My son refuses a sippy cup
Posted by: becz_nz
3rd Nov 2011 09:06am
I have an 8 month old who is fine with drinking from a sippy cup.But my 19 month old son refuses.I do the leave it out for him.i tryed for a whole week.But he still refuses.I have 5 diff sippy cups and he only wants his bottle.Has anyone got any suggestions.Im worried for when he starts pre school
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muckypaws
Try jumping straight to a school type bottle. I never bothered with straws with mine, when out even as babies, if they needed water I gave them a sports top type lid. Works well expecially for thoses kiddes reluctant to move from the teat style bottle as you still have to tilt to drink.
Anonymous
I also found this a struggle, I ended up starting with a plastic cup and supervised/ held the cup until he became comfortable with the change, that's when I introduced the sippy explaining that it is new and made it seem exciting
angelic
I had the same problem and had to purchase a pop top non spill drink bottle for my son. I originally purchased a drink bottle standard and he decided that spilling the water was more fun than drinking it so we searched for the non spill. Its been fantastic. He is now 2yrs and still has the occassional bottle. My youngest who is now 9months loves the sippy cup but is still finding his way.
sherri
It is not unusual for a 19 mo to still want a bottle, it is just complicated by the fact that you have an 8mo who is a little more laid back and adventurous and that makes it LOOK like his older brother is a bit slow on the uptake.
Don't worry, - by the time your son is ready for kindy, the 'issue of the cups' will be a dim and distant memory and you will have worked your way through a whole range of other issues too.
By all means persist in offering drinks from a cup, talking all the while about it being a 'big boy cup' etc and save bottles for 'sleepytime' .But don't stress. about it because your son will pick up on that making it more likely that he will look to the security of his bottle. (btw 1 week is not a long time - the transition from bottle to cup only is going to take a lot longer than that)
rachaelc
Maybe try a cup with a lid and a straw? My girls both loved these. Maybe emphasise what a big boy he is and he needs to drink from this cup now and his bottle is just for milk (if he still has milk). I have a 5yo and a 3yo and sometimes these things just need patience and they move on from them in their own time.