Really?!?!?

[Heidi]

But she is drinking NOTHING!!! I have tried every sippy I have. Fine, give her drinks from a regular cup, but to expect that I give her 3 bottles a day in a cup and help her with it each time?? Not going to happen. Like I said, she doesn't even try to help hold the cup or anything.

I would just keep offering it. She will not dehydrate if they are helping her at home. She doesn not need 3 bottles a day, though! I think it's 22oz per day at a year, I looked it up recently. At a year, most kids are eating like the big kids, with the exception of raw vegies or other choking hazards

The open cup thing is used at most Montessori and RIE programs, and the children are taught to pour their own beverages as toddlers. But, you have to do what works for you. I have two cups twirlers (twins) here. Needless to say, I have to watch them like hawks, and no lid would not work for them or their 3yo sister, for that matter. At home, all four children carry sippy cups around the house. What a freakin mess that must be!

[sahm2three]

I would just keep offering it. She will not dehydrate if they are helping her at home. She doesn not need 3 bottles a day, though! I think it's 22oz per day at a year, I looked it up recently. At a year, most kids are eating like the big kids, with the exception of raw vegies or other choking hazards

The open cup thing is used at most Montessori and RIE programs, and the children are taught to pour their own beverages as toddlers. But, you have to do what works for you. I have two cups twirlers (twins) here. Needless to say, I have to watch them like hawks, and no lid would not work for them or their 3yo sister, for that matter. At home, all four children carry sippy cups around the house. What a freakin mess that must be!

She was my trying breast fed baby I have spoken about. She weaned a few months ago, and has just done EBM since then. The most we have ever been able to get her to drink is 6 oz at a time. That is why she gets 3 bottles a day here. She is here over 10 hours a day.

[cheerfuldom]

I would keep her on a bottle until she was able to use a sippy. No cups here. That basically amounts to one-on-one attention which is not a regular part of our day and having to do that three times a day for prolonged periods would not work for me at all.

I did have one person ask me to feed with a medicine dropper (no medical reason whatsoever)....I have no idea what they were thinking and was so surprised at the request that I started laughing.

[Qpmomma]

My daughter was breastfed and refused to go from breast to bottle or sippy. I was told to either use a spoon, medicine dropper or cup. So she cup trained early. My lactation consultant told me to try it. It's actually not unheard of in breastfeeding circles.

[grandmom]

She won't starve, unless you're dealing with failure to thrive. Doesn't sound like it. Likely, she's just learning how to get the undivided attention from the adults.

This concerns me more.

The only thing I can get her to eat independently is graham crackers.

Never offer graham crackers until she is eating other food. This is a picky eater in the making. IMHO