Moms, when did you introduce a sippy cup?

[Leahs mommy]

I try to get my 6 month old to drink some water from her cup but it goes all over her and she chews the spout. When did you introduce a sippy and when did your child actually drink from it?

 

[Kate]

My son is 10 months old and we just introduced him to a sippy cup in the last month. We did go through a few cups to find out which one he liked. But what I did was to give him the cup with milk in it when he was hungry and left the room. He explored the cup himself and figured out how to put it in his mouth. He couldn't drink from it right away but I did praise him to putting it up to his mouth and attempting. At each meal for a week, we gave him the sippy cup and left the room. Eventually, he got the hang of it and drank from it by himself.
Note; we left the room b/c he would cry and attempt to push away the cup and give it back to us. If he didn't see us in the room, he figured that he couldn't give it back to us. He actually prefers to drink from the sippy cup now. I am actually introducing another type of cup tonight to see if he'll figure it out.

 

[??Ã￾?m?'s ??mm?]

I started giving my son a sippy a few days before he turned 6 months. Im constantly drinking water out of a cup like a fish and he would always want some. So I figured hey, ill see how he does with a sippy. He was eager to get it out but didn't really get it until closer to 7 months. Hes 8.5 months now and drinks out of it perfectly. I use Nubbys, and playtex both work great. Just give it to her through out the day and she will eventually get it

 

[jaydens_mommy.]

I introduced it at like 7 months but she didnt start actually drinking from it til she was like a year.

 

[daa]

About 1 year.

 

[tamara k]

I introduced it at 5 months- my MIL wanted something so she could give him a drink when I needed a break (she usually watches him due to her proximity) and he has NEVER taken a bottle since we got breastfeeding established (he had one bottle in the hospital for his first feed)

We used a Heinz brand sippy cup for his first one as it was the only one in the shops that said 'suitable for four months+', all the other brands said 'Suitable from 6 months +'

 

[Caitlin & Alden's Mommy]

8 months old was when we did (water or diluted juice) and she took to it easily. She was successfully using the sippy by 9 months.

 

[Allison]

We introduced it to our daughter when she was 5 months, but she really didn't get the hang of it till a couple of weeks ago ( she is 6 months old now). She still can't drink from one with a hard spout. We use the Munchkin brand with handles and silicone spout. She only gets juice and water in it and still drinks her formula from a bottle.

 

[Maricella Sierra]

people say 6 month is a good age. i did it when mybaby was a year old. but it was hard!!!!! he would not take it.i bought differnt kinds. then i stopped and tryed again at a year and 3 months. he took the soft spout, it looks likea nipple but not totaly shaped like a bottle nipple. it worked perfect. then at 1 year and 6 months i gave him the hard sippy cups (not hard hard u know what i mean) then i got him the ones with a straw. now he is 2 and drinks from a cup.

 

[Nikki]

Try a sippy cup that has a some what similar nipple to her bottle, the Nuby ones are nice but if you are having issues with her chewing that and it spilling on her try something this a stopper. Gerber makes a good transition cup as well and it has a stopper inside the lid so she can chew all she wants=) introducing at 6months is fine i think. Keep in mind she is 6 months though, 8 months might be a little easier for her. Nothing wrong with getting her used to it now. Never to early.

 

[Deedee]

i introduced my baby to one when he was 4 months, he finally started to use it properly at 6 1/2 months, i bought a sip seal one so it will only let fluids through when little one sucks.