Posted by
mumbloxy
18 yrs ago
My baby will turn 1 yr at end feb. Many books suggest that baby should be "happily" drinking milk from a cup by one. Question : how realistic is this?
We have the following milk feeds :
morning - 4 oz (follow by cereal & fruit on hi chair)
tea time - 9 oz
bedtime - 9 oz
How should I start? Do I just suddenly give all these milk feeds in a cup? He's familiar with a sippy cup, which he has been drinking water from since 6 mths.
Questions :-
- do I use the same cup?
- do I give in a semi-reclining position as in bottles?
Seems like it would take a long time to finish 9 oz in a cup & an even longer time for him to keep his head up/tilted if not reclined? What to do?
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I wouldn't do the semi reclining. It's not a natural cup position. Also I would start with some other fluid in a cup, like water. Then move on to milk. Finally, you don't have to move all the feeds to a cup. The morning one seems like a good candidate. Trying a new thing just before bedtime is bound to cause problems.
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When are babies supposed to go off bottles entirely then? He has been happily drinking water & diluted juice from his sippy cup since 6 mths. I'm just wondering if "milk in a cup" is one of those development things I need to start "training" or would I end up with difficult weaning toddler. I'm quite happy keeping the way he is and he seems content as well. ?
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"When are babies supposed to go off bottles entirely then? "
Our daughter (27 months) only gets a bottle before naptime and before bedtime. It's a comfort thing. She knows it's only then. I don't think weaning her will be a real issue but we haven't thought about it yet.
As for other occasions, somewhere between 12 and 18 months is probably a good time.
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crj
18 yrs ago
The AAP, doctor and dentists tend to agree that at 12 months the bottle shold stop and should be replaced by a cup ( sippy cup and/or cup with a straw)
For us, the cup with the straw was magic after 2-3 days of a thirsty baby.
There is another thread on this worth looking at in the past couple of days.
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Some children just take to the cup, others are creatures of comfort and like to stick with the bottle. My son was a "whatever" child and happily swapped to a sippy cup without any hassle at 14months when I switched him from formula to cows milk, we used the Tommee Tippee one where you get the flow by biting the teat, he never got to grips with the non-spill cups until he was much older. I used to sit him on my lap and he just leaned back into me like a recliner. Worked for us but like I said every child is different.
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crj
18 yrs ago
Here is the related thread:
http://hongkong.asiaxpat.com/forums/parentingadvice/threads/112544.asp
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