https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:55:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-from-bottle-to-cup-and-drinking-less#post-509591 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:24:37 +0000 T-Mom 509591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kkuether: Definitely keep trying. Some babies really like their bottle (like mine who just took his last bottle a few days ago at 16 mo) and some don't adjust to change that well. DS was so confused when I started offering milk in a sippy (and cold milk at that) at one year that he would push it away. He took water fine from a sippy or straw cup. I was concerned about fluids, so I let him take the bottle once a day. If you are not concerned about fluids, I would definitely keep at it, and LO will eventually get it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/switching-from-bottle-to-cup-and-drinking-less#post-505022 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:26:17 +0000 kkuether 505022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my daughter is almost a year so I'd like to transition her off the bottle (she gets one 2x a day 3 days a week when I work and nurses the rest of the time). she is very good at a straw cup with water and likes it. however trying breast milk in a cup - she has a little, sometimes spits it right back out, and loses interest much more quickly than with a bottle. I tried using a slightly different straw cup for the milk to lessen confusion though I'm not sure it helped. </p> <p>looking to hear anyone's experience - even just to tell me this is normal and will get better as she gets used to it, and to just keep trying. honestly I am not that worried about fluids/calories since she eats plenty and nurses other times in the day, but I really hate wasting pumped milk!! </p>