Sippy Cup Recommendations for a 13 Mos Old Who Is Obsessed with Her Bottle!

There is no real reason she can't drink from a bottle.

Think about it. Milk is milk, water is water, juice is juice...no matter what it comes out of. Why battle with her if she really wants her bottle?

My grandson stayed on the bottle until he was 2-2 1/2. One day he walked up and handed me his bottle and told me he didn't want it anymore. It went away, above the washer, and he looked where they stayed on the shelf, it was gone, he asked for a cup instead.

He has the best teeth in the family. He did not carry a bottle around with him sucking on it, he did not hold a bottle in his mouth all night with the contents dripping on the teeth causing the sugars to continuously stay on them.

If she is focused on the bottle and you are trying to take it away then she will stay focused on it and it will become the thing she wants most.

The only way my daughter would use a sippy cup is with the valve removed. They are a pain to get anything out of! My daugther had milk in a bottle at nap and bedtime until she was three. (She never, at any age, was allowed to carry a bottle around or to have it with her in bed. She has perfectly straight and healthy teeth.) At 14 months, her daycare teachers taught her to drink from a regular cup at mealtimes, no lid. We really didn't use sippy cups at all, they are an unnecessary step, and a recent invention (one more thing to give mothers a headache, IMO).

I agree about the sippy cups with valves being frustrating to little ones. Horrible. Try the Nuby sippy cup. It has a soft spout and doesn't drip. They suck to get anything out and it is a nice transition from bottle to cup. Now mind you I don't remember if that is the exact brand I used but the spout is the same. So look at the spout of the Nuby and shop for a similar type if you don't like that particular brand.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the Nuby cup!!! You can get them at Walmart, Target, etc.

It has a soft, clear silicone top, similar to a baby bottle, but a slightly different shape. It's a great transition cup.

Another idea is get off bottles entirely and skip "sippy" cups and go to straw cups. They will leak if left on the floor and do have to be kept low, instead of raised, like a bottle.

My son was the same way. That boy LOVED a bottle and we let him use one for a long time. When I wanted to go out with my two year old and not get looks from other busy body people I used this Born Free sippy, although expensive we only bought one and he liked it. Eventually it all goes away (although I know you know this). :)

http://www.amazon.com/Born-Free-Trainer-Colors-vary/dp/B0...

We transisitoned with the nub sippy cups first. They have a soft nipple like spout which was easier for them to transistion. We now use
The First Years brand sippys. There are no valves and its easy to wash all the parts.

Nuby cups have a top much like a bottle and have been a good transition for my kids. Luckily, they are pretty cheap too!

Maybe something like this?
http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId...

She's a bit young, I mean most babies still have that need/desire to suck until about 18 to 24 months.
Can you try giving her some soy or almond milk in a bottle? Since she's still drinking breast milk I don't think she would go for the taste of cow's milk, but she would probably like soy or almond as those are sort of watery and sweet.
That way you'd be done with the pumping, and washing sippy cups nowadays is as big of a pain as washing bottles with all those removable plugs and stoppers and lids!

My daughter was the same way about her bottles! I actually had to cut the openings in her nipples larger so she could get more out at a time! This became and still is her all-time favorite sippy - she did much better with straws than the valve-type sippy cups.

http://www.amazon.com/Nuby-Sipper-Straw-Colors-Ounce/dp/B...

FYI - She's over 2 now and I still let her use her bottle in the AM with her spinach smoothie in it. It's the only way I can guarantee she'll drink it! I think people make a big deal out of giving up bottles when there really isn't *that* much of a difference between sippy cups and bottles.

Good luck!!

Playtex straw sippy. I have the small one with handles that says for 4+ months. My 10 month son is able to drink from it easily, and he caught on quickly. I've only given him water in the sippy though.