Sippy Help!!!!!!

[PeanutsGalore]

I'm seriously not trying to or wanting to derail the thread...I'm wondering why the need for a sippy cup at age 1? Mine can both hold their own bottles, but they can also both hold a sippy cup-they just prefer to drink from the bottle. I also don't give them any sweetened drinks. Breastmilk, formula, milk, coconut water or water, sometimes with spinach, carrots and a variety of blended organic fruits. That's it. Is this really a cause for concern with tooth decay? Should I be encouraging the use of the sippy?

[dEHmom]

He doesn't get bottles at home, so she doesn't send bottles.

It is recommended to break them of bottles due to tooth decay and other things around age 1, because the older they get the more attached to it they get. But this is not set in stone. It's much the same as a blankie, soother, or stuffy. They become attached to it, this is their comfort, this is how they soothe themselves.

Mom says he never holds his own cups/bottles, and he just cries and so she always just did it. So he has just learned not to do it himself.

But my concern is that if I'm not doing it for him, he is not getting his fluids.

He did pretty good yesterday. And as long as I kept the fluids full in the cup he was figuring it out. Although he much prefers to tip cup upside down and bend the spout on the table/floor so it pours out of the cup.

[nannyde]

I will try the massage as soon as he wakes up!!! I thought yesterday maybe because his arms/hands are so chubby maybe they hurt?

He loves to cuddle with me, be held, picked up etc. He's definitely comfortable with me, just the hands he doesn't like. But I will get him used to the hand touching. Maybe if it just starts with clapping hands or something before the massaging.

I wouldn't do hand clapping or anything exciting. Just a calm... relaxing massage.

You can also do the pillow trick on your lap/his lap and hold him facing away from you. I prefer to do it in the highchair because once I get them used to me releasing my hand over their hands then I want to be able to step out of it.

You can also use heavy duty blankets instead of pillows... just fold them to the right width and height.

[SilverSabre25]

He did pretty good yesterday. And as long as I kept the fluids full in the cup he was figuring it out. Although he much prefers to tip cup upside down and bend the spout on the table/floor so it pours out of the cup.

If he's doing that he's *probably* not actually very thirsty. You can allow it (normal exploration at that age) or you could take away the cup...depends on how much of a mess it's actually making and how patient you feel at that moment.

[squareone]

I haven't read all the replies but I usually just help them hold it in their hands and tilt their arms and their heads back a little so that the drink gets in their mouth. If you are using a sippy cup that has a no spill plug, you have to take that out at first while they are learning. This way, as soon as the cup gets tilted back, it drips into their mouth without them having to ****. It only takes a few days for them to catch on. Once they get the hang of the tilting back then put the spout stopper back in and it will take a day or two for them to learn to **** while tilting. Please keep a close eye on them while the stopper is out of the cup or you wwill certainly have milk all over every wall in your kitchen!

[dEHmom]

I haven't read all the replies but I usually just help them hold it in their hands and tilt their arms and their heads back a little so that the drink gets in their mouth. If you are using a sippy cup that has a no spill plug, you have to take that out at first while they are learning. This way, as soon as the cup gets tilted back, it drips into their mouth without them having to ****. It only takes a few days for them to catch on. Once they get the hang of the tilting back then put the spout stopper back in and it will take a day or two for them to learn to **** while tilting. Please keep a close eye on them while the stopper is out of the cup or you wwill certainly have milk all over every wall in your kitchen!

HAHAHAHA yes!!! I learned that fast with my first.

I never use the ones with stoppers and if mom's send them I refuse them.
Normally kids use my cups but the youngest ones get to use theirs until they are big enough for other cups.


As for the helping their hands hold, that does not work. He immediately pulls his hands away (as in previous posts but that's ok, I don't always read them either). As soon as you go near the cup or his hands he pulls away. But he has such strength the force of his hands against yours, I would actually end up hurting him if I use my force to push his hands back.

so far just touching the elbow gently is working, might just take a little longer.