skip the bottle?

Stina - posted on 12/03/2009

At about 6 mo, I no longer needed to give my first baby a bottle because I was home all the time. After a few months of infrequent bottles from his Dad, he stopped taking them alltogether so we went straight to a sippy with breast milk in it. It's not strange at all to give him his milk in a sippy cup- why push a bottle just to transition to cup/sippy later?

Now, nursing baby #3, she's 7 mo and has refused a bottle since she wa 2 mo. Isn't too fond of a sippy cup either. (sigh) Good thing I wanted to nurse her past a year. :-)

Kelly - posted on 12/03/2009

i nurse and give juice and water in a sippy cup...no bottles here! except the couple times dad and i had a date night, then she got pumped breast milk in a bottle, but i could count how many times on one hand!!

Sylvia - posted on 12/01/2009

My daughter would never take a bottle, but she was able to drink from a sippy cup at maybe 5 or 6 months -- I don't remember exactly (she's in Grade 2 now, so it's been a while!). She didn't want the sippy cup to have mommy milk in it, though -- just water.

It's certainly worth a try.

Tara Lee - posted on 12/01/2009

We also skipped the bottle. My DD would never take it. I also use the sippy cup and the cups with the straw. I like the straw better and so does my DD. The only problem I'm having is that my DD will NOT drink any milk but Breastmilk and will ONLY take it from my Breast, not in any type of cup/bottle.

Ink - posted on 12/01/2009

My boy is transitioning to a sippy cup. He has a few cups, I keep one FULL of watered down apple juice near him when he is playing. I keep it FULL, because if it's not, when he gets it to his mouth, it doesnt tip up enough for him to get a taste of the juice.

On his own he will pick it up and fiddle with it... and most of the time it makes it to his mouth. Sometimes, he smacks the dog with it... but sometimes it gets to it's destination. I think if you make a huge deal out of it, the baby will think he's doing something wonderful. So when he does take interest in it, I coo at him, "what a big boy" "drinking from the big boy cup" "look at you, holding that cup just like Daddy does"

Anna - posted on 12/01/2009

Sure. My son hated bottles - they are just so rubbery and yuck. He would make terrible faces if I tried to give him one, but he likes drinking out of a cup.

Brenda - posted on 11/30/2009

We tried the bottle, and my son is seven months and he hates it. He'll wait four hours for me to get home from school before he'll eat. I've heard of a lot of women who just skip the whole bottle thing, no reason you have to use it. If he'll take a sippy then go for it. I have my bottles just to pump into, though I haven't pumped in a while. I've got to start building my stash again because its all old now and I need fresh milk! I say go forth with the sippy. He may even be more likely to take breastmilk when it is in a cup, which is what I'm hoping my son does. :)

Geralyn - posted on 11/30/2009

We went right to bottles with the rubbery, flexible straws. Ours is Munchkin brand although there are other brands out there. We skipped the baby bottle and the sippy cup because we would have to wean him off of those things. The bottle with the straw is something that he can use for a long time. The straw has a much more natural sucking than sippy cups or baby bottles. I had read an article by a speech therapist who had warned against long term use of the sippy cup, because it affects oral motor development and speech. The bottles with straws are definitely the way to go - my son can get a drink whenever he wants because they don't spill.

Michelle - posted on 11/30/2009

most the time I do milk in the bottle and water/juice in the sippy

Tarsha - posted on 11/30/2009

how old is he?? if he can hold a sippy cup then i would say yes and i plan to do this with my bubs he is 5 months old and a little young atm...good luck