bottles,older kids and special needs

Sophia Marie - posted on 11/03/2012

try those cute cups with straws. I think he may like that.

Jolene - posted on 03/26/2010

Perhaps trying a nubby sippy cup the sipper part is soft. Slowly try.

Cherish - posted on 03/26/2010

Hi,
The sippy cups w/soft spouts make him mad.
He just chews the tops off and pours out the liquid.

When you drink you have to tip your head back a little and the feeding therapist said he feels like he is going to choke,that's why he won't use them

Angie - posted on 03/24/2010

Have you tried a sippy cup with a soft silicone spout? They are pretty similar to bottles but may help him transition.

Claire - posted on 03/20/2010

our eldest has slight cerebral palsy and he will drink out of a cup but when we are travelling it is easier for us to give him a bottle as it won't spill over the back seat of the car

Claire - posted on 03/20/2010

our 4year old still has bottles and pureed food and will not drink out of a cup either we did manage to change him from the avent bottles to the bottles with the handles from a supermarket but then they stopped doing them we have tried giving him a soft spout but he just throws them on the floor, going back to the feeding i have tried taking a 1/4 of the pureed jarred food out and putting the same amount of homemade food in but he refuses to eat out of it so i then have to go and get another jar of food for him to eat hope this helps

Cherish - posted on 03/20/2010

Hi,
Thanks.
I am glad he is not the only older child (almost 8) on a bottle.
People often comment on it,but they all have "typical" kids...lol

He did start using a nosey cup when he was 61/2 or 7 tho...
So if your son is only 5,he has a few years to get there :)

Dannielle - posted on 03/14/2010

my son is 5 this may and he is still on a bottle day and night he is not able to drink from a training cup yet he has a lot of feeding problems also he is stilll on puree food but we keep trying and just waiting he will move on when hes ready ...good luck

Julie - posted on 03/01/2010

Hi - I can't really offer that much advice, but my son has just turned 5 and still has a bottle at night and if/when he needs a nap. He hasn't had anything like the issues that your son has had with food (I count my blessings that he has always eaten well), but he seems like he needs that comfort to go to sleep. I keep thinking that I am going to have to try and get him off it and have tried giving him soft spouted cups etc at night, but he just tends to choke on them because the milk comes out too fast, I really don't know how I am going to get him off them, especially since my son's level of understanding is so low that I can't do the "you're a big boy now" thing, so I'll be watching this post with interest to see if anyone has any ideas to help us both!!! Good luck!