anyone giving full milk feeds from a cup?

[DizzyBint]

dd is 5 months and will take maybe 2 ounces ebm at the most from a doidy cup (open cup, not spouted beaker for those who haven't heard of it). after that she loses interest. she won't take a bottle of any description. need this sorted in 2 months for me going back to work part time. am i expecting too much from her? or will it just take time?

Two months is quite a while away - your DD will be a lot bigger and more competant then. And I expect she'll take more milk from a cup when she needs it.

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thank you NQC

Hi DizzyBint - You might be ably to help me.. My ds won't take the bottle either - Tried everything. How did you introduce the cup?? Did you try in-between feeds?? Please help as I'm tempted to try this after reading your thread.

my dd refused cup and bottles at 6 months, now at 7 months she drinks 250 ml a day from doidy cup when eating solids - 3 meals a day, fingerfoods as she hates purees and spoons, so things can change pretty quickly

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Dizzy,at 7 mths i went back to work f/t.
Mine wasn't great with a bottle and I wasn't great at expressing but a few weeks in,she went happily with no milk in the day.
I b/fed her fro 21/2 years.

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lol
I tried but she was having none of it...

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Did none of you find the cup really messy? DId you introduce it when you started solids? Would that be easier? My ds is 20 weeks and we will be giving him his first taste of baby rice this afternoon as advised by hv. I was thinking of giving him water in beaker to begin with after each meal..

shish- i introduced it when she was about 4 months after trying a multitude of bottles. i didn't do it in any particular way. just put some ebm in it and she lapped it up no problem. the only issue is the amount she'll take, but from what the others have said it's just a case of waiting and letting her get used to it. if i go out dh feed her with it, but she just has that small amount and waits til i get home for the rest, from me.

Is he giving it to on demand?? My ds won't consider anything else when he's crying for a feed.. Please help..!

I had the same problem with dd but once weaning was established she was much more open to spouted cups and by 7 months was taking a full feed from a cup.

shish- dd has sort of fallen into a feeding routine. so yes we started feeding on demand, but now she feeds at roughly 3 hour intervals. so if i go out and am going to be out longer than 3 hours, dh has no option to feed her with the doidy cup. we don't wait for her to cry, she has come to expect a feed every 3 hours. however, she also expects her feeds to come from me, so only takes a little from the cup and waits til i get home for a bigger feed. i don't know what would happen if i went away for a full day.

then, as well as that, i keep trying her with the cup for her afternoon feed. but again, she takes a bit, i suppose quenching her thirst then i just end up giving her a bf. i suppose i could be putting more effort in, but she doesnt show much interest. i know plenty people basically starve their baby into taking a bottle or cup.

she will also happily play with a spouted cup. she has the spout attachments with handles on her avent bottles. but as soon as she sucks enough to get some out she throws it away. she won't take it at all if one of us holds it, she has to hold it herself.

Mine feeds roughly every 2 hours, but can sometimes go 2.5 to 3 hours so I still feed on demand. Do you think it might be worth offereing a feed every 2 hours even if he doesn't ask for it? I haven't been cos hv told me it would gradually extend and to just feed on demand. I gave him his first taste of baby rice yeterday so maybe that will help.

We've thought about going cold turkey, but don't know if that's such a good idea - what if he dehydrates? Anyway, he would just scream and scream until I feed him. I'm afraid this could put him off even more.

My ds likes playing with the Avent magic cup aswell..