https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:32:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-starting-daycare-refusing-bottlecup#post-2240659 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:50:41 +0000 Mamaof2 2240659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: I would try BM in a bottle/cup - could just be the formula </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-starting-daycare-refusing-bottlecup#post-2240658 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:50:22 +0000 lepamplemousse 2240658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was EBF and started refusing the bottle in the weeks before he started daycare at about 5 months. Surprisingly he took it at daycare. They said they had no problems. I think the different surrounding and knowing that it's bottle or nothing was a big driver. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-starting-daycare-refusing-bottlecup#post-2240657 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:49:44 +0000 avivoca 2240657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: H wouldn't take a sippy cup until she was over a year old. She did well with straw cups at that age, so that's what we used. It's a PITA to clean milk out of the straw, so I went cold turkey to sippy cups for milk at 13 months and it worked out. Take and Toss cups are what worked the best. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-starting-daycare-refusing-bottlecup#post-2240649 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:47:00 +0000 BandDmommy 2240649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I'm WAHM so I can easily pump, eventhough I have love/hate relationship with pump. I have a freezer full of milk. I just tried formula because TBH I'm tired of BF. I may have to break out the pump. I'm trying to decide if I should just skip bottle and go straight to sippy cup but she hates every sippy cup I've given her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-starting-daycare-refusing-bottlecup#post-2240626 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:31:44 +0000 avivoca 2240626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>H was not fond of the bottle at all at first, but she did start drinking from it. It took a lot of trial and error in finding the type of bottle she preferred (Playtex Nursers, and the nipple shape was most like mine). Are you planning to pump at work or switch to formula? Can you mix BM with formula and gradually move over to all formula? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/9-month-old-starting-daycare-refusing-bottlecup#post-2240599 Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:13:38 +0000 BandDmommy 2240599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, DD is starting daycare at 9 months old and she is EBF. I've tried giving her formula in a cup/bottle and she looks disgusted by it. I'm going to try and pump some milk and try that. Has anyone had a child start daycare refusing a bottle/cup? I'm starting to think I should just get a nanny until she's 1. </p>