Sippy Cup Issue Resolved!

I gave my son a sippy cup maybe around 4m to get him to practice with it. That didn't work well. He sometimes would drink from it, but he didn't seem to like it.

My sister gave me quite a few sippy cups to try and my son didn't like any of them.

I even bought some expensive klean kanteen ones and he didn't like these either.

I talked to some moms and I got this as a recommendation. (Nuby soft spout)
http://www.amazon.com/Gripper-Cup-Soft-Silicone-Spout/dp/B0001NE9F8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=baby-products&qid=1268772246&sr=8-4

Oh, I went to daycare one day and he was drinking from one of these. It surprised me since I figured he was drinking from someone else's cup. I asked the daycare workers and they said that it was an extra one and that my son LOVED that kind. Gee, thanks for telling me sooner!! I went and bought some that very day.

My son was over a year and wasn't getting the sippy cup and we wanted to transition from bottles. The day I introduced the Nuby, he took right to it. He is 99% on these now. We had to give him a bottle the other day as he didn't want to suck on his sippy cups (most likely due to an ear infection).

I am not sure if it was because he was breastfeed for 11.5months and the nuby is soft like a bottle/breast, but he liked these. I will say that this one may not be for all kids. They do have handle ones, but we used the ones without the handle (but little one was over a year).

My point is...try different brands and don't invest in one brand until you know that your child will like that sippy cup. My little one always tossed his and that is very normal, but make sure they eventually drink out of one or the other. My little one didn't like hard spout ones, but I think when he gets older he would be able to use those. Some kids GET the straw sippys easily, but my little one doesn't get the sucking action needed for straw use.

Oh, if the baby books says 'you need to have baby on sippy cups at 1year', etc, THROW THEM out (see my post regarding parenting styles and baby books...) EVERY child is different...some kids walk at 9m and some at 12m and some later...same thing with the sippy cup/bottle transition. There is nothing that says your baby MUST be off a bottle at 12m. It is good to aim for that, but don't stress. We were over a year before the transition happened. The soft spout on the nuby is similar to a bottle.

I have also heard that the take and toss cups work well and some kids. I haven't used those personally. I would have concerns that those would leak if my little one threw the cup on the ground (which he does several times daily).

Good luck with the sippy cup transition!