4/29/2009
Transition from bottle to sippy cup
I am trying to transition Griffin off of the bottle and onto the sippy cup. He is 18 mos old and I should have done it a long time ago but I didn't so it is a lot of my own fault. He is devastated beyond what you can image. Typically he is such a good, sweet, little boy about anything but this is very hard for him. You see he doesn't take a paci so this is his "paci" of sorts. We have tried a couple of sippy cups with no such luck. So I thought if anyone can help him make the switch it would probably Papa 4 wheeler since he is so attached to him. Papa 4 wheeler lets him drink out of his can of pop. So we put the pop in the sippy cup-no he didn't want it both the pop or cup. So then Papa put a straw in the cup of pop and Griffin physically took the straw out of the sippy and put it back in the can and took a drink. We have a real situation on our hands. So last night I decided this was the night with the bottle. Griffy usually has a bottle when he goes to bed so I thought he would take the new sippy that looks just like a bottle. I thought I would try it in the dark, nope he refused to drink. Same thing goes for this morning. After 45 minutes of screaming crying, myself crying, and a phone call to Kerry, I gave up and gave him the bottle back. He hadn't had anything to drink since last night around 4:00 pm and just couldn't go on. Does anyone have any help for me out there? PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU TO HELP.
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I'd love to share some of my expertise but unfortunately I don't have any experience on this matter at hand.
Sara when he realizes that he is not going to get the bottle back he will finally give in. I know that this will be hard for everyone,it may take a few nights of crying himself to sleep but it will happen. You just have to be strong and not give in to his crying screaming and whatever else that he may do. When he finally decides that he only is going to get something to drink out of the sippy cup he will come around. I'm sure you are not the first mom to go through this nor will you be the last,you just have to make sure that you keep it up and don't give in that is the key to it all. Love from Colfax
Hey there. Madison never had a problem getting off her bottle. She takes a sippy cup fine but we started her on the toss or reuse ones (there on the go ones) and she did great. They aren't hard to suck out of and someone told me these were good to start them on. I also give her a cup with a lid and straw and she loves that. It's just the small tupperware plastic cup with a lid. She likes to drink from a straw because she's seen us drink from them too. So it makes her feel like a big girl. I know this is frustrating and I hope something works for you soon. Stay strong!
so sorry you, I've seen him. You had to cry touself to sleep but you were alot younger. It is going to be awful, Keep him up as late as you can on a weekend. toss the bottles and keep giving him sippy cups till he gives in. It will take a couple of nights.
we are going through the same thing! if you find something that works...please share!! ;)
Someone told me that their kids took an Advent sippy cup when they wouldn't take anything else...I guess it's worth a try! Good luck!
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