Best sippy cup for breastfeeding baby?

Jennifer - posted on 01/30/2009

Thanks for all the help and suggestions :)

Deseree - posted on 01/21/2009

My daughter was only 4 months old when she started on a sippy cup. She is now 11 months old and takes the sippy cup or the cup with a straw.

Kerry - posted on 01/20/2009

My daughter did the same thing with the Nuby. I tried a bunch and settled on the Gerber soft spout cups. These are angled a bit to make it easier to get the fluid to the spout. They work great.

Jocelyn - posted on 01/20/2009

i breast fed my son, and tried probably about a dozen different sippy cups.  the one that we found that he would actually use was the nuby flip n sip.  i really recomend it.  it was easy to use, he didn't have to tip it or anything and you can buy replaceable straws (very important!!!) the new ones are bpa free as well.

Lauren - posted on 01/20/2009

Quoting Nikki:

I was going to suggest the Nuby. They do make a Nuby with the hard top, try that.

I agree with Nikki. I nursed exclusively until my son was 12 months, but we introduced the Nuby cup at four months, just so he could see what it was like. We took the "no spill" valve off also.  I like them because they're only $0.99 so if your daughter doesn't take to it for awhile, it's not a huge loss. Best wishes

Jessica - posted on 01/20/2009

I found that the Avent cups are an easy transition.  They have infant spouts that are soft and then harder plastic ones for once they get a little older.  My daughter had no problem making the transition and we are starting my 8 month old son now!

Kirsten - posted on 01/20/2009

We did the Nuby with the silicone straw. My son wouldn't take a bottle either, and he couldn't master the regular sippy. Just make sure whatever you get is BPA and phthalate free. The Soft Landing has a good guide.

Dawna - posted on 01/20/2009

My daughter bites more when she is teething, even if she doesn't act like it hurts or has other signs of teething, so yours might actually be teething. We use the Nuby cups & they have worked best so far, but we also use the Nuby non-drip silicone nipples. They work better for bf babies, because they have to push up w/the tongue to get the liquid to come out, which allows them to control flow & mimics bf. Plus, they have little nubbies to massage gums & help w/teething. This was the only way I could get my daughter to take a bottle after exclusively bf for a while. You may be able to get your little one to take a bottle that way. I'll post a link, too. Hope this helps!

http://nuby.com/products/nipples/0921.as...

Melissa - posted on 01/20/2009

Nora, I think every baby is different. If you wanted to try a sippy cup instead of a bottle thats fine, you won't know if she likes it better until you try it.

Nora - posted on 01/20/2009

I was just wondering how old does the baby have to be in order to teach them to use the sippy cup in place of a bottle? My daughter will not take a bottle and I am looking for alternatives.

Melissa - posted on 01/20/2009

I exclusively bf and use the nuby sippy cups. my daughter loves to bite the top of the cup as well. she bit me one time while nursing and i pulled her off and told her that it hurts me when she bites then I waited a minute to offer her again. she hasn't bit me since.

Julie - posted on 01/20/2009

You could also try a cup with a straw and see if that makes a difference. Nuby makes one.

Julie - posted on 01/20/2009

It may not be the sippy cup. My son didn't bite much, but some tips I've heard are.
1) Pull up on the top of your breast, he won't be able to bite.
2) Stop feeding, take her off and put her down whenever she bites, she'll quickly learn that she won't get to eat or be with you that way.

Kelly - posted on 01/20/2009

I just got my son to take a sippy cup and he's 11 months old. It took awhile to find a good sippy cup that he would take but what I found is that he really took to Gerber Graduates Sip & Smile Spill-Proof Cups. The tip is soft and he has an easier time going from breast to the sippy cup. Here's a link of what the cup looks like...

http://www.amazon.com/Smile-Handle-Soft-...

Hope this helps you! Best of Luck :)

Ginny - posted on 01/20/2009

My son at 7 months took to the Gerber cups with the rubbery spout.  He now, at 9 months, uses the rubber and hard plastic spouts.  He picked it up immediately, and hasn't had any issues.  We're still bf at 9 months, and use the sippy cup for juice once a day.  No more bottles here.

Annaleigh - posted on 01/20/2009

i really don't like the nuby cups. my son wouldn't take a bottle...for both kids I used either the Playtex sippy cups or the Gerber cups. both have worked well and hold up well as well. the thing with nursing, and sippy cups or bottles....sucking helps with drainage or something, (its been a couple years since i read the article), and witha nuby cup the baby doesn't have to suck very hard to get a drink. you want something that they have to work hard to get. this is why breast fed babies usually don't get ear infections like bottled babies. i hope this helps.

Nikki - posted on 01/20/2009

I was going to suggest the Nuby. They do make a Nuby with the hard top, try that.