Sippy Cups - Las Vegas,NV

My son was breastfed too and I started him on a sippy very early - 5 months. He played with it at first and made a mess and then by 8 or 9 months he strictly used a sippy cup and got the hang of it. He did take a bottle for juice after 6 months, so I don't know if that makes a difference. You could try a few things. You could try a cup with a soft spout instead of a hard one. Gerber makes one with handles on it and you can also take the valve out so baby gets the idea that something is in it. It takes a little while for them to get the hang of using a cup so don't give up. Try different kinds and it will work.

L.

My son was breastfed for his first year. I started introducing the sippy cup at 6 months with small amounts of water (since it was so hot during the summer). It took him time, but he eventually learned how to use it. There are many different types of sippy cups too, my son had to try 4 different ones before he found one he likes. Every child is different, so try a few different styles. You will be suprised that even the cheaper ones are good too. Also, if you are still breastfeeding, try putting breast milk in there and on the tip, that might entice him.

Who says it has to be a cup. You can try a straw, spoon, medicine dropper ect. It really doesn't matter how the liquids get into the child. Maybe try a cup w/out a cover, more messy but worth the work(then you don't have to wean off sippy cups).
Or just keep offering it and he will get the nack of it, even give the baby an empty cup to play with. The learning process says put EVERYTHING in your mouth. Do not panic!!!!! This is only 1 milestone. If you start panicking now, your going to have an ulcer by the time your child is two!!!!!

Your child will naturally give up the bottle if you continue breastfeeding :) Your giving your baby the best start. I love the fact that you are still Bf. Send me a message if you have any questions about BF. I'm a certified lactation consultant.

Good Luck! If your child can learn to breastfeed, he will eventually learn how to use a cup. Bf is alot harder to learn. The best time to wean from the bottle is between 9 months old to 15 months. So, you still have alot of time to worry about weaning from the bottle. It's best at 1 year old, but most can be weaned from the bottle by 15 months.
My child was more than happy to wean from the bottle. She just substituted me.

Just write back if you want to talk.

H. B.

Most sippy cups have a plug in them to prevent spilling. Maybe try removing the plug for a while until he realizes how it works, because I dont know if you have tried yourself to use a sippy cup, but you do have to suck pretty hard to get something out. Goiod luck

My newest baby is breastfed only, too!!!! He loves his straw cup----Check out the one from Nuby (it has a pop up silicone straw and 2 easy to hold handles with LOTS of great colors..., It's about $4 at Walmart). Or if you really want to try a sippy cup, Max loves his 5oz (super tiny and easy for his little hands) First Years take and toss sippy (only about $3 for 5 cups at Babies R Us). It's our favs and hope it helps =)

My daughter, who is now 2 years old was also breast fed and would never drink from a bottle. When she was about 6-8 months old, I taught her to drink from a straw. She loved it and took to it very easily. To this day, it is her preferred type of cup. She eventually used the sippy cups, but she still likes using the cups with straws a lot better. Also, there is much less risk of your son developing any sort of speech problems as he gets older when using a straw. Sippy cups put the childs mouth in a position that can cause them to lisp as they learn to talk. (I don't know if this is the effect of using a straw or not, but my daughter speaks very clearly for her age.)

Just my two cents...hope it helps!

My kids were both breastfed, and never took a bottle, and they didn't really catch on to sippy cups right away either. They only really started once I weaned them, both after they were one year old. Now they're champs! I'd keep trying with your son, but know that he may play with it more than anything until it's the only way he's getting liquids.

I didn't think my daughter was ever going to catch on to drinking out of a cup (and she was a bottle fed baby). I would give her a cup and she'd maybe take a drink, she'd look at me and sign "milk" repeatedly (even though she had a cup of milk in front of her) then wait till I gave in and put her milk in a bottle to really drink it. We started trying cups at about 7 months and we have tried lots of different cups trying to find one that she would use.
I wanted her off bottles by her first birthday so I was kind of getting nervous when 2 weeks before her birthday she still would hardly use her cups (any of them). Then low and behold, about a week before her birthday I handed her a cup and she just downed it and we haven't looked back. I put all of her bottles away and all she gets now are cups.
Just be patient with him. Keep giving him the cup, try different types to see if he likes one better than others (some have harder spouts, some have softer ones he might like better). He'll decide when he's ready.