Sippy Help!!!!!!

**SilverSabre25** · 03-14-2011, 08:47 AM

Honestly, I go to a straw cup for a few months until they're a bit more mature with their problem-solving skills. For the most part, everyone's cups are identical (all the Take n Toss type sippies) but I have one set of Take n Toss straw cups for those youngsters who don't get the tipping thing right at one. Every one I've had so far, save one, has been on regular sippy cups by 18 months, most by 15 or 16 months.

**youretooloud** · 03-14-2011, 08:49 AM

We go right to the straw cup too. I mostly have "Take and Toss" cups. But, for the infants (before age one) I have a couple of the Nubby straw cups.

**Little People** · 03-14-2011, 08:51 AM

Could you try only putting about 1oz in the sippy so it is not so heavy? And adding a little more once the child gets the hang of it. I know you would have to keep opening and adding more, but the weight may be the problem.

**Meyou** · 03-14-2011, 08:57 AM

I use the Gerber double handled sippies from age 1 to 2. They have a soft spot and it's a smaller cup (holds 125ml) so easier and lighter for babies to learn to tip. Two handles mean its very easy to hold too.

**dEHmom** · 03-14-2011, 09:52 AM

Thanks for the replies. His mom sends him the nuby kind. and he's got the avent kind (soft spouts with handles, and bottle type sippies with nipples and sippy spout nipples too). She said even regular bottles he will not hold. Insists on you holding it for him.

It's not heavy, so that's not the issue. He's also a very big boy.

I might go get the straw type tonight and try him tomorrow or wednesday, see if it's any better. I'll probably try him with a cup and straw first, to make sure.

**laundrymom** · 03-14-2011, 09:56 AM

I would let him learn the bottle sitting first, then a cup,... or try it without the stopper so its free flowing, help him hold it and push his arms up, instead of pushing the cup up. then after a few days put the stopper in, still prodding him to push up using his arms, not by doing it for him. Then let him figure it out.

**dEHmom** · 03-14-2011, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by laundrymom

I would let him learn the bottle sitting first, then a cup,... or try it without the stopper so its free flowing, help him hold it and push his arms up, instead of pushing the cup up. then after a few days put the stopper in, still prodding him to push up using his arms, not by doing it for him. Then let him figure it out.

He doesn't get a bottle anymore, just the sippy style bottles.

I tried just secretly tipping the bottom of the cup while he is in the highchair, or his arms.

AS SOON as I go near him or touch the cup or his arms, he lets go. So I just the the cup fall to the table and stand it back up. He will not let me take his hands to hold the cup. Or show him to tip it.

BUT he does know that tipping the cup upside down makes the drink leak out on the table. So he understands that concept.

**momofsix** · 03-14-2011, 10:13 AM

Did he ever hold his own bottles?

**laundrymom** · 03-14-2011, 10:15 AM

,... how old? Id just keep on keeping on. Rinse and repeat next meal,.. but if he wont hold it up there to drink, you shouldnt hold it for him. Personally I would leave the sippy there for him and hold a regular drink cup for him, so he is drinking, but when hes ready to do it unassisted he can, but not give him the sippy,.. Id drink him from a topless cup.

Originally posted by dEHmom

He doesn't get a bottle anymore, just the sippy style bottles.

I tried just secretly tipping the bottom of the cup while he is in the highchair, or his arms.

AS SOON as I go near him or touch the cup or his arms, he lets go. So I just the the cup fall to the table and stand it back up. He will not let me take his hands to hold the cup. Or show him to tip it.

BUT he does know that tipping the cup upside down makes the drink leak out on the table. So he understands that concept.

**dEHmom** · 03-14-2011, 10:19 AM

As far as I know he has never held his own bottles. This is his first full day here, so I haven't really had to deal with this.

And he's 1 yo.

I tried the topless cup and he just smacks it away from me every time.

i tried my take n toss and he puts it in his mouth and gets a little bit of drink from the spout leftovers, and then tips it back. But he also quite enjoys tossing the cups. So I just pick it up and place it away from him because the lids come loose on those ones.

I'm just sort of at a loss. Because I've tried many times to see how I can do it, and i've NEVER had an issue transitioning to sippies before.

**laundrymom** · 03-14-2011, 10:22 AM

its his first day? and hes one,... ahhh,.. he will be fine. =-) keep offering,.. may take a week or so but he will be fine. Just keep offering,.. hes adjusting to a ton at once,.. give him time. =-)

**momofsix** · 03-14-2011, 10:25 AM

Originally posted by laundrymom

its his first day? and hes one,... ahhh,.. he will be fine. =-) keep offering,.. may take a week or so but he will be fine. Just keep offering,.. hes adjusting to a ton at once,.. give him time. =-)

Agree totally with this!

**laundrymom** · 03-14-2011, 10:28 AM

Originally posted by laundrymom

its his first day? and hes one,... ahhh,.. he will be fine. =-) keep offering,.. may take a week or so but he will be fine. Just keep offering,.. hes adjusting to a ton at once,.. give him time. =-)

oh and congrats on the newby!@!!@!@!!@

**dEHmom** · 03-14-2011, 10:44 AM

I've had him as a drop in for a while. He's very familiar with me and how things go. But it's his first Full day. I've been worknig on the sippy cup thing for a few weeks now and still no go. Given that parents feed him bottles and such make a difference and I will discuss this with them at pick up.

DCM is having a difficult time being her first full day away from him. I am not going to drop any bombs on her, and I will give it a few weeks to a month for him to figure out the cup. I am just trying to find the easiest way to help him figure it out, and nothing seems to be working for me

I've never really struggled with any transitions before.

The hardest thing I ever did was help a 3 yo remember to say "pardon me" instead of "whadya say" that took 2 months, but a year later and mom says he is remember to say pardon me every time

Sippy Help!!!!!!

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