Comments on: Moving From Bottle to a Sippy Cup

By: All American Soldier

All American Soldier — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:04:18 +0000

My 2 year old son took a lil while to break from the bottle. What I did was backed off 2 bottles have one the morning and one before bed then during the day he drank Motts apple juice from the sippy cup. Then I started putting chochalte milk in the sippy cups which brought me down to one bottle a day. Have been doing this process for a lil while and now he drinks everything from a sippy cup juice, milk, chocolate milk, water you name he drinks it out of a cup. So try chocolate milk it works use the Nestlé quick power kind. Less fat and low sugar.

Thank
All American soldier

By: Vee

Vee — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:06:50 +0000

We recently weaned my 1 yo daughter from a bottle and it was much easier than i thought it was going to be. She’s breastfed so she didn’t get many bottles at home (I’ve never even seen her with a bottle). But at the sitter’s she wouldn’t take the milk in a sippy cup, only her juice. We tried a number things, like different style cups but what I finally realized is that she wouldn’t take warm milk in her sippy but would take it cold. Once we made that switch, it was smooth sailing.

By: Joan

Joan — Sat, 28 May 2011 01:48:58 +0000

My son is 2 1/2 and I’ve been so afraid to take the bottle away. We tried it once when he was 18 months old and he became completely dehydrated over a three day period until I gave in. I’m SO AFRAID to try this again. Seeing him in pain breaks my heart!! Reading all these comments does make me feel better. My mom tells me I drank from a bottle until I was 4 and when I grew my adult teeth I had buck teeth (really bad overbite=AWFUL) and had to have braces. Do you think having the bottle too long may have caused my buck teeth? I’m worried I’m doing damage to my son’s teeth too. I worry so much about this.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:23:34 +0000

I’m a nutritionist at WIC and it seems like a lot of parents on here are quite worried about their little one cutting back on milk since they refuse to drink it out of a sippy. I would advise you to not worry so much since kids naturally go through periods of weird food aversions/cravings and if they get less milk for a week it won’t hurt them long-term. Just keep offering milk, limited juice (6 oz or less a day), and water. Kids 1-2 only need 2 servings of milk or milk products each day to meet their calcium needs and if they get sunshine each day then they’re probably getting enough vitamin D. And always remember that kids can get tooth decay from sippy cups too! So only give them water at nap/bedtime unless you wipe off their teeth after they’re sleeping

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:30:29 +0000

I am glad that I am not the only one also…my daughter turned 2 2 weeks ago and we are at the 48 hr mark. We gave in because she has been so lathargic it was hard to even bear. I was more worried because she also had open heart surgery in Oct. I think I will try the other way to take one bottle away a day. We cannot afford to let her lose any more weight as she is on the Enfagrow (higher calorie) formula. Fortunately, her twin took the sippy really easily and had no issues. Once she could hold the bottle freely she was off and running.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:41:23 +0000

In response to Sarah’s comment about sippy cups looking so different, there are sippy cups that look like bottles. Nuby has bottles that come with a nipple, straw top, and sippy top that you can change out. We have tried them many, many times with our 19 month old, however, and nothing has worked. We’re on day 2 of cold turkey (third time trying since she turned one), and she has not had anything to drink. Seeing other people having the same trouble makes me feel a little better, but also scared about having the strength for the days coming ahead.

By: Jeni

Jeni — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:01:38 +0000

I’m on day 2 of weaning my 2 year old boy. I have been hesitant since the last time I tried when he was about 18 months old. He is in the process of getting tested on the autism spectrum and I didn’t know if he’d be able to comprehend what was going on. His speech therapist said get rid of those bottles, so here we are. He went six days drinking NOTHING last time we tried this. I am really, really hoping it will not take that long, but I think we’re going to be in for a long haul here.

By: Reenay

Reenay — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:45:31 +0000

This is day one of going cold turkey. My daughter is 16 months old. She is now and has been drinking juice from her sippy cup for 5 months. She refuses to drink milk from her cup. She has not drank any milk all day. She ate breakfast, drank some juice, and ate some snacks. She cried and screamed often times during the day. I went through this when I took her pacifier. I hope this goes as smooth. After day one with the pacifier, we were good. It’s good to know that a few more days may be all it takes.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:43:09 +0000

I’ve tried many times to get my now 16-month-old daughter to use her sippy cup. Once I tried for a long, long time but she screamed bloody murder for hours so I gave in and gave her a bottle. I think cold turkey is the only solution for her because otherwise she knows she’ll get her bottle eventually anyway. She’s smart. It does seem cruel on the surface but I understand that if you continue giving a bottle after a year it could cause dental problems. Change is always difficult, especially for a baby who’s used to doing things a certain way for comfort. This is called tough love. I would, however, like to see sippy cups that are better designed to ease the transition. Why do they look SO different from bottles? Could there not be a sippy cup that basically looks like a bottle but has a different top to sip from?

By: tracey

tracey — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:11:10 +0000

It’s not punishment! and it’s certainly not traumatic!

Cold turkey doesn’t leave any confusion; where offering a bottle occassionally does.

I was glad to read ALL thees comments. My 12 month old is on day 8 of cold turkey – the first two days went well, but the rest of the week she’s being stubborn, but she eats so much, and so well, that I’m not worried – the wet diapers tell me she’s getting enough, and will eventuall start wanting more, too.

By: D. Black

D. Black — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:08:13 +0000

Why do it this way which can be quite tramatic when there are several other more gentle ways to wean a baby. It might take a little longer, but it’s not as if it’s a bad habit that the baby started, it’s the way he was taught to feed and now you are basically punishing him for what he was taught, by you, to do. Go for a more loving way please!

By: Brittani

Brittani — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:44:39 +0000

I’m weaning my 1 year old gradually. For a long time now she has only had bottles at nap and bed time. We took her nap bottle and switched it for a cup last week and tonight is her first night of sleeping at night with a cup. She is in her crib SCREAMING at the top of her lungs. When we switched her nap bottle she did the same thing. It only took a couple days to get used to it. Hopefully she will be just as fast this time! Hang in there mommies!