by jstupak » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:00 pm
Hi Stacy,
My daughter hated the sippy cup to the point where if it was on the table where she was playing, she could not relax. She would stare at it, and start to cry. We introduced it around 8 months, and have been struggling ever since. (She is now 1.) My doctor suggested eliminating one bottle for a week, and then one more, and so on. I did this starting with the afternoon bottles. What I learned is that she would just wait until the next bottle. I finally got down to one night time bottle and she slowly starting drinking during the day. Mostly out of an open cup like me. (I have tried every cup under the sun.) What I also saw is that with out the day bottles, she started eating more and more. I try to feed her a snack every two hours to keep her mind off of the bottle. THis week we went cold turkey and this the first time she actually drank from a sippy cup. I just sit it on the counter and offer it to her all day long. They will give in - but it can take a while. So have patience. It is not easy... But we are two weeks before surgery and we had no choice. And i really think cold turkey is the only way she would give in to a cup. There were some screaming fits, but we are getting through it.