How do I persuade a 13mnth old to give up teats ...

[MillieMummy]

...DS is 13mnths old, has three milk feeds per day all using a teat. Trying to persuade him to have a spout but he is not having it. Tried for over a week and no progress. He drinks almost no water - if I can get a few drops in at meal times using the spout I consider I'm doing well. Any suggestions?

MM - have just started a similar thread myself. when dd was younger, i still gave her milk through a teat but left a tommy tippee beaker of water around. she gradually got used to it and now asks for it and drinks loads of water. the milk and bottles are another story though!

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IIRC what we did with DS1 (who was a real bottle fiend) was gave him a spout when we knew he'd really want the bottle - first thing in the morning. He drank it no problem so we threw away the teats.

we are still struggling with dd and she is 2.6 now

I have decided that atm it is a battle not worth fighting

Millie - Have you tried taking the lid off completely? So no teat, no spout will be messy at first but might be worth a try