Drinking problem - can anyone help!!?

[Nat]

I've found loads of information on weaning as far as food is concerned, but I can't find much on drinking. I've been trying to get my 11 month old to drink from training cups, I've tried every one on the market, but she won't have any of it. I've been trying on and off since she was about 6 months old. She doesn't even attempt to drink from them, if they're not her bottle she just throws a complete wobbly. This morning I tried her with a different bottle, with a different type of teat and she wouldn't even take that. I've tried to be persistent and tried to give her the new bottles/cups at different times of the day but it's just not working. I'm worried she's still going to be drinking out of a bottle when she's 5!! Any help would be so much appreciated, I don't know what to do :( .

[drewid]

Hi there

Have you tried any straw cups? My son never liked any sippy cups or spout cups, but the straw cup was (and still is) a winner.

When I started Andrew on cows milk at lunch time, I gave it to him in a special straw cup (different to his water cup) and that was it - if he didn't drink out of that cup, he didn't get it. It only took him a day or two to get the knack of it and he's loved it every since.

What are you offering in the cup? Formula, water, cows milk? Is that something they have been having all along in a bottle? I found that Andrew was happier when he had different things in different cups. Personal preference I guess, but he would never drink cows milk out of the cups he drinks water out of.

And finally...if she is only 11 months, I probably wouldnt worry too much if she stays on the bottle for a little while yet. Its still fairly early days and she may wean herself off it gradually as she gets happier with using a cup. Just keep offering the cups once in a while and see what happens.

Good luck with it all :)

[k15s]

I found with my first that I couldn't offer the same thing in a cup as I would in a bottle. He was drinking vows milk from a bottle warmed slightly, but when I changed him to a sippy cup at 12 months he would only drink it cold straight from the fridge. This worked well for me 'cause any leftovers could be put straight back into the fridge! Hope you manage to work it out!

[poshBecks]

Sorry I just had to laugh at your thread title... I thought you were say ing that YOU had a drinking problem :laughing: :laughing: Sorry I dont have any advice!! :o :hugs:

[Nat]

I've gone out today and bought a cup with a straw, maybe I'll try that. Thanks for the advice and encouragement, maybe I'll wait until she starts on cow's milk in a couple of months and try again. In the meantime I've decided to stop worrying about it, I know she'll get the hang of it in her own time and if I keep panicking about every little thing then I will end up with a drink problem :D !!!

[Susan_75]

Keep those suggestions coming in ladies!!!

My DD is nearly 19 months and still won't drink milk from a cup. About 2 months ago we went cold turkey and took her bottles away all together thinking she woud eventually miss it, but not so far.... The frustrating thing is she loves milk, but only in a bottle, screws her little face up if in anything but!!! I too have bought every type of cup, but no luck so far...

Susan.

[cyn]

I had my DD on a cup full time at around about the 18month mark (give or take). I simply put all her bottles in a bag together, we went down the road (we had a forest type thing out the back of our place then) and we put them down, I told her the baby animals needed her bottles, and that she was a big girl now, and big enough to use a cup. There were a few moments where she wanted the bottle (esp. at nap time) but after a couple of days it was cup all the way, and all she would 'talk' about was the baby animals using her old bottles.

[mumof03]

Keep those suggestions coming in ladies!!!

My DD is nearly 19 months and still won't drink milk from a cup. About 2 months ago we went cold turkey and took her bottles away all together thinking she woud eventually miss it, but not so far.... The frustrating thing is she loves milk, but only in a bottle, screws her little face up if in anything but!!! I too have bought every type of cup, but no luck so far...

Susan.


My sister in law had a brilliant idea. She gave all her sons bottles and dummies to the Easter Bunny and Santa Clause in exchange for easter eggs and presents. They were out of sight, and everytime he asked for them, she said " I don't have them, you gave the to the Easter Bunny/Santa. He soon forgot about them. She also had no spill cups with juice or water kept on the coffee table or in the fridge where he could reach them. If he was thirsty and wanted a drink, he had to drink from the cup or he would go thirsty. She was worried about him not drinking and dehydrating, but the doctor said, young kids are pretty cluey, and will not stay thirsty for that long they dehydrate. He was 18 months old at this stage. He is now 4.
I had my kids drinking from a cup by 4 months of age, but they where breastfed kids and as soon as they started drinking water, juice etc, it was in a cup, so I had no problems.
Persistence will pay off in the end. Just don't give in, or it will make it harder for both of you in the end.

[Indigosmum]

I too tried every sippy cup on the market, and all of the dear ones too, I started to try DS with them at 10 months, he is now 13 months and has just started to drink from a sippy cup (only water, cordial or a bits of cows milk..) AND he likes the el'cheapo ones that you get at Woolworths for like $1.40!!! So I have about $60.00 worth of Sippy cups in my cupboard that he hates, only for him to like the cheapie one!!! They are clear with a snap on top with a small spout. Other than that he loves drinking from a normal cup with a straw.. such fun.

He still has 3-4 bottles a day ranging in 240-310 ml per bottle, which is still formula cause he doesnt really like cows milk at all.. so yes, he has a drinking problem as well!!! any ideas??