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mrsm2007
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Jenn
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tips for getting the baby to drink her milk out of a sippy cup
I'm trying to switch over to a sippy cup for her morning and afternoon bottle and its not going well! she'll take a sip then nothing. when I eventually put it in a bottle she downs it! any suggestions?
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mrsm2007
LIF Infant
Member since 12/07 132 total posts
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Jenn
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Re: tips for getting the baby to drink her milk out of a sippy cup
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| Posted 1/2/10 12:21 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: tips for getting the baby to drink her milk out of a sippy cup
Take the bottle away permanently. Once she sees that she won't get it back then she will drink out of the cup.
And remember, milk is just milk, its a drink, not DC's primary source of nutrition like BM or formula was.
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| Posted 1/2/10 12:28 PM |
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lc214
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Re: tips for getting the baby to drink her milk out of a sippy cup
This is what I did. First I tried tons of different sippies. I have a collection in my cabinets! DS loved drinking out of the take and toss straw cups. I started with a morning sippy. I continued the other 2 bottles since DS used them to go to sleep for nap and nighttime for a while. I would let DS drink his sippy in the morning. After that, when I was ready to get rid of the other bottles, I gave him a sippy before his bottle and reduced his the amounts in his bottle. So if I felt that he drank 3 oz in his sippy then I only gave him 2-3 in his bottle. Eventually he got used to drinking all of his milk in the sippy. I didn't make a big deal of it and when he was ready he was off bottles. It didn't matter to me if he was off at 12 months or 16.
HTH
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| Posted 1/2/10 8:26 PM |
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Alex110879
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Alexandria
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Re: tips for getting the baby to drink her milk out of a sippy cup
i went through about 9 different types of sippys as well... i did find that in the beginning he prefered the softer sippy...
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| Posted 1/2/10 8:28 PM |
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Mommy2Boys
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C
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Re: tips for getting the baby to drink her milk out of a sippy cup
I tried a ton of different kinds. We ended up going with the Born Free training cup because it has a soft spout.
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| Posted 1/2/10 9:37 PM |
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MrsS2005
Mom of 3
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B
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Re: tips for getting the baby to drink her milk out of a sippy cup
DS does this too. I started the transition to cow's milk 2 weeks ago. He'll take 1 or 2 sips from the sippy cup, but then spits out the milk. He has no problem drinking water from the sippy. Right now, he'll only drink warmed up milk in a bottle. Right now, I want him to get used to drinking milk during the day and not nursing. I hope to get rid of the bottles soon though.
ETA: He's very stubborn and won't drink/eat something if he doesn't want to.
Message edited 1/2/2010 11:47:43 PM.
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| Posted 1/2/10 11:46 PM |
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