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DmarieK
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Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
Xavier is 22 months old...at about 12 months I took away his bottles and replaced them with this sippy and continued to call it his baba. There were no issues at all and he acted like he didn't even notice. 10 months later and the kid is ADDICTED to them. He wants it when he's tired...thirsty...upset. He'll drink water from other cups and sometimes milk but when he wants his "baba" nothing will suffice. I tried taking it away and giving it to him only when he will nap or sleep at night but he got smart and will tell me "need baba...I tired...go ni-nights"...with a fake cry and all. He would then lay on the bed...eyes closed...drink it and pop up wide awake!!
Am I right for trying to take it away? It's not a bottle but he treats it as such...he really is addicted like one would be to a paci. He's been crying for it for the last 30 minutes and I keep giving him a different sippy an he's refusing it.
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
My doctor told me that spout sippies are just like bottles, no difference at all so he had me skip them and go straight to straw sippies. . .can you try a brand new super cool straw sippy? Something with his favorite character?
I am kind of mean and whenever DD gets too attached to something, I take it out of the rotation LOL She was hooked on her pink straw cup so I hid it and only offered yellow. . . I even go back and forth with regular cups, regular water bottles etc so she won't refuse anything
Of course, sometimes she still refuses it -- but she she will eventually give in!
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| Posted 11/28/11 12:43 PM |
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
That looks like the munchkin brand, correct? If so they make a straw one so maybe he would tansition better siince the shape is the same.
We skipped the spout and went right to the straw ones.
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| Posted 11/28/11 12:45 PM |
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DmarieK
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
Posted by GioiaMia
My doctor told me that spout sippies are just like bottles, no difference at all so he had me skip them and go straight to straw sippies. . .can you try a brand new super cool straw sippy? Something with his favorite character?
I am kind of mean and whenever DD gets too attached to something, I take it out of the rotation LOL She was hooked on her pink straw cup so I hid it and only offered yellow. . . I even go back and forth with regular cups, regular water bottles etc so she won't refuse anything
Of course, sometimes she still refuses it -- but she she will eventually give in!
He has no problem using ALL different kinds of sippies throughout the day. This is the ONLY one he'll accept when he wants his "baba". I wish I knew that about the soft spouts...I would NEVER have started them...lol.
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| Posted 11/28/11 12:49 PM |
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
Posted by Mrs-D-Girl
That looks like the munchkin brand, correct? If so they make a straw one so maybe he would tansition better siince the shape is the same.
We skipped the spout and went right to the straw ones.
Yes its a Munchkin. We have the straw ones for water and he loves them. He won't accept it when he' looking for his "baba". I also won't put milk in straw cups though.
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| Posted 11/28/11 12:51 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
ahhh i think you are going to have to go cold turkey! (if you want to!)
DD still gets a bottle at night, I am so nervous about taking this last one away lol its my goal for after the holidays!
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| Posted 11/28/11 12:55 PM |
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
Posted by GioiaMia
ahhh i think you are going to have to go cold turkey! (if you want to!)
DD still gets a bottle at night, I am so nervous about taking this last one away lol its my goal for after the holidays!
I really do want to. I never thought it would be so hard and I always give in...i've become weak with the second child!!!! I just wasn't sure if I was just being mean...lol.
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| Posted 11/28/11 1:08 PM |
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
i'm a slp and yes, sippy cup tops are like bottles in that children use the same suckle pattern as they do from a bottle's nipple. I think that is why your DS is putting up a fit...to him you are now taking away his bottle and that comforting suckle he has known since a newborn. i had both my girls go straight to a straw at 12 months and the only way I found to break the habit was to go cold turkey! good luck!!!!
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| Posted 11/28/11 1:12 PM |
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
Why won't you put milk in a straw cup?
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| Posted 11/28/11 1:47 PM |
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DmarieK
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
Posted by sasha96
i'm a slp and yes, sippy cup tops are like bottles in that children use the same suckle pattern as they do from a bottle's nipple. I think that is why your DS is putting up a fit...to him you are now taking away his bottle and that comforting suckle he has known since a newborn. i had both my girls go straight to a straw at 12 months and the only way I found to break the habit was to go cold turkey! good luck!!!!
I really wish I would have thought about this before switching the first time. And to think...I thought I was soooo lucky he switched without an issue.
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| Posted 11/28/11 10:11 PM |
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Re: Am I doing the right thing...regarding bottles/sippies?
Posted by cheryl28
Why won't you put milk in a straw cup?
Honestly I don't have a good reason...lol. I just feel like anything but water would get gross in there over time. Of course I wash them but i'm just weird with stuff like that.
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| Posted 11/28/11 10:13 PM |
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