is it time for a sippy?

[Canadian_Mom]

I can't remember when I made the switch (sorry!), I guess around the 10 month mark?? but I did start to do milk with meals and water inbetween time to quench thirst.

[*Kara*]

I agree with Heidi - no rush to get rid of bottles... DD is 2 now and still has 2 a day... as long as they drink the bottle and get on with the day, no need to worry at all.  DD sits down, drinks her bottle in a few minutes and that's it.  If they are packing it around all day, that's an issue.

I would try formula in her sippy and see how she does... but do remember that she does need 20 ozs of milk (and other dairy) a day still.. you don't want to cut bottles and have her stop taking milk.

[Canadian_Mom]

Thanks Kara for mentioning the amount of milk that they still need!!  Definitely make sure that she is getting the amount of milk/formula that she needs, and there is no rush to get rid of the bottles if she isn't getting enough from a cup.  Making sure that they are getting the nutrition that they need is much more important than weaning off a bottle!!  Try it in a sippy and if it doesn't work, then don't be scared to keep the bottles for a little longer

[*happy*]

if there's no rush, then i'm in no rush!!!!bottles are a bit of a pain in this house still i'm afraid...she takes ages!she's not mobile yet so she doesn't have th option of carting it around with her, but we may run into trouble once (if!) she ever gets moving!

[*Kara*]

Hmm... a feed shouldn't take more than 20 mins... how long is she taking to finish?

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Yeah, that was one reason we switched to sippy cups...bottles weren't fast enough! I had actually split a nipple open for S becuse she was unhappy with her bottle.

[*happy*]

oh jeepers, it varies...BT bottles are usually within 30mins, bt the other 2 bottles.....we could keep at it forever!!!!she starts & sucks & sucks like she's gasping, but its' like she takes enough to quench her thirst & then gets distracted!we tried a faster flow teat a couple of weeks ago but she vomited badly that night (not sure if the two were linked though) so i'm afraid to try it again!maybe i should though...it def sped up the feed!

[*Kara*]

I would try it... and start with her first bottle of the day

[*happy*]

we did it that day for the 3 feeds & she took them fine (the previous tiem we had tried she got really cross!)...i'll wait till the weekend so & try the fast flow one then-at least i'll have DH around if we have any "incidents"!!!