is it time for a sippy?

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DD takes water qutie happily (sometime & varying quantities!!!) from a free-flow valve closed sippy cup.
i knwo she's supposed to be off bottles by 1YO, so i'm just wondering if i shoudl start to try & transition her to formula in the sippy instead of teh bottle at one of her feeds.she's on 3 bottles a day now-usually between 5-7oz each...TIA
(ps DD will be 10MO on the 16th)

[Aishi]

Hi happy not seen u on boards for a while- all ok?

Re sippy been wondering the same so tagging along...you could give her a sippy during a meal rather than taking a bottle away straightaway and see how she does? I'm going to try that once I've stopped thickening her milk (not long now as she feeding much better)...xx

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hey aishi!i've missed everyone!!!!all ok here but my ***bleeping*** wireless connection was majorly acting up so i couldn't get online at home...i was frantically trying to keep up to date with my phone whenever i left the house, but you know fro my other posts that that doesn't happen too often..hence my lack of BWing!!!!i swear, i was having withdrawal symptoms!!!every time i thought it was back working, it would cut off again mid-session!!!hoping things are fixed now, once & for all!!!!

anyway!!!!here i am!!!!i guess it was good preparation for when i go back to work in a few weeks (but that's a whole other thread!!!)

what do you mean re thickening her milk?

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Honestly I wouldn't be too worried at this point. You could try it in a sippy and see, but not sure why she has to be off them by one?  My kids took sippys super early, but if tHey hadn't wanted to I wouldn't have pushed it until they were much older. Its the same difference really, and as long as they aren't carting it around all day or falling asleep with a bottle (teeth issues) then I don't see the point in pushing it.

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really???YAY!i just thought i had read it somewhere, maybe my Health Visitor booklet or something that they were supposed to be done with bottles by 1YO.

[Aishi]

Well glad it sorted and you're back!

We thought dd had swallowing difficulties when little so had been using thickener for milk but after seeing specialist said we can wean off it. Yay!

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oh right,ok! i thought for a sec that that was something i shoudl have been doing all along!!!!yay that ye can wean it!!!is DD ok now?xxx

[Aishi]

Lol no sorry to freak u out! She's thriving bless her! Things are running fairly smoothly here for now...hope same goes for u xx

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i wish!!!i'm back with a vengance!!!!i've been saving up all my questions!!!!

[Aishi]

Lol I just saw on the easy board :p

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

really???YAY!i just thought i had read it somewhere, maybe my Health Visitor booklet or something that they were supposed to be done with bottles by 1YO.

I've learned that "supposed" to doesn't really wash all the time, especially if it is something that isn't a big deal in the larger scheme.  My 4 year old still uses a straw sippy and I'm not too worried about it. I'm sure by the time she leaves home she will drink from an open cup

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lol!i love straw cups!!!!still!!!!

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

I'm all for spill proof straw cups!!!

[Canadian_Mom]

I found that as my son grew older he started to drink more and more during his meals and less and less from his bottles, so slowly went from three bottles to none between the 10 month-14 month period.  First to go was the midday bottle, then the morning bottle, then the bedtime bottle I "helped" him wean by adding a nighttime snack with milk to drink, which caused him to drink less out of the bottle.  So rather than switching the bottles to sippy cups I used it as an opportunity to wean him to meals and solids

HTH!

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ya,that's really helpful...thanks!i've noticed that she's drinking more during her lunch alright...but that's water...should i try her with formula there?