https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:20:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1569268 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 07:45:47 +0000 mrsjyw 1569268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skipped the sippy and went rt to straw at 5.5 months when we started solids. Didn't have more than a cpl oz of water a day since he was still nursing full time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1569262 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 07:41:11 +0000 jetsa 1569262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, my ped said up to 4 ounces a day we do offer it out a cup. They sell them for 4+ months now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1569118 Tue, 15 Apr 2014 03:47:11 +0000 Pumuckl 1569118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gave him water out of a regular bottle with a slow flowing teat starting at 5 months because it was hot! We tried not to give him more than 6oz a day. The rest of his fluid intake was breastmilk. We didn't transition to a sippy until 9m because he just didn't get it before that (we offered him one though with every meal and then gave him the water out of a bottle). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568998 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:21:27 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1568998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, we waited until she was 12 months, but we starred off in a sippy cup so she wouldn't associate it w/ a bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568978 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:02:47 +0000 shopaholic 1568978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started water and straw cup at 6 months. LO has never gotten the zippy cup (but I didn't keep offering because she picked up the straw really fast). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568904 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:02:06 +0000 JessKas 1568904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let LO have water when I introduced solids at six months. At first I just gave her a sip or two from an open glass. About two weeks ago we introduced a sippy cup and let her try using a straw, and she picked that up pretty much immediately. She's 8 months now. She just has a couple sips when eating, but she still gets most of her nutrition from nursing so I'm not too worried about water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568819 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:51:26 +0000 californiadreams 1568819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i waited longer before starting the sippy cup (and later learned that straw cups are better). But i don't think there is any reason not to, i just hadn't bought one and he was fine drinking water out of a bottle. He wasn't having too much at that age because he was still BFing alot and i figured that was hydrating him all he needed. in the summer though, i told anyone else who was watching him when i wasn't there that they could offer him water and he would drink it no problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568811 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:45:54 +0000 daniellemybelle 1568811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is almost 6 months &amp; we introduced a sippy cup at the same time as solids, about 2 weeks ago. She is a champ with a sippy - better than holding her own bottle! We fill it up with water so it's easier to get out but I only let her drink about an ounce. I don't want her to fill up on water &amp; not drink breastmilk/formula.</p> <p>Forgot to say: The first time she tasted water she was like, what the? But she has started to like it as we offer it more, especially after solids. She loves holding the cup. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568740 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 19:00:59 +0000 lawbee11 1568740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 8 months and still doesn't understand sippy and straw cups. And when she does manage to get some water in her mouth she acts like it's poison. She still nurses a ton during the day so I don't think she really needs water...it's mostly just to practice. I wouldn't stress about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568728 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:56:03 +0000 Smurfette 1568728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started a sippy and straw cup at 6 months. She didn't really get either til 9 months. She would maybe drink an oz at a meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568661 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:23:52 +0000 chopsuey 1568661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first year of life is a blur, even though I went through it 2x. haha.<br /> I think you can start introducing a sippy at 6 months though!</p> <p>I really don't remember what I started with, but by 9-11 months they were drinking from a straw zoli, straight from a cup and using a regular straw. At 6 months old maybe a couple of ounces/day of water. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/giving-water-1#post-1568653 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:17:31 +0000 Madison43 1568653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 6 months and I'd like to start offering her some water - one because she's started solids and two because it's going to start to get warm soon - hopefully. How much water were your kids drinking at that age? And did you start with a sippy cup - this seems like such a stupid questions but she seems too young for a sippy cup....maybe I just don't want her to grow up :bummed: </p>