9 month old won’t drink from a cup!

[mamaandthegirls]

My 9 month old is really struggling to drink from a cup / beaker. I have so far use one of the nuby 360 cups and she can drink from that but spits the water out! I then tried her on a tommee tippee beaker with a soft spout but she just chews it, and when I tipped it up for her to get some water from she spat it out too.
I’m panicking because it’s boiling hot at the moment and she just won’t drink anything!

[Spam88]

Is she breast or bottle fed?

[mamaandthegirls]

@Spam88 she is bottle fed

[WafflingDreamer]

Cant you put water in an empty bottle for her if you're worried. If she still wont drink water try and give an extra feed or try frozen fruits ect

[mamaandthegirls]

@WafflingDreamer sorry I forgot to mention that I have tried it in a normal bottle but then just point blank refuses it. I don’t know if it’s because she doesn’t like water?

[Willow4987]

I had the same issue. As long as she’s having enough milk she will be getting fluids that way.

I gave mine water rich foods (like watermelon and cucumber) when he was refusing a cup

But one day he just got it and started drinking

[mamaandthegirls]

@Willow4987 oh I forgot about watermelon! That’s a pretty good idea actually, I’ll give that a go- thanks! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one whose been through this!

[Spam88]

Yeah high water content foods are the way to go :) keep trying her with the cup though, and failing anything else just stick her in the bath - I've yet to meet a baby who can resist drinking the bath water.

[Peanut91]

My DS will only drink from an open cup like an adult. It made a bit of a mess to start with but he quickly got the hang of if

[timeforawine]

Mine always like the bottles with straws or the sports top bottles, they still get chewed though....
Also took her a while to start drinking a decent amount of water, i think she might have been around 15 months, until then kept offering formula until 1 then cows milk.
Now she drinks tonnes of water! (not fun now using the potty.....)

[owlofathena]

My daughter wouldn't drink much water until she was over 12 months. She still doesn't drink a lot of water but does like cold peppermint tea. We tried lots of different cups but only one she will use is a Philips avent one with a soft spout.

[Puddingmum]

I'm having the same issue I've been giving her water in a baby medicine syringe that way i know she is getting water then I keep trying her with the cup/bottle. Hope this helps

[dodecahedronandonandon]

With one of my little ones I tried so many bottles and cups. I even tried the bottle/cup next to nursing bra/pretending it was a boob, but no joy! Finally found one that worked, the Babycup one. Really worth a try.

[Sophronia]

My DS didn’t really ‘get it’ until he was around 12 months, and I had bought loads of different cups/beakers over the previous six months! Eventually I just stuck with the one beaker (the Tommee Tippee first cup) and if he did ever bring it to his mouth I gave him lots of praise which he seemed to enjoy , then he finally realised what he had to do and started drinking from it.

[SquigglePigs]

My breastfed 8 month old has taken a while to get used to it but is doing ok with a Tommy Tippee free flow beaker - it's taken a few weeks though. Little mini sipping beakers might work (they're about the size of a shot glass). Otherwise would an ice lolly work? (home made with a bit of blitzed up fruit?).