Help with transitioning to sippy cup

Renee - posted on 12/15/2009

My son was the same way...I tried a few different kinds just like you. Finally I just took away the bottle and ONLY had the sippy cup. It took a few days but he finally gave in and drank out of the sippy cup. When he is thirsty he will drink out of it. Sounds mean, but that is what I finally had to do. After 3-4 days he no longer even asked for his bottle. Nap and bed time were the hardest.

Christy - posted on 12/15/2009

i didn't really have an issue with my daughter, she transitioned great from the bottle to the sippy but before i tried switching her i had a game plan ready. just like Deanna, i started with her first meal of the day using a sippy cup instead of a bottle for the first week and transitioned them out one by one every week. her bedtime one was the hardest for her to get used to but she let it go after about 2 weeks. i still held her and cuddled with her when i gave her a sippy just like with the bottle so it didn't feel like a huge change to her and at 14 months old she would still come sit on my lap for her sippys sometimes. i've since switched her over entirely to regular cups or a cup and straw combo and she did really well with that too.

i would say just keep trying to give the sippy but also, try putting the bottles away where she won't think about them so much. out of sight out of mind works wonders, i just had to pull that one to get rid of Alexia's binky. good luck!

Kimberly - posted on 12/15/2009

i tryed so many. for both my kids they took differnat cups to transtion them. so once ifound the one they liked i just took the bottle away. i did that when they were onmilk. they didn't like formula in a cup. don't know why. anyway, thats what worked for me. good luck. and they donn't like it whenyou take the bottle. but stick with it. when they are gone they are gone. it takes a few days then it gets better.

Brooke - posted on 12/15/2009

Persistance pays off! keep with one routine and stick to your guns, if she sees you give in she knows that all it takes is for her to throw a tantrum and she gets her bottle back. like Deana says it might sound mean but let her cry and scream and kick she will evenutally get thirsty and drink from the sippy cup. Good luck you'll get through it!

Deana - posted on 12/13/2009

She sounds a lot like my second child. This may sound kind of mean, but when I transition my kids to a sippy cup I don't mess around. I have 4 boys ages 8, 5, and the twins are almost 2. I usually switch them when they are 12 months. Also, the older two transferred from a bottle and the twins switched from the breast. Anyway, I start with one feeding on the first day. I usually started with the first feeding because they want it a little more. I give them the sippy cup and leave them alone. They can drink it, throw it, have a tantrum, it doesn't matter they still have to wait until the next feeding for their bottle or breastfeeding. This goes on until they start to drink it. They don't have to drink it all. Then I add the next feeding, and so on. Just don't give in, it seems really mean sometimes but sometimes there has to be a few tears. Do you ever see those children in the store that scream until they get what they want? This is very much the same thing, if she figures out that she can get what she wants by throwing a fit she will throw a fit to get what she wants. I hope you don't take this the wrong way, it can be really hard, there have been times I have wanted to cry too. It CAN be done and it will be done. You are the more powerful person in this relationship and in the end, she will forget all about her bottle, a sippy cup is much easier to drink out of.