Thursday, September 22, 2011

How do i change from bottle to starter cup/beaker?

My son is 14 months old and is still having drinks from his bottle. Iv tried changing him to the starter cup/beaker but he just thinks its a toy to play with and just keeps biting the teat on the beaker. i think cause he has to suck quite hard to get the milk out he cant figure out that the beaker actually has milk in it! Iv tried see through ones so he can see the milk but still no success. Has anyone got any suggestions as i really need to get him off the bottle now! Is there a special cup/beaker you can buy? I live in the UK.How do i change from bottle to starter cup/beaker?
Try using a sports bottle, or a beaker that isn't designed to be non-drip. These sorts of cups dont need to be sucked on very much so he may drink out of it, but supervise him is you dont want milk all over the carpet. Another thing is to also try giving him an open cup.



I think you need to be very strict and just tell him that from now on bottles are only for night-time. If you only offer him drinks from beakers or cups during the day, then he will drink from them.How do i change from bottle to starter cup/beaker?
Don't give him one of the ones with a bottle teat on it - no wonder he's confused.



Get him a bog-standard one with a spout from the supermarket/ Wilkinsons and let him play with it in the bath so he can figure out how to work it. Failing that, show him! Sit him in the high chair at teatime, sit with him, and show him how to hold it for himself.How do i change from bottle to starter cup/beaker?
The first cups that I used with my children were the Tommie tipee cups that have a lid that you fold down and they don't leak in your bag. If you want to get rid of the bottles then hide them all and just offer a trainer cup. He will soon learn how he has to get the milk out. If you are out and about and have forgotten his cup then just buy a vittel sports bottle of water and he can drink from that. When you give him his cup tip it up for him so that he gets the milk in his mouth, once he has tasted it he will have no problem. He just has to learn this new skill, just persevere and he will be fine. Beware though if he sees his bottles then he will want one of those. If it is really proving to be a massive problem then use the cups during the day and the bottle at night.Trust me he will grow out of this.How do i change from bottle to starter cup/beaker?
My children all learned straight from cups.In those days there were no beakers such as those available today. I started off with just a small teaspoon or so in the cup. If you put more they just tip it all over themselves. I found this out the hard way as having no mother to ask advice from.I was advised at the clinic to start my child on cups but they didn't tell me not to fill it as would for an adult. whoa! that's what I did! Poor child got a soaking for his trouble and what an idiot I felt I was. After that I found little and often was the answer and cant remember when they drank a full cup as it happened so naturally. Same as most things with babies, the more we worry the bigger the problem it seems. Good luck and stay happy.How do i change from bottle to starter cup/beaker?
What you can do is cut the top of the nipples off and then show them to your son. Say, %26quot;Look the bottles are broken%26quot; and then you can say %26quot;Will you throw these away for daddy/mommy%26quot;? Let him think that he is helping you. Then NO MORE BTLS! Throw them ALL away and give him a sippy if he is thirsty. Even the most stuborn child will have to give in and drink at some point. Good luck.How do i change from bottle to starter cup/beaker?
I would reccommend just getting the ones with a fold down spout and a hole in it. Tommee Tippee makes the ones I used. They let the milk flow at a slowish speed and my son found these easy to get used to.



I personally preferred these to the non-spill type, the no-spill ones need to be sucked, so would be confusing for a child.



With my son, once he got the idea that milk was in the cup, I just used them instead of a bottle. He liked a bottle at night, though, which was fair enough. After a few months I tried him with the cup at night, too. He did not bother too much, and was soon off bottles completely.

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