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From bottle to beaker.

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Ellatot · 25/04/2001 21:19

My daughter had no problem going from breast to bottle at five months but now, trying to get her to drink out of a beaker is proving a bit harder.

Has anyone got any advice for me?

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Jac · 25/04/2001 22:27

You're very wise to try doing this now at 5 months. I didn't and my 2 year old still won't drink milk out of a beaker. I assume you mean milk? Mine does drink water or juice from a beaker though, so if it is just milk, keep that in the bottle just for naps and night time for the time being and try other drinks in beakers.

Good luck.

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Ellatot · 26/04/2001 07:19

jac

My daughter won't drink juice or water, out of a bottle or out of a beaker, so I'm trying to get her to drink milk with meals out of a beaker and keep the bottle just for bedtime.

Any hints?

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Emmam · 26/04/2001 11:55

We brought a completely different beaker for our son to use just for milk and I found that helped. He was already drinking juice from a beaker from around 4/5 months, but I was determined to get rid of bottles by the time he was 12 months. We gradually started substituting formula with cows milk in his bottles and once he got used to that we just stopped the bottle. (He was only having one a day by then as well). He initially didn't like it and it took a couple of days before he would drink out of it, but now he sometimes has a couple of beakers of milk a morning. I made sure during his non-milk drinking stage that he was either getting milk in cereal or eating lots of yoghurts and cheese.

Marina · 27/04/2001 08:27

Ellatot, lots of us in my postnatal group found beakers a real trial as the different designs available suited different children, and none of us had £££ to try out all the different ones on the market. So we mixed and matched - easy if you all have sterilisers. The one that most babies seemed to get on with best was the Heinz Flexisoft with the handles, they seemed to like the texture of the spout. I would definitely save the Anyway Up cup for an older child who is already good with beakers, it's a great product but you need a suck like Dynarod to get it going and little mouths need practice. Our son graduated from Heinz to AWU at about 12 months and we still use them.

Tigermoth · 27/04/2001 09:24

Heinz Flexisoft gets my vote too. Son loved it above all others from the word go (about 5 months). Only problem is that he's so attached to it that now ( aged 20 months) he's going straight from the Flexisoft beaker to to drinking from ordinary plastic cups -a rather slurpy business!

Ems · 27/04/2001 18:00

We liked Heinz flexisoft, it is reserved for our tea time and bedtime milk, never for water. Water is now from the avent magic beaker that I saw recommended on Mumsnet.

Babe now understands whats what and whats coming from where.

Kate71 · 28/04/2001 07:49

Our daughter likes the Heinz cup too. The bowl and spoon are the best we've found. They are cheapest in Wilkinson's.
Perhaps we should invest in the advent beaker though, last night Lauren discovered that she could draw pretty patterns on the carpet in blackcurrent if she turned her Boots beaker upsidedown.

Lisaj · 29/04/2001 20:27

Jac

I am in exactly the same position as you, as my 2 year old completely refuses to drink milk from anything but a bottle, although he will quite happily drink water/juice from any beaker. I have even bought different beakers for his milk, but this doesn't work. On the occasions that I have tried to get him to drink his milk from a beaker, he has left it untouched and had a strop! The interesting thing is that he will quite happily drink milk from a beaker at nursery!

I have to say that at the moment I have given up trying and still give him a bottle. I really don't know how to overcome this problem. Has anyone else managed it?

IDismyname · 29/04/2001 21:21

I found the Anywayup cups very good for my son; the answer is to "loosen" them up if they are new, to make them more "suckable". Gently (and VERY gently, might I add) stick the blunt end of a teaspoon through the spout and wiggle it about slightly, and you'll find that they can drink more easily through it, and their leakability doesn't appear to be compromised.
The best thing about them is that they do not leak, and therefore Ribena squiggles on carpets are a thing of the past.
However, no substitue for getting them on to a "real" cup as early as possible (says she with a 3 year old hooked on anyway up cups!!)

Cawthorne · 04/06/2001 09:38

I was worried that my 19 month old would not drink milk form anything but a bottle and wants to drink everything else out of a cup. My cousin pointed out that we all seem to have our favourite mug for tea so I've now decided that we're all allowed our little foibles !

Clairgod · 04/06/2001 12:02

I have come to the coclusion, as a mother of an 18 month old who only takes his milk from a bottle, that it is normal! I know 2 other children the same. Eventually, he'll want to stop being a 'baby';
i am hoping that will make him try the beaker more.

I did try ever diminishing dilutions of milkshake and that worked for a while, until I changed his soya brand. It's worth a go.

Hmonty · 05/06/2001 11:33

My nephew wouldn't drink milk from anything but a bottle. Then one day Mummy was out and I gave him milk in a beaker (at the same time as my eldest) and he drank it! When I told my SIL she 'lost' the bottle and he hasn't looked back. Maybe having someone else do it, in front other other kids drinking out of beakers, whilst Mum isn't around, would help you?

Bloss · 05/06/2001 21:14

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