my five mth old wont take bottle

**hsiaoza** · 12-08-2012 11:38

Where can I get a Tupperware sippy cup from? How is it different to the Tommee Tipee one I have that's meant to be for 4+mths?

**Californication** · 12-08-2012 12:18

Unless they have changed a lot, the Tupperware one is no different to the cheap throw away ones from Target.

OP, has someone else tried to give her the bottle? I know several friends whose child wouldn't take a bottle from them, but would for other people. They can smell the BM on mum so just want boobie!

**Babyduck77** · 13-08-2012 01:49

The Tupperware ones are like a cup with a lid, no valve... You could try taking the valve out the Heinz one as long as the liquid doesn't come out too fast? I found my kids could not suck on the cups with valves very well ...

**sunnyskies** · 13-08-2012 09:13

At 5 months my boy refused the bottle too. I breastfed him until 15 months, but in the meantime when I was out or hubby feeding him, he had EBM in a sippy cup with a straw. I think he just hated lying down with a bottle, he seemed to want some sort of control, lol. So we ditched bottles and went straight to sippy cups with straws, he definately caught on quickly.

**hsiaoza** · 01-09-2012 21:49

Thankyou to everyone, but magically, after trying twice a day everyday for two weeks, she took the bottle! Hip hip hooray. Even though I tried everyday for two months. I don't know what changed. I used a trick that I had read about, it didn't work before, but she was sucking the hell out of my fingers, so I slipped my pinky in with the teat and it worked.