Teaching Them To Hold A Bottle At 1 Yrs Old

[Texasjeepgirl]

In my opinion.. First thing.. stop offering the bottle.. period..
I would do this whether the parents change over at home or not...I've had many infants off the bottle in my care LONG before the mommies and daddies stop making those bottles for them at home...

If the child is 1 year old.. UNLESS there is honestly something WRONG with this child.. if she can LEARN to hold a bottle.. skip the bottle.. make it a CUP..second of all.. stop switching around... choose 1 cup.. and COMMIT TO IT... if this child is having that much of an issue.. she needs CONSISTENCY.. and continually switching around... trying this and that.. this and that... probably has her as confused as the concept of having to hold it herself...

I personally think that this cup is THE BEST PRODUCT on the market for transitioning an infant from bottle to cup...

http://www.amazon.com/NUK-Learner-Latex-Single-Colors/dp/B002UXQRKW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330950271&sr=8-2

I had my own granddaughter using this cup at 5 months old.. and she took to it instantly... her mom.. (my daughter) continued to use bottles at home for a few months... but by the time she was 7-8 months old.. no BOTTLES... she is now 14 months old.. I have occasionally offered her a different type cup..and so for... no way.. she only wants this style...

Do you have a high chair.. or any other type of infant seat that RECLINES? If so.. put her in it.. prop this cup if you have to..put her hands on the handle...then walk away.. and repeat... she WILL GET IT.. if you are consistent... every day...

I don't know what the rules for licensing are where you live...but in Texas children are not suppose to ever walk around with a bottle or a cup.. my children either sit at the table.. in a high chair.. OR stand next to the kitchen counter while taking a drink... even the babies.... I am either holding them.. or they are in a high chair or an infant seat of some kind before I offer them the cup... this goes along with consistency...

[MrsB]

My 16 mos old DD has had several sensory issues and it mainly effects her eating/drinking. She is seeing a Occupational Therapist now because of her issues. We first went with the nothing-but-the-cup approach after not drinking for 3 days we botched that idea! The occupational therapist said that sippys with spouts are really just glorified bottles. Going to regular cups or a straw is best. My DD was so freaked out about the cup we learned straws (using a juice box so I could squeeze the juice up until she got the hint to ****) Then moved to a sippy cup with a straw. Within 5 days of her learning the straw, she was off bottles completely.

[countrymom]

today was so much better than last week. I made her sit and watch the other dcg drink her sippy cup and she was imatating her. Now I have one more boy to get off the bottle, hmm, the straw sippy sounds like a good idea.

[grandmom]

If she is able to feed herself, she knows how her hand and mouth work.

You are right. She is lazy.

Give her the cup. She will drink when she is thirsty enough to stop being lazy.

[permanentvacation]

It sounds like she's always had the bottle held for her or propped for her. Obviously no one has worked with her on teaching her how to hold her bottle. By her not holding her bottle, she has no clue that she's SUPPOSED to hold it. Plus, she has not been building up her muscles in order to hold it.

I would not give her a bottle at all at 1 year of age. But, since she doesn't know how to hold a bottle/cup, I'd give her a cup and help her/teach her how to hold the cup for herself. It might take a couple of weeks of you helping her. It really sounds to me like she's never had to hold her own bottle and has no idea that she's supposed to.

I had a little boy that was a little under a year old who had no idea how to or that he was supposed to hold his own bottle. I couldn't get him to drink much of anything all day! After expressing my confusion and concern as to why he wouldn't hold his own bottle, or drink much for me, the parents told me that the bottles they used were Dr. Brown bottles and were supposed to be held at a 45 degree angle when the baby was drinking from it. So, the parents would put the baby in his car seat, LEAN the car seat against the wall, and using a blanket, would prop the bottle at a 45 degree angle!!!!

I kept trying to get him to drink from a bottle with me holding him and I kept putting his hands on the bottle to teach him how to hold the bottle for himself. After a couple of days, he did start putting his hands on the bottle himself, but he couldn't keep them there long and couldn't lift the bottle up much. I believe that it's because he hadn't been building those muscles up while he was an infant. I do believe that if I kept working with him, that he would build the muscles and hold his bottle by himself. But, due to other issues, I decided to terminate him not too long after he started.

[Blackcat31]

This thread is from 2012...

Just in case you didn't notice

[LysesKids]

In my opinion.. First thing.. stop offering the bottle.. period..
I would do this whether the parents change over at home or not...I've had many infants off the bottle in my care LONG before the mommies and daddies stop making those bottles for them at home...

If the child is 1 year old.. UNLESS there is honestly something WRONG with this child.. if she can LEARN to hold a bottle.. skip the bottle.. make it a CUP..second of all.. stop switching around... choose 1 cup.. and COMMIT TO IT... if this child is having that much of an issue.. she needs CONSISTENCY.. and continually switching around... trying this and that.. this and that... probably has her as confused as the concept of having to hold it herself...

I personally think that this cup is THE BEST PRODUCT on the market for transitioning an infant from bottle to cup...

http://www.amazon.com/NUK-Learner-Latex-Single-Colors/dp/B002UXQRKW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1330950271&sr=8-2

I had my own granddaughter using this cup at 5 months old.. and she took to it instantly... her mom.. (my daughter) continued to use bottles at home for a few months... but by the time she was 7-8 months old.. no BOTTLES... she is now 14 months old.. I have occasionally offered her a different type cup..and so for... no way.. she only wants this style...

Do you have a high chair.. or any other type of infant seat that RECLINES? If so.. put her in it.. prop this cup if you have to..put her hands on the handle...then walk away.. and repeat... she WILL GET IT.. if you are consistent... every day...

I don't know what the rules for licensing are where you live...but in Texas children are not suppose to ever walk around with a bottle or a cup.. my children either sit at the table.. in a high chair.. OR stand next to the kitchen counter while taking a drink... even the babies.... I am either holding them.. or they are in a high chair or an infant seat of some kind before I offer them the cup... this goes along with consistency...

This was my go to transition item also, unfortunately NUK stopped making them... very hard to find if at all. It made life easier here because all my littles learned to drink from NUK bottles

[Unregistered]

They still sell those. I used them for both my kids. One of them used them since he was 10 months - went from breast to that cup, no bottle needed. They sell them in all kinds of patterns is all- not plain colors like the one linked. I highly recommend these as the only Sippy to buy. All the parts interchangeable if you stick to one kind of sippy.

[LysesKids]

They still sell those. I used them for both my kids. One of them used them since he was 10 months - went from breast to that cup, no bottle needed. They sell them in all kinds of patterns is all- not plain colors like the one linked. I highly recommend these as the only Sippy to buy. All the parts interchangeable if you stick to one kind of sippy.

Oh I totally agree...

[MunchkinWrangler]

I absolutely recommend the Munchkin 360. I should post a pic. Hands down best way to get a toddler to start drinking from a cup. It is a cup, the top is a gage, so far I have had no problems with keeping it clean. The pressure of their lips allow liquid to get through to drink. I wish they had them when my son was that age. I've had a child that wouldn't accept a soppy, accept the munchkin. It is fairy new on the market but other brands make similar versions.

[MunchkinWrangler]

Here it is!

[ColorfulSunburst]

the best, simplest, and fastest way to teach kids to drink from a regular cup is just let them use a regular cup. Let kids doing one big step instead of doing many tiny steps.

[MunchkinWrangler]

the best, simplest, and fastest way to teach kids to drink from a regular cup is just let them use a regular cup. Let kids doing one big step instead of doing many tiny steps.

I agree but I clean up enough spills throughout the day. Parents are more than welcome to do it at home!!

[Blackcat31]

the best, simplest, and fastest way to teach kids to drink from a regular cup is just let them use a regular cup. Let kids doing one big step instead of doing many tiny steps.

I've got parents that still provide a sippy for their 5 yr olds.
"I don't want to deal with the mess" is the most common reply when I ask about it.

In daycare, I don't use sippy cups at all. I just give them a regular unlidded cup.
I dont fill it completely full at first and start with only a sip or two until they've figured it out.
Within a day or two most kids have it down no problem and I rarely have more than a few drops to clean up.

For me the big picture (all regular cups) is by far more than worth having to deal with a few spills.

[LysesKids]

I've got parents that still provide a sippy for their 5 yr olds.
"I don't want to deal with the mess" is the most common reply when I ask about it.

In daycare, I don't use sippy cups at all. I just give them a regular unlidded cup.
I dont fill it completely full at first and start with only a sip or two until they've figured it out.
Within a day or two most kids have it down no problem and I rarely have more than a few drops to clean up.

For me the big picture (all regular cups) is by far more than worth having to deal with a few spills.

I have all my babes drinking out of 3-4 oz glasses, not plastic cups by 16 months... It amazes me, how the childcare homes & centers they transition to always do sippy's at that age (exception are the Montessori's). I know of one center still does finger foods for all 2-3 year olds which in my eyes is ridiculous

When you go to Montessori they assume the littles can or will learn quickly to drink without lids and use silverware on real plates