Posted by
Nicher
19 yrs ago
Have been practising with my 10 months old to drink from sippy cup (juice and water) for more than 2 months. But he doesn't show much improvement in it. He still keeps turning the cup upside down or chew on the handle instead of the spout. Even if we get him to suck on the spout, he spit it out when his lips touches the content. He just won't drink from it.
Have tried different types of cup. Even tried taking out the valve of the 'non-spill' type so it flows better. He just doesn't want it.
Some people told me maybe coz he's breastfed, he isn't used to holding a bottle like bottlefed babies, so he's slower in learning to hold a cup. Is that true?
Shall I move him onto straw cup instead? Is he ready at this age? I am concerned about him not drinking enough water but I don't want to give in to bottle again.
Advice needed pls. Thank you!!
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Dear Nicher, I am not much help I am afraid - but I can tell you that our twins (not nearly 15 mnth now) did not drink from the sippy cup for months - not matter what they do (all the bottle stuff is rubbish- they are bottle -fed - did not make any difference) - anyway, we were desperate - took use months! But then one day (must have been around 1 yr old or so) - they just started! themselves! doing very well since. Please dont worry - he will get there in his own time - just keep on giving the cup to him. Wish I knew before I bought about 5 different types of cups! .times 2 every time :(
He really will do it when he is ready!
Re if he drinks enough - talk to a doctor, but he probably gets enough in his milk!
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Hi ldsllvn - thanks for your encouragement. With twins I'm sure it's much harder work on you.
Happy to know that I'm not alone. I'll keep my fingers crossed that one day he'll drink from it himself. Just like I'm looking forward to the day he can sit patiently in his high chair and stroller...
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just re-read my not - was writting in a hurry - man! that is one incoherrent note! sorry! hope you got the idea! really should slow down when I write - my thoghts are running away... Having twins is hard work but HK is great for it - we have 2 helpers! where else would we be able to afford that! Good luck with the cup - he will get there, give him time and please dont upset yourself over it!
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Hi there- I would normally suggest giving baby formula from the sippy cup to see if that motivates him to use it properly. As you breastfeed, perhaps express milk (if you do this) and put it in the sippy cup. Once he gets the hang of drinking the milk from the cup, then you can try water/ juice also. But also patience. I have an 8 mth old who chews on the spout about 50% of the time and drinks water from it the other 50%. I've also taken the handles off our sippy cups (we use Avent magic cups) as they were actually distracting my baby from drinking. (We are also going through "not wanting to sit in stroller/ highchair phase"! Wish there was a solution for that!)
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most likely baby is having a hard time sucking, it's a different kind of sucking than from a bottle. You can remove the valve for a bit and show him that there's liquid in there and then after he understands that you can put the valve back in. Good luck!
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Hi mommy sara, yes I did remove the valve and also tried him on other cups with no valves. He knows there's water inside but he doesn't drink from it.
Kilwinning, honestly I never tried putting milk in there so I have no idea if he can drink from it. But I'm more inclined to try a straw cup on him. Hope I can get him to drink an ounce from there...
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sippy cup - it takes practice, practice, practice!
you can also try the straw cup. our toddler was ok with the sippy cup when we introduced it but i got impatient because he didn't want to lift it up himself and would suck on it like a straw...so i introduced a straw cup instead and that worked brilliantly, haha!
but sippy or straw, babies take time to get used to them.
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19 yrs ago
My son acted exactly like yours when we introduced the sippy cup when he was 8 months old and in the end we switched to the straw cup at 9 months( I have the combi one as the straw is soft). After a couple of tries he was able to suck up the water - we were so happy at this. He is now 13 months old and helps himself to the straw cup whenever he is thirsty. He can even drink from a cup whilst we are holding it so we will shortly introduce the stacking cup which he can hold himself without hopefully tipping the water over. Good Luck.
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Perhaps your little one isnt interested in taking a "sippy" cup because he prefers the breast and breast feeding !
Babies usually get all the fluids they need from the breast and breastmilk alone .
However if you want to try something else why not try a small cup .
Even Newborns can "lap" milk out of a small cup .A small cup with some cuddling and lots of eye contact is a good place to start.
Alternately leave it for a few weeks and breast feed your baby exclusively and then try again .
Eventually your little one will get the idea .
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