Switching to a cup!

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Switching to a cup!
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Tue, 02-01-2005 - 1:41pm
What's the best way to get my dd to switch to a cup?
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Registered: 04-06-2003
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 1:55pm

I like your signature :o)


I used the Avent soft spout sippy cups with Hannah, and she seemed to take to those much easier. Once she was used to them she took to the cheaper sippys with no problem. She still won't drink her milk from them though (unless it's chocolate).


 

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Registered: 09-21-2004
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 2:01pm

Both of my kids were breastfed, but other people I know would use the sippy cups during the day then switch to the bottle at night for a gradual change. I have heard though not to let them have a bottle after a year old. Once in a dentist office I heard a child crying...when I asked what was wrong the lady at the desk told me it was a three year old that had bad teeth from being on a bottle to long.


Hope that doesn't sound like a lecture! Just something I heard :)

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Registered: 01-24-2005
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 2:15pm

Good question! Archie doesn't seem to want to drink from it either. He takes the drink in his mouth and then spits it back out. It doesn't

Becky and Archie 3/1/04

and baby due Jan 26!

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Registered: 01-06-2004
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 3:27pm
Have you tried the Gerber soft spout?
It is almost like a bottle, makes it easy to switch and get use to a cup. After awhile with that, you can try using a hard spout sippy.
Good luck.





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Registered: 12-18-2003
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 3:40pm

What I did was have a sippy cup on her highchair with water, so she could get used to it (and the milk/juice wouldn't get old).

I think I tried every sippy cup. I used the gerber ones (with the hard pointy top) and then moved over to the playtex insulator ones). I think I did try the avent ones first (since they are soft), but they dripped a lot, so I tried to get her to switch.

good luck - remember - they won't be on bottles forever, so even if it takes a while, they'll switch!

Carri

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 4:19pm

well i have almost all of those brands of sippy's.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 4:24pm

ha ha, i just realized i put my "dh" instead of my dd.

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Registered: 01-24-2005
Tue, 02-01-2005 - 4:32pm
ROTFL! I thought...wow she's REALLY got her hands full. My DH stopped eating crayons after the wedding!!

Becky and Archie 3/1/04

Becky and Archie 3/1/04

and baby due Jan 26!

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Registered: 01-06-2004
Wed, 02-02-2005 - 9:24am
Hey, our husbands are almost like one of the kids

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