day when she was about 7 or 8 months.  Sometimes she'd just carry it around, sometimes she'd take a few sips, and sometimes she wanted nothing to do with it.  But she became more accustomed to it.  I waited until 11 months and I started the switch to cow's milk before I gave her a sippy with milk.  

Do what seems to work for your baby.

Answer 3

My son is 9 months old.  I know he can hold a cup or the bottle but he doesn't even attempt it.  He won't let me put his hands on it either.  So I give him the sippy cup because I want him to know how to use it.  I think he is just being stubborn because I will hold it for him.

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Answer 4

My daughter started when she turned one. I thought that was late already.  

Answer 5

7 months

Answer 6

Well... I have a strange take on it.  When I first gave birth, I was supplementing.  To avoid nipple confusion, we fed formula in the bottle, and breastmilk from a cup.  Not a sippy cup... a CUP.  I read about the method and it worked beautifully.  I was still able to breastfeed her after a month of her drinking from bottles, she had a wonderful latch.

When she was no longer being supplemented, then I introduced her to the sippy cup.  She didn't like it as much.  So we waited until she was teething and got the soft top sippies that she could chew on.  She loves those.  Formula is in the bottles, sometimes juice, but most juice and water she gets is in the sippy.  Especially on warm days, it's fun to watch her get wet trying to drink from the sippy, and she gets more water than from a bottle (she doesn't like water in her bottle.)

She still drinks from cups though.  She's 9 months old and is an expert at drinking from cups.  She just can't hold them.