Can a six month old take all their milk from a cup?

[Ettenna]

Need advice - getting desperate. LO STILL won't countenance a bottle. I return to work when he's 24 weeks (DH will care full-time for him). Will LO be OK with a Doidy cup or similar? My HV said he could have lots of liquidy solids to compensate for lack of milk if he won't take enough from a cup. Has anyone else done all their feeds from a cup at this age? Many thanks for any words of wisdom!!

(He has taken tiny amounts from a Doidy and doesn't seem to hate it. He's 3 months at the mo).

I don't thing how they take is a problem so long as they are taking it.

thanks dyzzidi but i meant is it physically possible for them to take large amounts from a cup at six months? He can only take tiny sips at present and some dribbles out!

Have you considered trying different teats for bottles?

yes with different flow rates, both latex and silicone. He holds them in his mouth quite happily but NEVER suckles, even when overdue for a feed. It's so frustrating!!

The tops off Avent Bottles are really good for cup feeding babies. they are just the right size. My daughter had quite a few feeds from these. At 6 months I would have thought it would be fine to have a beaker once he gets the hang of it.

dd (6 months) has never taken a significant amount from a bottle but over the last few weeks has grown increasingly competent at drinking from a cup (one with a spout and a doidy cup). I wouldn't worry too much - there will be a lot of development between now and 24 weeks.

Yes! I posted a similar question a while ago as i wanted to cut down BF and didn't want to introduce a bottle. LO now gets 2 feeds a day from a cup (doidy or wide knecked bottle) She takes 5oz at a time. At first it was a bit messy but now there is hardly any spillage and you wouldn't believe how fast it goes down (usually followed by a massive burp). BTW DD is 7.5 months.

My dd would not take a bottle for months, I just kept perservering and by about 5 months she would take one easily. Ds is 3 months old and will take a bottle on about one attempt out of every five!

My DS wouldn't take a bottle until he was just over 6 months, until then he would take miniscule amounts from a cup and I couldn't see him ever being able to just use a cup.

He's now 7m and is quite capable of taking daytime feeds from a cup (will take 5Oz, would probably take more if hungrier). I tend to use a cup with a little spout for milk and save the doidy for water for the time being.

Thanks everyone; that helps!

my dd got a throat infection at 6 months and screamed whenever we tried giving her milk from a bottle, so we switched to a cup.
first few times she only took tiny bits but we perservered cos we thought tiny bits were better than nothing and after about 4 feeds she got it. i think she was so hungry she just kind of figured it out.

looking back it was the bast thing i ever did cos then i had no more sterilizing bottles! it was great and i intend to try and do the smae agian this time round!

when dd was about 7 months I went back to work and the nursery nurses were amazed that she drank from a doidy cup and not a bottle. I also used a soft spout cup that Heinz used to make a few years ago and she took all her milk away from me via one of these ways. I did introduce a bottle later for evening feeds when I stopped BF at 15 months since she got comfort from the sucking but apart from that she has been cups and beakers all the way