When do I change to a beaker 4 milk feeds?

[Mummy2Ryan]

Hi evry1 hope ur all ok!  Just a quick question Ryan is 6 months old and i read sumwhere that its a good idea to start feeding babies from a beaker/trainer cup for their milk feeds but i am a bit cofused as to which beaker/trainer cup to use as i still need to measure out the correct amount of formula! whch ones do u use if any? And do u use a beaker/trainer cup 4 every milk feed?  any help would b appreciated nervous first time mum lol 

[Seona1973]

I did introduce a beaker at around 7 months but at first I only ever offered water in it, just while dd was learning to use it.  The best time to offer it was during solid feeds - offer and then leave it on the highchair tray so they can examine, play with and maybe attempt to use it.  I never attempted to put milk into a beaker until she was over 1 year old as I knew her milk intake would drop and she wasnt a big milk drinker in the first place.  She was off bottles by the time she was 14 months with no major traumas.

I found the best cup to be a tommee tippee cup with a flip up spout which is freeflowing (ie NOT non-spill as these are harder to use at first as baby has to work harder to get the water out).  I didnt check where you are from but this is what the cup is like:

http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/index.php?p=31

Once dd was ok with these ones she moved to the avent magic cup which has a non-spill valve but by then she knew she had to suck to get anything out.

http://www.avent.com/uk/en/toddlerfeeding_magic_cup.php

Whichever cup you choose, your lo will need plenty of time and practice before they start taking much from it - the key is to persevere, preferably sticking to one cup that is easy to use - try it yourself to be sure your lo will be able to get anything. There was one cup we bought that I found hard to use so I dont know how a child would be expected to use it successfully!!

hth

Seona

[Mummy2Ryan]

Thanks 4 the help i am from leighton buzzard in bedfordshire will get 1 of those tommee tippee cups 2moz thanks again

[LŠuren]

hi mummy2ryan
I use Boots own trainer cups they are fantastic. I took the tommee tipee one back and complained bitterly about it's design (not the one in the link through  ). It was this one http://www.tommeetippee.co.uk/index.php?p=32

I also have the Avent magic cup but haven't used it yet.

Here is a link to TBW giude to using a sippy https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=55022.0