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Moving slowly from bottle to cup

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SAHMof1 · 27/10/2006 21:25

I need advice. I am trying to slowly get 6mth old DS onto a cup. For 5 mths he was exclusively breast-fed, with some EBM feeds given from a Tommee Tippee Closer to Nature bottle. Since weaning with solids (at 5 mths) he has been taking formula in his bottle with his day-time meals as I am slowly dropping the day-time breast feeds (I still want to bf, DS willing, just not at meal-times).

I have tried him, on and off over the last few weeks, with the Tommee Tippee Easiflow Bottle to Cup trainer (see here ) but he doesn't like it at all. Should I buy a teat (it'd be a Nuby teat, not a Closer to Nature one - he has only ever taken from a Closer to Nature bottle, so I feel it'd be a step back to go to a different teat, but might that be the only way to move forward - one step back for two steps forward? IYSWIM)

Any advice greatly appreciated. Cheers MNers.

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Frizombie · 27/10/2006 21:27

I just got one of the tommytippee basic sippy cups and presented it to dd1 and again recently dd2 with water in it, both just took straight to it no bother, although TBH dd2 has used it for teething more to start with! but now at 7mths happily drinks out of it too. HTH's

QuootieSpookypie · 27/10/2006 21:27

Hi,
I just put water in a cup without the lid bits, and tipped a little to DSs lips... He can now after a week or so, grab the cup and put his mouth round and slurp... Have you tried just putting a cup to his mouth?

Frizombie · 27/10/2006 21:28

Boots do a good steadycup don't know if you've seen it?

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SAHMof1 · 27/10/2006 21:40

Thanks all, so quick. I love MN!

At how old QuootieSpookypie?

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Mumpbump · 27/10/2006 21:50

Have you tried a doidy cup - available in John Lewis. Started ds on it at 4mo and he can drink from anything now at 9mo. It's slanted so they can see the liquid and the rim doesn't touch their faces.

Kidstrack · 27/10/2006 21:59

DD had the Nuby cup from 6m available at tesco, it has silicone teat like a bottle but is spout shaped she then quickly took from any cup, i have a spare one that never got used if you want it!

Natski · 27/10/2006 22:24

Sorry to join this discussion late but I am having big problems getting my DD to drink her milk out of a hard-spouted cup/sippy cup rather than a bottle. She is 13 months and I have been told to stop the bottle coz of risk of tooth decay. Consequently she has not had her morning milk for 2 days. She drinks water out of a soft spouted bottle but won't take it from the sippy cup/hard spouted cup either. Any ideas? Thanks.

Kidstrack · 27/10/2006 22:26

Natski i would def reccomend that Nuby cup with silicone teat thats the only cup dd took her milk from before going on to a hard spout, its about £2.89 from Tesco, mothercare and boots don't seem to stock it now

QuootieSpookypie · 27/10/2006 22:28

6 months

louismummy · 27/10/2006 22:29

nazski tooth decay is only really a problem if you let have a bottle and drink it very slowly over a long period of time or put juice in them. my ds had a bottel at night til he stopped wanting milk at 2.3. hth

QuootieSpookypie · 27/10/2006 22:30

hope this works, 6 months

louismummy · 27/10/2006 22:30

oops natski

Natski · 27/10/2006 22:31

Thanks, Kidstrack - good plan. Will get it over the w/e.

QuootieSpookypie · 27/10/2006 22:33

not as good, but should work

Natski · 27/10/2006 22:35

Thanks for the reassurance, LouisMummy - I'm not going to stress about it too much coz she pretty much downs her bottle!

Kidstrack · 27/10/2006 22:36

Awww that picture is sooooooooooo cute

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