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| Have you tried a straw? I think they make sippy cups with a straw. Maybe if she watches you drink from a straw she will want to also? I have not come across this battle yet, but the straw worked for my 17 month old nephew. Good Luck |
| posted by Amanda on 03/04/2008 10:29 PM
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| Yeah, she drinks from a straw already, my friend is a speech therapist, and she had me start her on that early because it helps with speech, and muscle developement. The problem is she associates the sippy cup with just juice, and I do not know how to change that association. I have bought different cups, different styles different colors for just the milk, all with no luck. |
| posted by on 03/05/2008 07:21 AM
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| Lexi will sometimes drink her formula from a cup;but she prefers the baba also.I noticed that she associates formula w bottles and juice w sippees.Maybe put juice in her baba?Do that for a week; so that shell associate the sippee w both.I have never put juice in a baba except when Lexi was sick months ago.Lexi has a 4 oz baba left and after that its time for the 3 r 4 days screaming fit at night for a baba.God I dread that moment! |
| posted by Lexi on 03/05/2008 10:51 AM
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| I know that this idea sounds harsh but I had a friend that went through the same problem and she just started to get rid of all the bottels and finaly just had the sippy and told him that the bottle went away. He had a hard time at first but then jsut started drinking the sippy. My daughter is 8 months and I have not started her ona sippy at all but guess I will soon. My son was the hardest to get off the sippy he wanted it every night when he went to bed. During the day he had regular cups and night sippy to sleep and thats cause he was 3. It was real hard to break him. Hopefully I wont have that problem with my daughter. |
| posted by Jessica on 03/05/2008 11:07 AM
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| Like the other lady said it is harsh but just get rid of the bottle all together i did if she really wants that milk she will drink it or you could try getting a new sippy that she pick out just for milk. good luck |
| posted by Crystal on 03/06/2008 02:28 PM
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| Have you tried the NUBY sippy? It has a chewy nipply type thing to drink out of. (we got ours at Walmart) it's a good transition to a sippy from a bottle, and it worked for our twins when we were gradually transitioning to sippie. Good luck. |
| posted by Carla on 03/06/2008 07:19 PM
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| My son is 20 months old and he uses his sippy cup like a bottle. His cup has a straw and I wish I would have never given him that kind of a cup. He cries and wines for his cup all the time like its a bottle. And the only thing he wants to drink is water. I |
| posted by Misty on 03/20/2008 07:33 PM
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| I agree with the other Mom's that said to just get rid of the bottles... It may take a little while but what doesn't with babies?! I don't think it's that harsh, she still gets her milk, it will just take some getting used to. The Nuby's are great. My son loved those, too! |
| posted by Lauren on 03/20/2008 08:36 PM
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I too hate to sound to harsh..but just get rid of the bottles!! There are other ways to get calcium besides milk, talk to you pediatrician. My son did the same thing, spit the milk out if it was in the sippy. I talked to his doctor and he suggested just added more cheese and yogurt to his diet, until he came around. I would give him milk with his cheerios and eventually he did accept the milk in his sippy, I just kept offering it with no other choice, if he is thirsty enough he will drink it. Its not that she doesn't like the milk, she just hates change (don't we all) Just hang in there, you have to be strong and not give in.
PS wait till you try to get rid of the sippy cups..lol the battle never ends! Good Luck! |
| posted by Angie on 03/21/2008 08:11 AM
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| Hi! Some sippy cups claim to be very simular to a bottle. Get a special cup and just use it for milk. |
| posted by Michelle on 03/21/2008 01:37 PM
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| I am having the same problem with my 14 month old daughter. Mine is a little worse though. She will only take liquids from a sippy cup for a few seconds. I have tried for months and now I getting in trouble from her doctor. She told me to let her scream and not give her a bottle but I know if I can do that to her. My oldest daughter gave her bottle up at 13 months so I am at loss with the baby.... HELP ME!!!!!!!!! lol |
| posted by Carrie on 03/21/2008 03:00 PM
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I helped my son give up the bottle right after his first birthday. I just threw out the bottles with him and told him that big boys drink from cups. He liked to go to the store and pick out cool cups for his milk and juice.
I know it's hard to take things like the pacifier and the bottle away from them but in the end it really is better for their teeth and their self esteem if they don't need to rely on these objects anymore. |
| posted by Denise on 03/21/2008 03:16 PM
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| My pediatrician said to offer 1/2 ounce of formula (at first, then milk) in a regular (small) cup (not a sippy) every time she is in the highchair for a meal. Even if she takes a sip or spits it out, the idea is to get her used to it being there. At first, offer the sippy with water afterwards just so she understands that different liquids and flavors come in different cups. The other important thing is to not make a big deal of it if she spits the milk from the cup out and/or tosses it. If you do this, it makes her reaction against it even stronger. Just act like its no big deal and keep doing the same thing every day. My pediatrician (and other books I've read on the subject) also recommended gradually weaning from bottles, not doing it all at once, which can be traumatic (take away the middle day feedings when solids are introduced, take away the morning one when breakfast is introduced, and lastly, take away the evening one before bed and replace with a cup (or sippy) of water. By 15 months or so, most babies are definitely ready anyway to do without them, especially if they are getting three meals of solids and two snacks a day.My daughter is down to a bottle at night before she goes to bed and loves drinking from a sippy and "big girl cup" during the day. It was a long and gradual process, but it's definitely worth the time and effort, like everything else. Good luck. |
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