Sippy Cups - Fort Stewart,GA

We were having that problem too. Then he started showing interest whenever I was drinking anything. I gave him sips of water out of my glass, a few times. He got the point. somehow, once he had had a try from a cup, the sippy was altogether easier.

Another tip is, if you have the kind that has a spill/leakproof valve in it, take it out for a few goes. That way, he can have any easy time of getting a drink and will associate the cup with drinking.

Just give him some more time, he's kind of young for it really. I did not try to stop the bottle until 1 year old, and even then we used a bottle at night until he was about 18 months. Sometimes it helps if he see other kids doing it but that may be more effective when hes a few months older. I think I just offered him a sippy with handles but putting it on his highchair and he eventually got the hang of it. Maybe he will be more interested when there is juice in it, but again he is kind of young for that. No need to worry at this point, and soon enough you will be trying to figure out how to ditch the sippy cup :0)

Find a cup that doesn't have the "nipple" end and one that doesn't have a stopper. That way, all you have to do is tip the cup and some liquid goes in his mouth. I use the old tupperware cups.

Don't offer juice or water at all in his bottle. When he's old enough to wean from the bottle (about a year old), start giving him his cup with all meals. But all in all, he'll drink when he's ready.

100% juice is not a bad option, just cut/dilute it in half or either as much as you want it has that sweet essence. MY LO chewed on the spout for a while too until she got used to it. I say keep offering the sippy cup until he decides he's ready. Also make sure the spout doesn't make it to difficult for him to get drink out of it. Some of these no spill cups make the baby work really hard.

I assume you're trying to give him water in the cup? 8 months is pretty young to start using a cup. Will he not take water from a bottle?
You can always add just a splash of juice to give it some flavor, or make some homemade fruit juice (again, very diluted) popsicles. I bet he would love that :)

I would buy Playtex or Gerber (or some other brand that has a "valve"). The first day, I took the valve out. It was a little messy, but my kids began drinking. It was almost like "Oh, water comes out of it here! That's what this thing is for!" They have to figure it out and understand that there is water in their for them to drink. It only took the kids a couple of hours. Once they got it I put the valve back in and used it as a sippy cup.

My daughter didn't figure out a sippy cup until she was about 15 months, but she could drink from a straw, so I got her the nuby ones with the straw. Walmart has them for like 2.50. I think you might have luck with these, or the nuby sippy cup with a soft silicone top that doesn't have a valve, but when they bite at it liquid comes out. She actually started on these now that I think about it. Good luck!!

My son (now 14 mths.) has always had a hard time w/ sippies-even after I took the valve out.
My DH taught him how to drink from a straw by putting water in the end and slowly releasing it w/ his finger on the other end. Baby bird style. ;)

Now he does great w/ the straw sippy cups. Still gags on regular ones. Lol.

HTH!

Dont stress, sometimes kids take longer to show interest in sippy cups. Just keep introducing them to him and he will learn soon enough. It took my son until nearly a year old, before he started to love his. And we tried many different types of sippys before we found one he likes.

I always used straw-cups. I heard (from the friend of a speech therapist) that sippy cups are not good. In fact, they are very, very, bad. I don't know if this is true, but I've always avoided them for that reason. Hope this helps! :-)

I breastfed and he self weaned at 8 months. In order to get him to take a bottle and sippy/straw cups, I had to put all juice into a bottle/cup and give it to him. It worked quick. Then I just slowly added water until it was all water in the cup.

I think it's playtex has a little straw cup that you can squeeze at the bottom to get some liquid to come up to help the learning process.