Going straight from ebf to sippy cup

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My little one is 9 months and still ebf. I will be returning to work soon and DC will be going to nursery. I've tried a bottle but DC has no idea how to get the milk out. DC is used to water in a free flow sippy cup for meals, so I thought providing milk, either breast or formula, in a sippy cup might work. Has anyone else gone from ebf to sippy cup, skipping the bottle?

That's what I did with both of mine. No issues at all.

Never used a bottle here. Still breastfeeding and has water in a sippy cup, no issues.

Had a bottle refuser so we used sippy cup when I went back to work, I did get a different colour one for milk.

Did the same at around 12 months.
Three DC and never owned a bottle.

Thanks all for your replies. It is a relief to hear that this worked for you all. Sippy cup it is then!

Yes, perfectly fine to use a soppy cup for milk. There is no need for a bottle if the child can use a cup.

Yes mine went from breast to open cup too. I was very sceptical myself but my DM insisted he would manage fine and she was right.

She also had him using a spoon competently at a very young age.

Yes. Absolutely. It was stressful at 5/6mo when he wouldn’t take bottles but bloody brilliant at 12+ months when everyone else was struggling to phase bottles out and we had no issues.

No bottles here either. Straight to sippy and open cups, latter worked best.

Another bottle refuser here so went straight to cup. He likes all sorts now and will take both milk and water out of most cups. So relieved I don't have to worry about phasing bottles out!

Us too! He didn't like sippy cups either, but doidy cups worked a treat.

I did the same my Ds would not drink from a bottle

Yes, so easy, I have an irrational dislike of bottles for babies over 6 months & was determined never to use them so just offered DS his drinks in a cup & it was fine.

I'm doing this too, have been using the munchkin latch 360 and also their sippy intermediate cup. Mine totally bottle refused so I started with these when he was 6 months. He's getting better all the time (7 months now). Not worth the bother of bottles at this point at all.

Same here, and I was also worried. My baby has never had a bottle or a sippy cup - used a doidy for water from 6 months and now at 14 months drinks all drinks from an open cup. I’ve only just stopped breastfeeding.

Yes, it was perfectly fine. Mine now only has milk from a cup at bedtime as well (and I just bf in the mornings, from about 13 months). It was really easy. Actually it was much easier than convincing my first one who was ff to drink milk from a cup.