just food for thought, I read somewhere that some doctors/dentists have asked the moms to stop giving straw cups due to tooth decay. although, not sure what the difference is from sipping on a sippy cup. Than of course speech therapists talk about straw cups being better.
I have my own set of problems. Chayse turned 1 August 13th. off and on since before one I've been trying to get her to drink milk other than the bottle. She will drink water in ANY sippy cup we give her. My doctor said I would probably have to tough it out for a day or two. So today, I tried. I had milk in a straw sippy and a regular sippy. I also tried strawberry milk later on in the day. She will just refuse until it's her nap time and she's so upset and tired that I give in and give her milk before her nap. this morning she didn't even have a morning bottle and went from the time she woke up 6:20am until her nap which was around 10am ish when I gave her the bottle. She just outright refuses and will just act fussy off and on all morning. I also tried this afternoon, but no luck. Than came 2nd nap (cat nap) at around 3:30/3:45pm where she had a bottle. She's had some supper and I've been trying milk in sippy cups to no avail. She would rather just suffer and be fussy I guess. So far, I haven't giving in. She's been up from her cat nap since 4:40pm and it's 6:30pm now. Weird. Been trying off and on for a long time it seems (2 months about). I even gave it a big LONG break. I didn't want it to interfere with naps today so that is why I gave in when it was nap time. She would of gotten angry and refused anyways most likely. I'm running out of ideas.